Food Nation is a social enterprise based on Heaton Road that is passionate about food, nutrition and health. Their vision is to inspire children and adults about good food by providing innovative food and nutrition services to schools, businesses and communities across Newcastle.
Food Nation launched their street food gazebo at the Toffee Factory on Tuesday. It's a pop-up lunch service selling healthy soup and freshly made sandwiches as well as hot specials and sweet treats. They will be under the main entrance arch every Monday - Friday 12-2pm ready and raring to serve the Ouseburn community.
It was snowing on launch day but that didn't deter them. On offer they had spiced lentil, chickpea and tomato soup served with a mint yoghurt and flatbread, priced at £2.80, as well as ham, leek and mustard mayo and tuna, mackerel and coleslaw sandwiches, priced at £2.20. Their treat was a a delicious butternut squash and raisin tea loaf which was only £1 a slice. What more could you want for lunch? Their food is healthy, tasty and affordable.
All the profits made from the street food gazebo will be reinvested back into Food Nation in order to make them more sustainable and able to continue their projects that educate both children and adults about food and nutrition (which you can read about here - http://www.foodnation.org/what-we-do).
You can follow Food Nation on twitter - @thefoodnation. Watch out for their tweets telling you what they've got on offer at the gazebo each day.
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