We are a new Wellness & Beauty Centre and Training Academy located at Silver Street in Hordle/Sway. We provide a complete range of wellness, beauty and holistic therapies from our centre using only natural products produced – where possible – within the New Forest and local area.

In addition to our treatments we retail local arts, crafts and products through our centre and eventually online.

We would…

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The County Council now sources a range of meats and apple juice from Hampshire, as well as over 10,000 cabbages and 600,000 free-range eggs annually. School caterers HC3S have increased the value of produce they source locally by around £1million.

The County Council is helping to put more local produce on the public sector plate by encouraging other councils to follow its lead in buying local.…

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What is the difference between soil and dirt? A really interesting article on the Energy Bulletin site

So let me take you to a flaking hot weekend and off for a walk along the cliff top between Hordle Cliff and Barton on Sea. Only the lightest of sea breezes and little shade, but a pleasing afternoon walk studying the geology and building an appetite. And lo: a cafe with a kiosk advertising "New Forest Ice Cream".



Having walked past a herd of milking Holstein/Friesians by Taddiford Gap and considering how I might help the poor New Forest milk farmers who get less per pint for their… Continue

Many thanks to SarahF who started the Beaulieu Organic Farm Shop thread at http://newforesttransition.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-organic-butchers-in and to Al Woodcock's facebook page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113381548695745



Beaulieu Organic Farm Shop is going to try opening on Sundays from 10am to 3pm… Continue

Help needed at Transition Stall at Show

The lovely people at in the New Forest Produce area of the New Forest Show have generously

given us (New Forest Transition) a free stall. And Ian Nelson

(Sunnyfields Farm and all round local food star) has allocated us some

extra complimentary…

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Before freezers the Kilner Jar was the favoured method of preserving fruit and some vegetables. Bottling (canning in the US) remains a very efficient method of preserving produce for consumption later, when home grown fresh food gets scarce. Continue

Many thanks to SarahF who started the thread at

http://newforesttransition.ning.com/profiles/blogs/hordle-lane-nursery-opposite

and has featured the upcoming Family Fun Day and Grand Opening on Saturday 24th. July 2010, see http://newforesttransition.ning.com/events/open-dayfun-day-at-hordle-lane…



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I have just picked up the Brockenhurst College Adult Education Brochure and there are a few courses in there, that might be of interest:

At Lymington Community Centre

Fruit and Veg - How to Grow your Own,

3 sessions on a Tuesday morning or a Thursday night starting Oct 10 or Jan 2011.

Phone 01509 679457

Courses at Ringwood School, Parsonage Lane, Ringwood including

Sewing - Learn to…

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Can you help us?

We want to map all the local food producers/outlets/places in the New Forest. This might be someone who just sells the extra eggs and honey at their front gate, a farm shop, a jam producer, or even - if you know of any - a fruit tree, where the fruit /nuts/quinces/crab apples, just go to waste every year - on common land?

It would also be great to map some local resources: any experts out there, who we can call upon for advice? Any land that you…

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Have you being trying to buy local food? Reasonably priced and of good quality?

Having problems accessing land to grow your own food?

We are hoping to raise some of the issues of buying and growing local food and also start to find solutions to those issues.

On Thursday 30th September, with the backing of the NPA, District Council and a few other local names,…

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Great news, we have succeeded in booking Charles Dowding to come along to our Harvest VegEvent as the guest speaker. Charles will talk about ways to extend the cropping season at both ends to ensure fresh veg all year-round. He will also give guidance on storage of veggies that can't be left in the ground. Continue

For details and dates of the Braxton Garden Farmers Markets see:

http://www.braxton-gardens.co.uk/id5.html



Lymore Lane, Milford on Sea SO41 0TX. A modest sized farmers market with about 10 pitches. There was an interesting New Forest photography stall and the foodie places I noted were:



Sopley Salads of Christchurch had a double-sized fruit and veg pitch. See for instance the… Continue