Pictured: Jill Clark (Conmage Highland Dairy, Tain), Mairi Gougeon, Callum Clark (Conmage Highland Dairy, Tain) and  Jane Stewart (Chair of Fine Cheesemakers Scotland, <br /> <br /> Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon, MSP,  announced funding to promote locally sourced food and drink on a visit to an Edinburgh cheesemonger today.<br /> <br /> A total of 21 projects will share £95,550 from the Connect Local Regional Food Fund.<br /> <br /> Ms Gougeon met producers from Fine Cheesemakers of Scotland at I.J. Mellis Cheesemonger in Edinburgh. The group has been awarded funding to develop marketing materials and promote cheese as a pairing to whisky.<br /> <br /> Ger Harley | EEm 20 February 2020
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