Regional Cuisines Project. This project is 2 years in the making for the western Missouri area with several key motivating individuals behind it. The Missouri Regional Cuisines Project (MRCP) launched in 2003 and began with the Mississippi River Hills area (http://www.showme.net/MRH/). The project seeks to market Missouri wine and food products using distinct labels of origin based on ecological regions of the state. This approach is similar to that used in European countries to identify food and wine products based on the region in which they are produced. This allows consumer to distinguish among the unique tastes and attributes of products from different areas.
While Baltimore Bend Vineyard has been involved with meetings and wine tastings for the project in the past, this meeting was especially exciting because of the level of participation.
In the conference room at the Martin Commuity Center in Marshall, Mo. (http://www.marshall-mo.com/), there were 10 tables of 8 to 10 people each. All from different businesses, counties across the Old Trails region, with separate areas of interest in this project but with one common purpose: to create economic development and tourism opportunities in rural areas through the promotion of a network of regional businesses. (http://lexington-news.com/LN_detailheadline.asp?key=4822&itemNumber=0)
We are excited to see the enthusiasm of so many community leaders about the Old Trails region, and hope to continue to promote and develop it!
No comments:
Post a Comment