Causeway Coast Foodie Tours – Sustainability Policy 🌍🌿

At Causeway Coast Foodie Tours, we are passionate about showcasing the incredible food, drink, and traditions of Northern Ireland while ensuring that our experiences are sustainable, responsible, and beneficial to our local communities. As a small business, we recognise our responsibility to protect the environment, support local communities, and ensure that future generations can enjoy the cultural and culinary treasures we celebrate.

Our Commitments

🥕 Supporting Local & Seasonal

We champion local farmers, producers, chefs, brewers, and artisans, ensuring that the food and drink we feature is fresh, seasonal, sustainably sourced and locally grown/reared/made. By doing so, we help sustain small businesses and reduce food miles.

We highlight the provenance of the food and drink featured on our tours, sharing the stories behind the producers, their methods, and their connection to the local landscape and traditions.

♻️ Reducing Waste & Protecting the Environment

• We encourage minimal food waste by carefully planning portions and advising of guest numbers prior to tour date.
• We work with our partners to reduce single-use plastics, opting for reusable or compostable materials whenever possible.
• We promote the use of recyclable or biodegradable packaging.
• Our tours are designed to be low-impact, with a focus, where possible, on walking and river-based experiences that celebrate our natural environment.
• We limit tours to small groups to reduce our impact on local communities and ecosystems.
• We work to educate and inspire our guests about sustainable food choices and their positive impact on the environment.

👩‍🌾 Ethical & Responsible Tourism

• We provide authentic experiences that respect and celebrate our region’s heritage, food culture, and producers. We prioritise producers who use sustainable, ethical, and traditional methods, ensuring authenticity and transparency in our food experiences.
• We work with farming families and food/drink producers who uphold high environmental, food safety, animal welfare standards.
• We support local, sustainable food businesses and encourage eco-friendly practiceswithin our tours (e.g., reducing waste, leave no trace, supporting farm-to-table restaurants).
• Our tours offer insights into sustainable food practices, helping guests understand and appreciate the journey from farm to fork.
• We value ethical business practices, ensuring that our partners are treated fairly and respectfully.
• We explore off-the-beaten-path to include hidden gems and guide you to stops to ‘meet the locals and the owners’; connecting you to the people and protecting the places we love. Where possible, our tours include direct interaction with farmers, business owners, chefs, brewers and artisans, allowing guests to experience firsthand the dedication and craftsmanship behind each product.

🌎 Inclusive & Accessible Experiences

🚀 Continuous Improvement

Sustainability is an ongoing journey. We are committed to regularly reviewing our practices, seeking new ways to reduce our environmental impact, and ensuring our tours benefit the local economy and community.

We welcome feedback and ideas from our guests, partners, and the wider community to help us continue making a positive impact.

By choosing Causeway Coast Foodie Tours, you’re not just enjoying an incredible food experience—you’re also supporting local people, sustainable practices, and responsible tourism.

🌿 Eat local. Authentic and support small. Tread lightly. 🌿

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Sustainability Policy, You can contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://causewaycoastfoodietours.com/contact-us/