Can we balance food access with sustainability?
jenny | 06.01.11 | Events

Making food fair- free event Manchester Town Hall 9th February - with Monty Don, Tim Lang, Deborah Doane and Julie Brown. Info Kindling Trust. One to really look forward to.

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Tales of a maritime climate
Scilly Organics | 15.01.10 | Events

I've been away from home for 9 days, having attended the Organic Producer's Conference at Harper Adams in Shropshire. Having left the Isles of Scilly with a cold NE wind, I was quite surprised to learn that we were virtually the only place in the entire country not to have an ...
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Schumacher Lectures
mukti | 17.11.09 | Events

The culmination of our launch week was a presentation at the Schumacher Lectures, which was held at the Council House, Bristol on Saturday 17th October. The lectures were organised by the New Economics Foundation on behalf of the Schumacher Society and were called “from ...
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In Bristol
Scilly Organics | 11.11.09 | Events

I spent an hour talking with Phil Haughton from the Better Food Company about the potential to do a carbon footprint analysis of their growing operation at Chew Magna. A relatively young growing operation, they work on 10 acres supplying a box scheme and their shop in St Wher ...
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Apples, cows and hills
Scilly Organics | 11.11.09 | Events

Apples, cows and hills

We left Charles Dowding’s just after first light and headed through many small pretty villages with cider orchards. Somerset is well known for cider and apples – indeed it ...
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Feeding Manchester 2 Conference
jenny | 27.10.09 | Events

It was really fulfilling to give a presentation at the Feeding Manchester 2 Conference of food producers and community food workers / volunteers on Saturday 24th August. I followed Kath Dalmeny, the Pol ...
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The Blackdown Hills
Scilly Organics | 20.10.09 | Events

A lovely sunny morning with mist in the valleys was the perfect way to start yet another good cycling day. The beautiful scenery of the Blackdown Hills, with quiet roads and fertile farmland and the morning a very pleasant experience After Hemyock the road rose steadily ...
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The Second Day
mukti | 19.10.09 | Events

Halberton nr Tiverton.

The second CFF launch event at Shillingford Organics was more specifically for farmers and growers. Around 20 people attended, which was a good number to enable questions and discussion. We received a lot more challenging questions ...
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The first day of our Launch Week
mukti | 13.10.09 | Events

The launch of Climate Friendly Food today, 12th October 2009 went fantastically. Around 50 people attended the event at Schumacher College, Totnes, Devon. The five speakers included C ...
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Typing in Totnes
Scilly Organics | 12.10.09 | Events

We’re sat in an internet cafe in Totnes drinking Luscombe organic apple juice whilst doing last minute changes to the website. The weather is a bit murky, but it promises to be dry week with high ...
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