Have you visited Rosie Lea Tea Shop in Brockenhurst this summer? I went once with my children for a cake and hot chocolate, and once with my husband for lunch. Their cakes are absolutely delicious! Difficult to choose just one!

Also, if you have been down to Keyhaven and Milford recently, you may have spotted some black sheep in the fields. Either up Lymore Lane, or down by the 'crabbing bridge.' These are the sheep of Simeon Morgan Farming.

So, what do Rosie Lea Tea Shop and…

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On the Saturday 24th September, there is an apple day at Minstead Studay Centre, as part of the New Forest Festival.

Sunnyfields Organic Farm is providing us with a demo food kitchen, and we would like to invite about 5 people to do a 40-45’ food demo with a local or…

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The last government bancrupted the country by rewarding the incompetance of city gamblers, this government's answer is to balance the books by stealing and sellling off the last few remaining assets that public have access to. The latest slash and burn govern - mental idea is to sell off the UK's forests

Perhaps we should start a charity -…

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Watermelons Lower Blood Pressure

Does anyone grow watermelons in the New Forest? You may have seen this story in the Telegraph.



Yet more evidence that we need to be eating more fruit and vegetables



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A New Forest Nutritionist's Tour of New Forest Weekend Farmer's Markets

We went on an eat local, grow local, buy local october-fest this weekend. We visited Sunnyfields organic farm Saturday producers market, Lymington… Continue

Urgently needed - New Forest Food producers.



A chance to promote your delicious locally produced New Forest products before over 100 influential people at a Gala Banquet to be held in The Domus in the grounds of Beaulieu Palace House on the 24^th October.



Message from Neil Bramley,… Continue

Daily Mail says Beef is Good for the Planet



The Daily Mail seized the bull and the beef farmer by the horns and paid a special trip to interview the carnivores' saviour once they'd been tipped off by the Guardian's Eco 'Worrier' George Monbiot.



As usual the Daily Mail (and even flesh loving grudgingly pro vegan George… Continue

OK back to food, this week hazelnuts. We are still picking blackberries that are starting to recover and get a second wind after the long dry spell earlier, but it was a Hazelnut that almost hit me and landed at my feet that reminded me

A) They grow here

and

B) How nutritious they are.



I had a quick root on google but couldn't find any mention of hazelnuts in the New Forest apart from a company in Lymington using them to make… Continue

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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Hotel TerraVina (www.hotelterrravina.co.uk) are delighted to be playing its part in the 2009 New Forest Food Challenge and National Tree Week. The Tree O’Clock project run by the BBC is a world record

attempt to plant the most trees in one hour – Saturday 5th December from 11.00am to

12.00 noon.



Suzi Glaus from Hotel TerraVina says “We are very excited about planting our trees in the hotel grounds

for the BBC Tree O’Clock… Continue