Tamworth's new Better Oils program
Tamworth Regional Council is encouraging local businesses to switch cooking oils, moving away from high-fat products like coconut oil and animal fats and towards "healthier" oils. Video by Gareth Gardner
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00:00and Council has to be part of the solution. I'd also refer you to Blueprint 100, which
00:11is our most important strategic document, and it talks about having a healthy community.
00:18So there are actions in there that assist in us thinking about how we help the community
00:25to be healthier. We try to give a healthier food in that manner. So, yeah, even though
00:39it is a franchising, and me being a chef, I would like to provide to everyone a healthy
00:46food, even myself, because we are also an employee of the store and we do eat here as
00:51well, so it's better for everyone whether we believe it or not.
00:55Generally, it's just, I've got to say from a Council perspective, it's the right thing
00:59to do. We are leaders of the community, our Councillors are the community leaders, and
01:04here's an area where we can take some leadership.