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2010
18th December 2010
FREE Parking in St Saviours Car Park for the Christmas Farmers
Market
... 4th December 2010
FREE Parking in St Saviours Car Park for this month's Farmers
Market
... 2nd December 2010
The potential for sustainable herbal harvesting around the
world
An illustrated talk with Anne Stobart, consultant medical
herbalist.
Free entry, donations welcome.
... 27th November 2010
If you have saved seeds this year, bring them to our Seed Swap. If not,
come anyway we'll have plenty of seeds of all sorts to spare
for a small donation. Or just come for delicious coffee and cake or
a seasonal soup and roll lunch.There will also be displays,
information, advice and stalls in ... 30th October 2010
Garden Share and Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
Do you want to start growing your own vegetables and fruit but
don't know where to begin? We are hoping to run a session for
beginners in February. If you are interested contact me.
We are still looking for gardeners to take on growing some veg
in the gardens we have available for the
garden share scheme. You can contact me if you are interested in
that too. I would also like some help
for running the scheme.
Local Produce Website
Have you signed up yet for the monthly emails advertising
special offers? It's easy to do and the mail is short and
sweet. Go to the website to sign up on line. Keep looking at the
site for new entries and seasonal recipes too.
16th October 2010
Here is a link to a report for World Food Day 16
October 2014
...
9th October 2010
We had our largest Seasonal Supper to date.
It was a real celebration of our local harvest with most of
the ingredients sourced locally. Special thanks go
to Linscombe Farm who yet again donated all the vegetables and
as usual there were many comments about how tasty they
were.
This time w ... 3rd October 2010
I was able to take advantage of a free place on a HogCoCourse in
Chagford with 'Compost
Guru' Nicky Scott.
The day was a series of mini discoveries, beginning with the
venue itself.
Proper Job,
is a little gem of recycled materials and newly generated compost
shoehorned into a tiny, constantly reorganised site with
eclectic buildings and minimal car parking. If you ever need
Farrow & Ball paint, books, clothes or an old bike Proper Job
would be a good place to start.
The next pleasure was meeting the other attenders. Young and
old, male and female, they all had a keen interest in
composting and even the old hands felt there was more to
learn. Everybody contributed both searching questions and
useful tips. But we all benefited hugely from the years of
practical compost production, work with schools and communities,
book production and conference presentations that Nicky Scott
was willing to share with us.
We covered hot and cold composting; small garden heaps to major
commercial disposal of waste; bins made of out wood or
recycled plastic; tumblers, cylinders, wormeries and
hot boxes. But here's the prime directive: your compost heap
is a living being so make sure it has the right balance of
water, heat, air, food and TLC and your garden will bloom.
Happy composting.
18th September 2010
We had a colourful presence on the Town Square with stalls of
surplus garden produce [including lots of apples!], home made
jams, pickles and bread and a goats cheese stall. It was a
successful, sunny morning and much of the produce was bought or
swapped. We are thinking about making this a re ... 29th July 2010
We are in the process of joining HogCO - Home Grown Community Owned -
and hope to be targetting beginner gardeners in the
autumn.
Watch out for the menu of our big Autumn Seasonal
Supper and how to book your place in the next
newsletter.
If you want to get growing but don't have enough space
we have gardens just waiting for someone to turn them
into sources of delicious food see our Garden Share
Scheme.
Keep looking at our local produce website - new
things are added all the time and there are seasonal recipes
and special offers. You can sign up to receive these by email
too. If you spot gaps in suppliers, retailers, etc please
encourage them to sign up.
Contact me if you want to know more about our activities
or would like to join our team.
25th July 2010
You might like to know that Morchard Bishop
Community Allotments, set up just over a year ago, is having
an open weekend, alongside the Open Gardens weekend on
Saturday 24th July (10am-6pm) and Sunday 25th
July (11am-4pm).
They are well worth a visit. They were awarded lottery
money to hel ... 3rd July 2010
Our theme for this Seasonal Supper will be
barbecues and salads [dessert as well!].
Ann Pollard will be hosting the evening.
The cost will be £6 payable in advance. If you would like
to come please contact Carol to book a place and then take
your payment to the Greenhouse no later than Sa ... 29th June 2010
This brand new website was launched at the Food
Festival. It contains details of many local food producers
and
suppliers and is expanding all the time as more and
more suppliers, large and small, join. Why not
look at the website now and sign up to
receive an occasional email with special offers and news. Also
please give us your feedback.
If you know of any producers or retail outlets selling
local produce which aren't yet featured, let them know
about it and encourage them to join - it's free!
Do you know of any gardeners who are looking for more space
for growing? We have under-used gardens just waiting for
them.
Plans for the Future
Our group will be having a well deserved break
from meetings in July and August, but look out for more
activity in the autumn. We are thinking about a garden
produce market in September, a plant swap with perennial
plants, a fungus foray and of course there will be a big seasonal supper to celebrate
harvesting our crops on 9th October.
If you have other ideas about what a food group should
be doing and can help put them into action, please join us.
We
could do so much more with more people!
10th June 2010
You are invited to the community share launch of the Real Food
Store, bakery and cafe in Exeter. This exciting project is set
to become a reality in October at nos 11-13 Paris Street and the
first shop of its kind in our area.
The lovely thing about this Community enterprise is that whether
... 5th June 2010
The Food & Farming
Group will have a stall at the Crediton Farmers Market and the Transport Group will
be gathering
with Co-Cars
... 5th June 2010
This can be previewed prior to our official launch at the Food
Festival. Do have a good look and give us feedback and
helpful suggestions about the content. We have
postcards advertising it - if you would like some to give out,
come and find our stall at the June Farmers' Market
or contact Alison. We need more producers
to sign up to the site - if you know of anyone who might be
interested, encourage them to have a look at it.
