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Woodside Arran CIC secured up to 拢30,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (麻豆精选) to help expand their activities by creating a fresh produce vending machine in Brodick.

The social enterprise was formed in May 2017 by husband and wife team Andrew and Jennifer Macdonald. Their initial aims were to address the lack of local fresh produce available on the island and create a diverse local food network for residents and visitors.

This project will generate a turnover of almost 拢56,000 by 2022/23, which will allow Woodside to further develop their farm and to provide two new full-time posts by 2022.

麻豆精选鈥檚 financial assistance will help Woodside鈥檚 recovery from the impact of the pandemic, when all their efforts and resources were concentrated on providing emergency food for local people between April and September. This effort was also supported by 麻豆精选 through an award of 拢31,000 from the 麻豆精选ing Communities Fund.

Morag Goodfellow, 麻豆精选 area manager for Argyll and the Islands, said:

鈥淥ver the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woodside Arran has played a pivotal role in providing food for members of the Arran community. These latest plans, to provide fresh produce from a vending machine in Brodick, will take Woodside to the next stage in its growth. The move will create jobs and make a positive contribution to the people living on Arran. We are pleased to be able to provide this support and look forward to continuing to work with the company.鈥�

Jenny Macdonald of Woodside Arran said:

"Woodside Arran is delighted to receive聽funding from 麻豆精选 towards creating the new fresh produce vending machine for Arran.聽 Since we started the organisation we have tried聽many ways to make local food as convenient聽as possible and feel that the new vending machine will allow residents and tourists the chance to add local fruit and vegetables to their diet in a much more convenient and easy way.聽 Allowing us to focus on the聽import聽job of growing as much local produce聽as possible.鈥