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2009
Our objectives for 2009
General Objectives
Specific Plans
Enable and encourage people to 'grow their
own'
- garden links - matching people with under-used gardens to
those without gardens - set up and functioning by end of
2009
- talk to groups - eg allotments, WI, young people, mental health
to find out ideas and needs re. Grow your own · more land
available for allotments/community growing space - negotiate
with councils
- beginner gardeners' club with talks, tips and discussion groups
- set up by end of 2009
- 'apprentices' to allotment holders and time challenged
gardeners
- seed and plant exchange
Other access to fresh, healthy, local food
- demonstrations and 'cook ins' with local produce - begin when
we have premises
- encourage retailers to sell more local produce - buy local
campaign - work with Chamber of Commerce and local papers
- make easy, economical recipes available
- provide outlet for surplus garden produce
- work with farmers and growers to provide more food locally
Farmers and commercial producers
- talk to farmers, landowners, young farmers clubs, local
food processors
- set up community supported agriculture project/ community
farm[s]
- campaign for greater government support for farming for
local consumption
27th November 2009
Our first Seasonal Supper was a great
success. It's much more fun cooking together than doing it on your
own. This is especially true for someone who doesn't really
like cooking - I'm almost converted!
The event was very well organised by Carol and Ruth who drew up
an interesting menu and m ... 12th November 2009
Local showing of the film "A Farm for the Future" by
Rebecca Hosking of Modbury fame
... 2nd November 2009
Easy jobs and resolutions - not necessary
to come to meetings [though we'd be very pleased to see new people
at these].
Resolve to:
- eat more seasonal and local food;
- grow some [more] food yourself;
- avoid processed foods - cook more from scratch;
- eat less meat, but make it good quality - local, grass fed,
organic if possible
1st October 2009
We are currently working on several different projects and we
always need more members so please join us.
Local
Food Directory We are looking into setting up a local food
directory with a view to making local food more accessible and
enabling small producers especially to sell directly to
customers.
Garden Match
project If you have a garden too big to manage or on the
other hand you need somewhere to grow veg. get in touch.
Seed swop
project
Seasonal
Supper Club The idea is that we cook a seasonal dish
together and then enjoy eating it! Yummy!
19th September 2009
Vegetables, plants, cut flowers, jam, eggs etc .... any excess
home produce
Just come along and Bring and Sell or just to buy!!
Fee: 10% for 'The Campaign for Bulgarian Abandoned Children'
This stall is organised by another group, so we don't have a
lot of details, but heartily support ... 22nd August 2009
Vegetables, plants, cut flowers, jam, eggs etc .... any excess
home produce
Just come along and Bring and Sell or just to buy!!
Fee: 10% for 'The Campaign for Bulgarian Abandoned Children'
This stall is organised by another group, so we don't have a
lot of details, but heartily support ... 4th July 2009
Food & Farming Group have a stall at the Crediton Farmers Market
... 1st July 2009
We are delaying work on the Community Supported Agriculture
project until the Autumn, when people will be less busy growing
things!
Meanwhile we hope to spend some time talking to local food
producers and perhaps beginning a directory which would enable
people to order food direct and perhaps in advance. An additional
farmers' market and a showing of Rebecca Hoskin's film 'Farm for the
Future' are also being mooted. We are developing ideas all the
time and would welcome new people to help with particular
projects.
14th June 2009
WEN had a stall at
the Big Sunday Lunch and raised further funds to enable
us to secure Rosa Rebecka to perform at their Teddy Bears
Picnic and Claire Viner to do environmental
storytelling.
... 14th June 2009
The Slow Food Group organised a 'Grow Your Own' stall on the Saturday
of the Crediton Food Festival with seeds from Tuckers,
plants and advice from Neil Wilson, leaflets, etc. We
produced a colourful and informative display for this successful
event, helped to sell lots of plants, gave out sea ... 2nd June 2009
As a follow up to Rebecca Hosking's film The Future
of Farming, screened by the BBC in February, the South Devon
Green Party is hosting an event in Totnes Civic Hall on Tuesday,
2nd June at 7.30-10.00pm. Train times from Exeter St. Davids: 18.21
arr. Totnes: 18.56. Return Totnes: 21.52 arr. ... 27th May 2009
Since our successful public meeting in
March [attended by about 50 people including 5 local
farmers/growers] this project has not made much progress. Once the
Food
Festival is over we hope to get going again and have a fresh
look at how we can get people to buy and grow more local produce in
co-operation with our farmers.
12th April 2009
Linscombe
Farm had a very successful Easter Egg hunt and farm
walk.
We will be following this up with a series of more focused farm
walks/discussions on, for example:
How local food supplies are a key to a secure and viable
future
Wildlife, agriculture and ecology
Geology, geograp ... 25th March 2009
A significant shift in the way Americans view food
is coming. It offers hope for all.
Watch this clip: Michaelle Obama digs
White House Garden Schoolchildren have helped Michelle
Obama build a White House 'kitchen garden'.
23rd March 2009
About 40 people came to our public meeting on 23rd March at
the Boniface. It was a mixture of food producers and
consumers including several farmers. It was essentially an
introductory and exploratory meeting with
interesting information on CSA projects across the UK
presented by a rep from ... |