A New Way to Support Local Food

Children at Ysgol San Sior in Llandudno raise rare breed chickens in order to learn about food and animal welfare, and sell the eggs at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre during school holidays.

The 2,000th ‘Wyau San Sior’ (San Sior Egg) has been now been sold through the retailer.

Conrad Jones, operations director at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre said, “Here at the centre we’re always keen to encourage local businesses and I think it’s fantastic that we have been able to give our on-going support to such a novel enterprise as the eggs produced at Ysgol San Sior.

“Reaching 2,000 eggs from the school is quite a milestone for both them and us and definitely something to celebrate.

“More than half of the produce we sell is either sourced from the Bodnant site or comes from artisan producers, like Ysgol San Sior, based within a few miles of the centre, something that we are very proud about.”

Ian Keith Jones, head teacher at Ysgol San Sior said, “Our little business venture is no yoke and since we began producing the eggs almost three years ago things have gone from strength to strength.

“We now have a flock of 156 chickens at the school who between them laid around 17,000 eggs last year, compared to just over 15,000 in 2014.

“We’re able to sell most of them to our parents but during the school holidays, of course, the hens still keep laying, so we have been supplying these eggs to Bodnant and have just sold them our 2,000th, which is quite a landmark.

“We thought a link with Bodnant was very important, as the centre has a very good reputation for supplying locally produced food and gives the children an insight into how a successful business operates.

“We’re sticking with Bodnant because without their support during the holidays we couldn’t continue producing so many eggs as we’d have nobody to sell them too.”