In 2016 the festival obtained funding for an educational programme focused on demonstrations promoting healthy eating and cooking on a budget. In 2017, the festival's Forgotten Foods project explored the culinary traditions, heritage and history of
Welsh cuisine, including traditional recipes such as
Welsh cakes,
bara brith,
Welsh rabbit and
cawl. These were prepared in a series of professional demonstrations that allowed people to learn about Welsh preparation methods and the history of the country's traditional dishes. At the Old Hall Gardens site two local academics and culinary experts, known as The History Chefs, conducted a taste tour of two past eras in a series of historical interactive food sampling sessions. They explored less mechanised means of production and harvesting and created food and drink with
foraged and home grown ingredients from exhibitors such as Tast Natur and Herbs in Wales. ==Charitable work==