We need gardeners! If you know anyone without a garden, or with
a very small garden who would like to grow some vegetables
and/or fruit, tell them to contact Anne
There will be interesting gardens open in Yeoford, Morchard
Bishop, Eggesford, Sandford, Woolfardisworthy
and Cheriton Fitzpaine on June 26th and 27th. For more information
see Sustainable Living
Weekend.
Hospital food cooked with fresh local ingredients could put
hundreds of millions of pounds back into the NHS,
one hospital trust says.
New Group Members Welcome
We are a very active, small, friendly group of people. We try to
do as many practical things as possible to do with food,
sharing out the tasks so that we can get more done. If you would
like to join us, contact me. You wouldn't have to take on
anything large - there are plenty of small tasks to help
with
22nd May 2010
Do you want to learn how to grow and prune a wide variety
of plants?
Since looking 'a picture' three years ago in a series of
articles on organic growing for Country Living magazine, the
ornamental garden at Bertie's Cottage has been neglected.
Whilst I poured energy into the veg garden an ...
8th May 2010
Do you want to learn how to grow and prune a wide variety
of plants?
Since looking 'a picture' three years ago in a series of
articles on organic growing for Country Living magazine, the
ornamental garden at Bertie's Cottage has been neglected.
Whilst I poured energy into the veg garden an ... 28th April 2010
Crediton Local Produce Guide
We now have a grant from Awards for All so we can
get on with work on our Local Produce website.
We have been granted £1,960 from the Big Lottery Fund to provide a series
of activities which will encourage the consumption of fresh local
food, and will teach people how to grown their own food, how to
cook meals from scratch and the benefits of eating fresh food.
It's an exciting project which will include all sorts of
things - producers of all types, where to buy local produce,
food
prepared locally, restaurants and pubs using local
produce, seasonal recipes, grow your own information and
anything else we can think of!
We have made a good start on listing people who want
to feature on the website. If you know of anyone who might
be
interested in being included, especially smallholders we
might have missed, then mail Linda.
From The BBC Website
Hospital food cooked with fresh local ingredients could put
hundreds of millions of pounds back into the NHS, one hospital
trust says.
27th April 2010
A joint meeting between Sustainable Crediton and the Crediton
Garden Club - next door to the community transport office.
Speaker is David Loder talking on Grow your own veg. David has
been involved in horticulture for over 40 years both in commercial
and amenity, edible crop and flower produ ...
24th April 2010
Do you want to learn how to grow and prune a wide variety
of plants?
Since looking 'a picture' three years ago in a series of
articles on organic growing for Country Living magazine, the
ornamental garden at Bertie's Cottage has been neglected.
Whilst I poured energy into the veg garden an ...
10th April 2010
Do you want to learn how to grow and prune a wide variety
of plants?
Since looking 'a picture' three years ago in a series of
articles on organic growing for Country Living magazine, the
ornamental garden at Bertie's Cottage has been neglected.
Whilst I poured energy into the veg garden an ... 10th April 2010
Sustainable Crediton stall corner of Market Street 10 to 12 -
come and chat to us.
... 30th March 2010
The Garden Share Scheme continues to attract new people joining
and there are now 6 people who are matched up, and there are yet
more people who are looking for suitable matches. There are a
number of great gardens available for growers. If anyone is
interested there are gardens in Crediton, Stockleigh English,
Sandford and Stockleigh Pomeroy available, just waiting for a keen
grower to come and utilise the plot. If you are interested in
taking on one of these or have a garden that you can't manage
contact us.
Look out for publicity about our local produce guide. We hope to
have a grant through for setting up the website soon.
Plant Swop in the Town Square
Dee Ross is arranging this with Crediton Garden Club, so don't
throw out all those extra unwanted seedlings, pot them up.
27th March 2010
Do you want to learn how to grow and prune a wide variety
of plants?
Since looking 'a picture' three years ago in a series of
articles on organic growing for Country Living magazine, the
ornamental garden at Bertie's Cottage has been neglected.
Whilst I poured energy into the veg garden an ... 19th March 2010
Many Cooks DO NOT spoil the Broth!
Twenty of us gathered at Park House in Sandford for a relaxing,
socialiable and fun Seasonal Supper; a big thanks to
our hosts Alison and Paul Shakspeare whose big welcome and lovely
home really helped the evening go with a swing!
We spent about an hour ... 7th March 2010
Sent in by Julie Barrie
"I found a label at
Morrison's that I bet you haven't.
'Caution House plants are not
suitable for consumption.'
Gosh!! How could they
know that I was going to binge on my begonia?!"
30th January 2010
Local showing Rebecca Hoskin's film 'A farm for the future'
... 30th January 2010
A bitterly cold day did not deter folk, though some had
adventurous journeys to make it to the Seed Swap.
Many visitors enjoyed the excellent lunches of home made soups
and cakes and for CCA members it was a chance to meet up and chat.
The film 'Farming for the Future' by Rebecca Hoskins, th ... 21st January 2010
Garden Share
Update
We now have 7 Garden Owners and 5 Growers who have registered
their interest in the scheme and have mananged to interview most of
them. We are now in the process of trying to match up suitable
pairs. As well as Crediton we have garden owners in Stockleigh
English and Copplestone where we are looking for
someone wanting to garden.
Crediton Local Produce Guide
We have been busy contacting people who might want entries and
applying for grants to set up and advertise the website and carry
out other food related activities during 2010. One of these will be
a stall at Crediton Food Festival. If you
know of any producers who would like to be included contact
Linda.
If you would like to join this very active group and be
kept informed of meetings etc please contact Linda
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