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The Courier
26-04-2025
- Business
- The Courier
Kinross Farmers' Market 'shocked by the vitriol' in row over farm selling steak pies
Volunteers from Kinross Farmers' Market have been left 'shocked by the vitriol' after a local farm claimed businesses had complained about its steak pies. Despite Saturday's drab weather, shoppers arrived in large numbers as the market made its long-awaited first appearance of the year at the High Street. But the successful event was soured by claims made by the owners of Arngask Home Farm, a 10-acre smallholding near Glenfarg. At 10am they posted on Facebook: 'The last 12 hours have been extremely difficult. 'The simple information we need to share is that we will not be at Kinross Farmers Market today.' The farm, which is owned and run by Eilidh and Lloyd Verstage, continued in the post: 'Two businesses, who we will not name, have objected in the strongest manner to us being there with our steak pies, lamb and eggs. 'With just hours of notice, we are now sitting with huge quantities of steak pies that were earmarked and agreed by and for Kinross. 'We will have lost our earnings. However, more worryingly, we have been subject to awful behaviour. 'So, we won't be there. Sorry. 'Our horse box is filled with steak pies. If you can get along to buy one, we'd be so grateful. 'We're both headed to Rosemains Market today in Pathhead to hopefully have a good day there if you live locally. 'We're upset but we're not broken. What has happened is beyond madness. It's not okay.' Kinross Farmers' Market's website says it attracts more than 25 producers selling their goods. It takes place on the fourth Saturday of the month, from April to October. It was launched at the end of 2015 by Kinross-shire Local Events Organisation (KLEO), supported by the Holyrood-financed Community Food Fund. KLEO is chaired by local councillor Dave Cuthbert, who released a statement from the group's volunteer committee responding to the fallout from Arngask Home Farm's post. It said: 'We are shocked and saddened by the vitriol, misinformation and accusations that have been levelled towards KLEO by fellow Kinross-shire residents, none of whom have the full facts. 'KLEO would like to make it very clear that we have never in the past, or today, banned any stallholder from the market. 'But, somehow, that is the myth that is growing virtual arms and legs. 'We have to address that. And we will do so. 'We are now investigating what happened in this case and we will respond accordingly and directly with the parties involved/affected. 'If we have made mistakes, we will own them. 'If our processes are not fit for purpose, we will fix them and if our communications have been less than the standard we want to uphold, we will also get that sorted. 'We must rely on support from the community, and we would hope that this support would continue if, or when, we sometimes might not get it quite right.' Arngask Home Farm did not respond to The Courier's request for comment. But later on Saturday it posted an update on Facebook saying customers had flocked to the farm after the earlier message. It said: 'What an amazing bunch of people you are. 'We have sold out of steak pies until 2pm when we'll have another restock. 'We're very aware that the horse box is super busy. 'It's your kindness that is incredible and our horsebox/road is struggling a bit. 'So please come in the next few days instead. 'We love you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.'
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Poverty Escape Room opens the eyes of the public
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KLEO) — Poverty can make it a struggle to survive, and not everyone sees the crisis firsthand. This escape room has the participants immerse themselves into some people's reality: poverty. 'When they begin this simulation, each group receives a packet, which is their life. And not all groups start out with the same advantages, which is real life. Not every family starts out with the same advantages, such as an ID and a piece of mail to document where they live,' Learning Specialist Erin Grant said. Chef Lance named winner of 2025 Burger Battle As the escape room unfolds, the participants start to feel for those struggling. 'Having those judgments made of you, having always this limited resource that's always kind of burning away. And you don't always have that extra or any kind of cushion, in fact sometimes you don't have enough to even meet those basic needs on a daily basis,' Participant Dr. Yuseph Khan said. This escape room has eight stations for the families to navigate as they need to maintain gas, food, and diapers for their children, as well as other tasks in the 30 minute experience. 'And as the experience unfolds they're able to kind of address some of their biases they originally held, bring some awareness to the crisis of poverty and what it takes to survive. So they become much more engaged in sharing their experiences,' Grant said. 'It's not a hole you can climb out of, sometimes it's like just more of a metaphor of treading water right. Trying to not to get too many mouthfuls of water. And that's the situation that climbing out or escaping poverty is in our group today, I think two groups escaped poverty,' Khan said. While only two of the seven groups were able to escape poverty today in this exercise, all are leaving with a better understanding of the struggle. The organizers of the Poverty Escape Room simulations take them across the state and nation to bring more awareness and understanding to the issue. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
