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Northern Outdoor Recreational Food –Project
OutReF –Project 2005 – 2007
Northern Outdoor Recreational Food –project proceeded the preparatory Snack and Outdoor Food –project. OutReF –project is international and started 1.1.2005, it will last 2,5 years. Kainuun Etu Ltd. is a lead partner of the project and it co-operate the project in transnational level and also in national level in Finland. Project co-operate in Finland with Kainuu Vocational College, Kainuu Rural Advisory Centre, Kainuu Rural Women’s Advisory Centre, in Iceland with Hólar University College and in Scotland with Moray College. The project funding comes from via Interreg III B Northern Periphery –program (NPP). Each of the international main partners has a different role and a strong recommended status in their own region. Thus they have also different main responsibility in the project implementation. In Kainuu area OutReF –project have also 31 co-operation company to work with. The project manager is Sari Laukkanen from Kainuun Etu Ltd.
Northern Outdoor Recreational Food -project strengthens the economy and contributes to sustainability of rural communities in the Northern Periphery area, by development of food service in tourism as a source of income, and improves health of rural communities. The project aims at stimulating and supporting production and provision of healthy, quality foods (mainly fast food, snacks, picnics, theme meals), outdoor meals and catering. The outputs of the project will be based on local healthy food and raw material, tradition, sustainable cultivation and production methods and aimed at both tourists and the local market. During the preparatory phase and inquiries proved that there are no similar projects. Northern Outdoor Recreational Food will bring an important and missing component, not only to the food service and local food product sector, but also for tourism development as well, and it focuses on the areas which are out of main mass tourism. Young people want healthy options with low fat and sugar content and foods that fit with their preferences for snacks to eat throughout the day rather than large formal meals. It is important to add value to the traditional food products in order to maximise the income for the northern regions.
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