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Friday August 6, 2010
Local food fun: we've been writing for a while about the city's first Local Food Week during the annual Food & Drink Festival. We're really excited to announce that as a part of Local Food Week we'll be holding a big Local Food Picnic in Preston Park. Come join us for a day of swapping, sharing and cooking delicious local food. There will be lots of other great events happening during Local Food Week , including a screening of Food Inc, a food quiz, Apple Day and much more. In fact, September will be a month full of food-related fun, with loads of activities and event going on during the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival.
Next week is National Allotments Week! National Allotments week runs from 9-15 August, and here in Brighton & Hove there's lots going on to celebrate our love of gardening. There will be opportunities to visit allotment sites and learn more about the great community projects in Brighton & Hove. Some of the events during Allotments week include:
- 13 August: networking day for community food growing projects. More info
- 14 August: jam making session & work day at the Transition Community Allotment. More info
- 14 August: opening of the city's first organic allotment plots at Foredown. More info about this and other allotment events...
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This months growing & eating tips
 In the kitchen... The summer harvest is still going strong. Your garden, allotment or veg box will be full of tasty items like beans, courgettes, carrots, salads, cucumbers, tomatoes and so much more. We've recently added lots of new summer recipes to the Harvest recipe index. We hope you'll be inspired to try something new, like Jhal Muri (Bengali puffed rice salad), or a great classic such as Salad Nicoise.
In the garden... After so much warm, dry weather your garden will probably have been thrilled to see a bit of rain over the past few days! We're really into that bountiful time of year now, with courgettes, beans, tomatoes, raspberries, currants, beetroot and salad leaves amongst just a few of the summer's garden treats. There's lots to harvest, but lots to be planting out and sowing for the winter too. Some things to try sowing outdoors turnips, chard, winter radishes and broccoli raab. Plant out your cauliflowers, savoy cabbages and transplant your leeks. More August gardening tips...
Beyond the garden...You may have noticed the many gorgeous cherry plum trees dotted around the city brimming with yellow, rosy pink or purple fruit perfect for making jam, desserts, or other concoctions. If you feel inspired here's a plum jam recipe to try, but instead of removing the stones by hand you'll have to fish them out with a slotted spoon as the jam cooks. It's worth the time and effort!
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Funding & Project Support
 Free trees for schools and community groups : the Woodland Trust has 250 free tree packs available. They offer a choice of four packs, one of which is called Jams, jellies, chutneys and cordials. Trees must be planted this autumn so get your application in quick! More information about the programme and how your can apply for a free tree pack.
Grassroots Grants to close in March 2011: Grassroots Grants, which has funded many local community projects, is coming to an end in March 2011. Funds are still available for projects that will end by 31 March 2011, so there is still time to put in an application. There are no deadlines for grants of £250 - £900. For grants of £901 - £5000 deadlines are 27 August and 8 October. More information...
New resources on the Harvest website: we've got a new Groups section all about support for community food projects on the website. You can find information about funding, our mentoring programme and lots of useful resources on a variety of topics. We've also added some case studies, which showcase the different spaces people are using to grow their own. We'll add more as time goes on, and in the meantime get in touch if you're growing food in an interesting or unusual way and would like to be a case study!
Have a great weekend! - The Harvest Team
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Training
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Upcoming courses
7 August: Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically - a few places left for last minute bookings!
Book Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically now and get £5 off! Use discount code JSDSCA when you book online or call 01273 431700.
Autumn courses
4 September: Build Your Own Wormery
9 September: The winter salad box
18 September: Pests & Diseases with the Garden House
30 September: Seed Saving with Alan Phillips
21 October: Preserves, pickles and chutneys
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What's On
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Workday at the Transition Community Allotment
Saturday 7 August, 12-4pm. Come on up to the plot on Whitehawk Hill to help out, meet some nice people and enjoy the view. Read on...
Networking day for food growing projects
Friday 13 August, 10am-3pm: A great opportunity for people working on community food projects to meet, find out with other projects are doing and share ideas and resources. We also want to hear how you think Harvest can support projects. Read on...
Jam making events
Saturday 14 August, 12-4pm: Jam making at the Transition Community Allotment. An afternoon of blackberry picking and jam making. More info
Film screening: Pig Business
Thursday 26 August, 7:00pm: a screening of a startling documentary about the pork industry and the animal & human welfare, health and environmental effects of factory farming. Screening followed by a Skype discssion with the film maker, Tracy Worcester. More info...
Lewes Local Food Market
There's a new weekly local food market in Lewes, running each Friday between 9:30 and 1:30. There's loads of delicious produce on offer such as seasonl fruit and veg, meats, cheeses, bread, cakes and ice cream and much more.Find out more...
More upcoming events
You'll find info about other upcoming food-related events and training here.
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Harvest is a city-wide project, delivered by a wide range of partners and led by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters. The Food Partnership is a membership organisation, and membership is free to anyone who lives or works in Brighton & Hove. For benefits of membership and to join go to: www.bhfood.org.uk
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Hi, just a reminder that you’re receiving this email because you subscribed via our web site or at an event.
