2017


29th January 2018

Pig Club 2018: are you interested in locally raised pork?

Are you interested in eating locally raised rare breed pork? Would you like to be involved in the pigs' rearing? Do you have an interest in sausage-making, curing and smoking? If so, come and talk to the Pig Club about joining for 2018! We are currently open to enquiries from smallholders willing ...


19th December 2017

Seed Share 2018: call for stallholders/participants

The 2018 Seed Share will be held on Saturday 24 February, 11-2 at the Boniface Centre. This year we are making the event even bigger and better, with the waste group planning a waste food lunch. We are broadening our theme, and welcome enquiries from anyone with an interest in having a stall to dem ...


27th November 2017

Seed Share 2018: Back with a broader Green theme and looking for stalls and volunteers - come and plan with us!

The 2018 Seed Share is planned for Saturday 24 February, and this year we will relocate to the Boniface Centre. We're teaming up with the waste group, who will be providing refreshments from waste food, and we've more room than ever for a range of stalls, film screenings, workshops, demonstrations, ...


25th November 2017

Disco Soup: Chop, Feast , Dance

Grubs Up, CAG Devon and Tiverton Pannier Market present Devon's first Disco Soup! Chop, cook and dance to the beet! Join us in turning a mountain of unwanted veg rescued from local shops and the Pannier Market into a feast for all to enjoy. Chop veg to the beat of some great tunes then tuck in! All ...


13th November 2017

Crediton Pig Club: all invited to an open meeting to plan ahead for 2018

Crediton Pig Club brings together smallholders and families who are keen to rear small numbers of traditional breed pigs in a good way. We have grown with the support of Sustainable Crediton and aim to encourage local producers. Reports back from our members about the quality of the pork have been ...


27th October 2017

Quality pork from field to freezer

Crediton Pig Club has, for two years now, brought together smallholders and families who are keen to rear small numbers of traditional breed pigs in a good way. We have grown with the support of Sustainable Crediton, and aim to encourage local producers. Last January, we invited people to commit to ...


30th September 2017

Grub's Up

Grubs Up! is a pilot community meal using surplus food donated by local shops, cafes and supermarkets. Please join us for a free lunch. Help feed bellies not bins and pick up top tips on reducing food waste at home You are invited to share this free lunch as a supporter of Waste Action Group even ...


18th September 2017

Seed Share 2018 Planning Meeting: The adventure starts here - please come and help make it happen!

This is the first planning meeting for the annual Sustainable Crediton Seed Share, usually held in February half term. it's a chance to, well, share seeds we've saved from our gardens the previous year (hint, you should be doing it now!), but also to learn about beekeeping, composting, and a host o ...


3rd September 2017

Blackberry Picking

To celebrate the wild food that our hedgerows provide I am blackberrying whatever the weather from Shobrooke church on the local footpaths. Please come and join me and other Sustainable Crediton's members of the Grubs Up event group, which will be encouraging all of us to waste less food, and make ...


30th August 2017

Can you help organise next year's Seed Share

Sustainable Crediton Seed Share is looking for volunteers to help organise the next seed share for early 2018, probably around half term. We need your help to put the seed share on as some previous volunteers have moved on. This will be the 8th year for this popular event and we would like to see ...


27th May 2017

The Perils of Palm Oil

Your favourite pizza dough, detergent, lipstick, chocolate, and biodiesel have something in common: Most of these products contain palm oil. Palm oil comes from the fruit on tropical oil palm trees. Producing the edible oil wreaks havoc on the environment, leading to deforestation, habitat degrada ...


Photograph of a bee on wild flower
2nd May 2017

FREE Wild Flower Seeds!

Thanks to the 38 Degrees "All About Bees" campaign, we have 12 packets of bee-friendly, wildflower seeds to give away this month. Each packet will be given on a first-come-first-served basis, so contact me to claim yours quickly before they go! All seeds can be sown from mid-April to May or Augus ...


19th April 2017

Future of the Food Group

Only two people turned up to have their say on the future of the Food Group and although a couple of others have expressed an interest in being involved there are insufficient active members to continue meeting on a regular basis. Nonetheless, the Food Group will continue to work with the Waste Gr ...


2nd April 2017

Sainsbury's drops bid to halve household food waste

Supermarket scales back ambition as official statistics show average family throws away £700 of food each year. To read more visit this link The Sum of Us campaigning organisation has created a petition asking Sainsbury's to stick to its original 50% target. Tell Sainsbury's to keep 50% food wast ...


21st February 2017

Love Food Hate Waste Training

In the UK, we throw away 7 million tonnes of household food and drink every year, the majority of which could have been eaten. The average family wastes around £720. CAG Devon want to work with you and your community to do something about this. Are you passionate about good food? Would you like to ...


18th February 2017

Seed Share 2017: give and take seeds and plants, swap gardening tips, chat to stallholders, and eat cake - what's not to like?

Everyone is welcome to come along to this year's Seed Share, organised by Sustainable Crediton's Food Group. If you have saved seed from your own garden, bring some along to swap for something new, or just take something away. Stalls will include the Devon Wildlife Trust, gardening-related topics s ...


23rd January 2017

Last Chance to Join the Crediton Pig Club

All welcome to come along (we hope everyone will buy a drink as a thanks to the pub for letting us meet in the side bar on this occasion). This meeting is effectively the last chance to join the Pig Club (membership for the year is £15) and will be about planning pig shares for 2017. ...