Food from soil to the table, growing, cooking and enjoying.
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Links related to Food
- Chyan- Chyan Cultural Centre and Community Field. Chyan Community Field is a vibrant, well used project with visitors from near and far. Courses include fruit tree pruning and grafting, herbal medicines, growing winter veg, composting, cob building, micro-generation, dowsing, organic dyes, willow basket making, living willow sculptures, polytunnel growing as well as lots of community events.
- DIY cookstoves- DIY cookstoves from first principals, from Aprovecho Research Centre.
- Grow Biointensive- Small-scale agricultural system — Grow Biointensive® Sustainable Mini-Farming — that nurtures soil, produces high yields, conserves resources and can be used successfully by almost everyone.
- Grow Sheffield- Urban food growing.
- Instructables- How to make simple seed pots out of old newspaper.
- localfood.org.uk- enabling local and sustainable food enterprise
- Plants For A Future- Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment...
- Seeds for Change- Training and Support for Grassroots Campaign groups. Seeds for Change can offer some free workshops and training for grassroots campaigners, as well as briefings and resources. We work together with activists and campaigners in the UK to help them organis
- Slow Food- Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat...
- Soil Association- We are the UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.
- Stroud Community Agriculture- Built on cooperation and mutual support the risks and rewards of farming are shared between the farmers and consumers. All the produce from the farm is shared between the supporting consumers or sold locally if there is a surplus.
- The Agroforestry Research Trust- The Agroforestry Trust researches and supplies information, plants and seeds for temperate agroforestry.
- The Biodynamic Agricultural Association- Founded on a holistic and spiritual understanding of nature and the human being's role within it, Biodynamic Agriculture builds on more than 75 years of world wide farming experience.
- The Cornish Food Box Company- Local Cornish produce
- The Real Seed Company- The Real Seed Company is a not-for-profit which sells and promotes non-hybridised seed, suited to our climate. They encourage seed saving.
- Transition Town Totnes Garden Share Project- This is a local initiative linking up people who have an unused corners of their garden with local committed growers.
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Healthy Start to the New Year
Some very useful dietary advice from local nutritionist Nina Ennaji in the following documents: Foods to Avoid, FAQ, Immune Boosting Foods. Also available via downloads page on this site.
All forum posts from the old Transition Falmouth website have been transfered as comments to this new website. Posts from the Food forum are here.
Sanjay Kumar 10-10-10 recipe
Sanjay Kumar has created an excellent Cornish Apple Chutney recipe especially for Sunday’s TF Event. To view, click here.
Slow Food Cornwall
Slow Food Cornwall: http://www.slowfoodcornwall.com/
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Sanjay Kumar – Energy Efficient Food Recipe
We received the following mouth watering energy efficient recipe from Sanjay Kumar, Head Chef at the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth.
Sanjay did an excellent presentation for Transition Falmouth (see Downloads) last year and is very supportive of the Transition movement. He’s speaking at a Transition Truro event on Tues 22nd Sept.
Click here to view Sanjay’s excellent recipe for Pressure cooked Lamb Shank Rogan josh.
More recipes at http://www.sanjayskitchen.co.uk/
Cornwall Freeshop (Please get involved)
KAN! (Kernow Action Now) are organising a regular Freeshop*/Food Not Bombs** style stall for Cornwall. The aim is to highlight the ridiculous amounts of food waste in this country and to show the benefits and possibilities of mutual aid and community solidarity.
Our next meeting (7pm, 6 October 2009 @ The Front, Custom House Quay, Falmouth) will focus on developing this project and getting on with the practicalities of making it happen. If you can help out with this, please come along.
Some help we need: Surplus food from your vege plot, clothes, toys, etc etc that you no longer want/need. Much more I’m sure.
Please come along….
*Freeshops: “…a form of constructive direct action that provides a shopping alternative to the capitalist framework, allowing people to exchange goods and services outside of a money-based economy….”
[source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give-away_shop ]
**Food Not Bombs: http://www.foodnotbombs.net
Fair Fare
Fair Fare is an event for everyone working in food and farming: people who produce and process food, and people who source food – info received from CoaST follows…
‘A global transformation in food supply and consumption is placing our food security at risk. What changes need to be made to the ways we trade, process and purchase our food if everyone in the world is going to have enough wholesome food to eat? Is there genuine scope for creating food futures that embrace considerations such as ecological sustainability and social equity as well as placing good food on the table – and making money?’
Fair Fare is an event for everyone working in food and farming: people who produce and process food, and people who source food – this event will be held at the Duchy College, Stoke Climsland, 12th October from 10 am to 4.30 pm.
The day features a blend of keynote speakers talking on the ‘fairness agenda’ in food and farming, and interactive case study sessions to enable you to discuss specific issues in more depth.
The case studies represent innovative, exciting businesses in Devon and Cornwall who are working to make money whilst also addressing key contemporary concerns like carbon footprinting, working conditions, animal welfare, local sourcing, fair trade, biodiversity, education and tourism.
Speakers include Catherine Mead (Lynher Dairies/ Chair Agrifood Council) who will be taking us through a typical supply chain and examining how to ensure that everyone – including farmers – gets a fair deal; David Simmons (Riviera Produce) who will be discussing their work on improving the working conditions of seasonal labour; Pammy Riggs (Providence Farm), who will take us through her efforts to improve poultry welfare; and Andrew Biss (Primrose Valley Hotel) who will challenge us on the dilemmas associated with his work to source locally.
The cost is 25 pounds including a locally sourced lunch and refreshments. Farmers with a holding number can attend for free but need to pay a 25 pound deposit.
Please do come along as we would love to see you. We have timetabled in plenty of time to network and socialise and have worked to ensure an attractive lunch as well. For more information call: 0845 458 7485 or email: rbs@duchy.ac.uk
This event is supported by the Rural Business School and the Vocational Training Scheme (VTS). VTS is a Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) funded initiative. Thanks ! Marja at CoaST
Cornish Diet Campaign
The North Cornwall branch of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall launched the Cornish Diet Campaign at the Camelford Show on Wednesday 12th August.
As a part of a ‘Living Communities’ theme, the Cornish Diet calls for 80% of all food served on Cornwall Council owned or run premises to come from Cornwall by 2012. This would include a clear long-term development path so that growers and producers can find and access potential future markets in the public sector.
Read more here: http://www.cornwall24.co.uk/uncategorized/mebyon-kernow-launch-cornish-diet-campaign/
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Thanks for that. Transition groups in Cornwall have also been discussing this for some time. Transition Truro have an event this evening about a Cornwall Diet – see here.
It’s such a good idea. I think a lot more could be done with the ‘Made in Cornwall’ project from the council as well.
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Salicornia
Strange question I know, but does anybody harvest, pickle and sell Salicornia in Kernow?
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Not personally aware of any, but Plants For a Future has more information on it – seems from the comments that it is quite sought after.
It also seems to be plentiful around Devoran – see
here (scroll to top of page for pics)…
Sustainable exploitation is the trick. It is sought after but quite rare.
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