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13 July 2018

This week's selection of the best from Locavore
and our reading from around the web.

profiles | recipes | news
 

 
 

The ethical dairy - experiment and innovation on Rainton Farm

In a radical departure from traditional dairy farming, David Finlay leaves calves to suckle from their mothers for both animal welfare and environmental reasons.
 


Plastic-free on electric wheels - Charlotte's Cupboard

 Charlotte Cross and Thalassa Sauvalle de Rementeria are the women behind Charlotte’s Cupboard, a plastic-free shop on electric wheels. Selling everything from pulses, to spices, to cleaning products, they pop up at various places throughout Sussex as well as offering a delivery service.
 


Book – Larder by Robin Gill

Absolute freshness and seasonality is at the heart of Robin Gill’s cooking. Curing, fermenting, and pickling are very much to the fore, linked hand in hand with an unfettered philosophy of nose to tail, tail to gill and root to bloom.
 


Recipe - nettle dumplings

Stinging nettles are nutritious and versatile.  They have been used in many of ways for thousands of years; as a medicinal herb, as a food, made into booze, spun and woven to make fabric.  They contains high levels of vitamin C, as well as iron.  They are also delicious.

 

Urban Growth: garden therapy in the heart of Camden

In a guest article for Locavore, Nichola Daunton writes about Urban Growth, who provide garden therapy in the heart of Camden, London.

 

Hungary?

Lucy Antal on Hungarian cuisine, memories of pan-European food runs with her family, and a recipe for a proper goulash.

More news & stories
events | offers | jobs | listings
 

 
 

Balham Farmers' Market

 Every Saturday 9am - 6pm 
Raw milk and cream from Midgham Farm in Hampshire, fresh fish, biodymaic and organic vegetables, Laycroft free range poultry and beef. Seasonal game, fresh juice and fruit, home made cakes and plenty of space to sit and chat over a coffee
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Win dinner for two at the Ethicurean

We’ve got together with the brilliant Ethicurean, near Bristol, UK, to offer dinner for two including accommodation and £100 spending money. The Ethicurean Restaurant is founded on ‘a sense of place’. This is the idea of having a connection with the native land, the community who grow seasonal food upon it, preparations with harmonious flavours, and the understanding of its history.

 

The Sourdough School by Vanessa Kimble

At her renowned Sourdough School, Vanessa Kimble has taught countless students the secrets of this healthy, more easily digestible bread, and now she has compiled her teachings for the home baker. Vanessa's book is offered here with a 20% discount on the cover price.

 

River Cottage - Smallholder

July 29th
Fancy living the good life? Designed with rookie smallholders in mind, this one-day course is a brilliant introduction to the skills, equipment and knowledge required to raise classic livestock. Having been farming since 1982 with years of experience in organic farming methods, River Cottage farm manager Dan Powell makes the perfect guide.

 

Jobs - Produce Distribution Co-ordinator, Organiclea

Organiclea are recruiting for a Produce Distribution Co-ordinator who will be responsible for the distribution of all their own-grown produce, and ensuring their weekly box scheme has high quality, varied seasonal produce each week.
 

more events | more jobs | more listings
 
what we're reading


Palm oil firms using ‘shadow companies’ to hide their links to deforestation: report
via Mongabay

Krill fishing firms back Antarctic ocean sanctuary

via The Guardian

Sports got ancient foragers ready for war
via Futurity

Aquaculture is main driver of mangrove losses
via SciDev.Net

Refugee chefs serve up treats at Brussels food festival
via Reuters

Photo essay: the humble cabbage connects history and cultures
via Civil Eats

We’ve woken up to plastic waste. Is food waste next?
via World Resources Institute 

Catastrophic drought threatens Iraq as major dams in surrounding countries cut off water to its great rivers
via Independent

Why should you care about seed diversity? Here are 7 reasons
via Modern Farmer

Tripe, kidneys and giblets on their way out? I wonder why
via The Guardian

The beef of the future is here, and it’s not made of meat
via HuffPost

Join the hive, save the bees - open source beehives
via Atlas of the Future

 
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