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Friday August 6, 2010
Local food fun: we've been writing for a while about the city's first Local Food Week during the annual Food & Drink Festival. We're really excited to announce that as a part of Local Food Week we'll be holding a big Local Food Picnic in Preston Park. Come join us for a day of swapping, sharing and cooking delicious local food. There will be lots of other great events happening during Local Food Week , including a screening of Food Inc, a food quiz, Apple Day and much more. In fact, September will be a month full of food-related fun, with loads of activities and event going on during the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival.
Next week is National Allotments Week! National Allotments week runs from 9-15 August, and here in Brighton & Hove there's lots going on to celebrate our love of gardening. There will be opportunities to visit allotment sites and learn more about the great community projects in Brighton & Hove. Some of the events during Allotments week include:
- 13 August: networking day for community food growing projects. More info
- 14 August: jam making session & work day at the Transition Community Allotment. More info
- 14 August: opening of the city's first organic allotment plots at Foredown. More info about this and other allotment events...
Back to top
This months growing & eating tips
In the kitchen... The summer harvest is still going strong. Your garden, allotment or veg box will be full of tasty items like beans, courgettes, carrots, salads, cucumbers, tomatoes and so much more. We've recently added lots of new summer recipes to the Harvest recipe index. We hope you'll be inspired to try something new, like Jhal Muri (Bengali puffed rice salad), or a great classic such as Salad Nicoise.
In the garden... After so much warm, dry weather your garden will probably have been thrilled to see a bit of rain over the past few days! We're really into that bountiful time of year now, with courgettes, beans, tomatoes, raspberries, currants, beetroot and salad leaves amongst just a few of the summer's garden treats. There's lots to harvest, but lots to be planting out and sowing for the winter too. Some things to try sowing outdoors turnips, chard, winter radishes and broccoli raab. Plant out your cauliflowers, savoy cabbages and transplant your leeks. More August gardening tips...
Beyond the garden...You may have noticed the many gorgeous cherry plum trees dotted around the city brimming with yellow, rosy pink or purple fruit perfect for making jam, desserts, or other concoctions. If you feel inspired here's a plum jam recipe to try, but instead of removing the stones by hand you'll have to fish them out with a slotted spoon as the jam cooks. It's worth the time and effort!
Back to top
Funding & Project Support
Free trees for schools and community groups : the Woodland Trust has 250 free tree packs available. They offer a choice of four packs, one of which is called Jams, jellies, chutneys and cordials. Trees must be planted this autumn so get your application in quick! More information about the programme and how your can apply for a free tree pack.
Grassroots Grants to close in March 2011: Grassroots Grants, which has funded many local community projects, is coming to an end in March 2011. Funds are still available for projects that will end by 31 March 2011, so there is still time to put in an application. There are no deadlines for grants of £250 - £900. For grants of £901 - £5000 deadlines are 27 August and 8 October. More information...
New resources on the Harvest website: we've got a new Groups section all about support for community food projects on the website. You can find information about funding, our mentoring programme and lots of useful resources on a variety of topics. We've also added some case studies, which showcase the different spaces people are using to grow their own. We'll add more as time goes on, and in the meantime get in touch if you're growing food in an interesting or unusual way and would like to be a case study!
Have a great weekend! - The Harvest Team
Back to top
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Training
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Upcoming courses
7 August: Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically - a few places left for last minute bookings!
Book Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically now and get £5 off! Use discount code JSDSCA when you book online or call 01273 431700.
Autumn courses
4 September: Build Your Own Wormery
9 September: The winter salad box
18 September: Pests & Diseases with the Garden House
30 September: Seed Saving with Alan Phillips
21 October: Preserves, pickles and chutneys
|
|
What's On
|
|
Workday at the Transition Community Allotment
Saturday 7 August, 12-4pm. Come on up to the plot on Whitehawk Hill to help out, meet some nice people and enjoy the view. Read on...
Networking day for food growing projects
Friday 13 August, 10am-3pm: A great opportunity for people working on community food projects to meet, find out with other projects are doing and share ideas and resources. We also want to hear how you think Harvest can support projects. Read on...
Jam making events
Saturday 14 August, 12-4pm: Jam making at the Transition Community Allotment. An afternoon of blackberry picking and jam making. More info
Film screening: Pig Business
Thursday 26 August, 7:00pm: a screening of a startling documentary about the pork industry and the animal & human welfare, health and environmental effects of factory farming. Screening followed by a Skype discssion with the film maker, Tracy Worcester. More info...
Lewes Local Food Market
There's a new weekly local food market in Lewes, running each Friday between 9:30 and 1:30. There's loads of delicious produce on offer such as seasonl fruit and veg, meats, cheeses, bread, cakes and ice cream and much more.Find out more...
More upcoming events
You'll find info about other upcoming food-related events and training here.
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To find out more and keep in touch with Harvest, you can find us at www.harvest-bh.org.uk
or become a fan of Harvest on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or see what we've been up to on Flickr.
Harvest is a city-wide project, delivered by a wide range of partners and led by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters. The Food Partnership is a membership organisation, and membership is free to anyone who lives or works in Brighton & Hove. For benefits of membership and to join go to: www.bhfood.org.uk
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