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SarahF's FoodTalk – July 2010 Archive (5)
Acacia Beauty - Looking for Local producers to display
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…
ContinueHampshire County Council - Sourcing Local Food!
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.…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on July 30, 2010 at 15:55 — No Comments
Local Short Courses - Lymington and Ringwood
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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NEW - Local Food Map
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…
ContinueBuying and Eating Local Food - How are you finding it?
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,…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on July 6, 2010 at 18:00 — No Comments
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National Vegetarian Week is a great opportunity to promote your locally grown and locally made produce.
Newspapers and radio will be looking for local angles and local stories to put a local spin on the Ntaional Vegetarian Week…
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Posted by SarahF on April 22, 2013 at 18:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
I am delighted to announce that Spice ‘n’ Easy has been nominated in this year’s Hampshire Life Food & Drink Awards and I am hoping to make it on to the short list of finalists. To help in this endeavour I would be most grateful if you would…
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Posted by SarahF on April 19, 2013 at 18:16 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all
Can you help us?
The Food Challenge have booked a stall at the New Forest Spring Fair on Sunday 5th May.
We will running a very activity led stall, with lots of seed planting, poem writing and pot making.
We…
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