“Eat for Devon”: preparation for our local food challenge
Our challenge starts on Saturday 21st August, so I’m starting to think about shopping and menus for the coming week.
Some staple items may be tricky? Has anyone found a source of Devon-produced milk, bread, cereals? Please click on ‘leave a comment’ to share ideas.
I’ve started asking some local shops if they will help explain where the food they sell is sourced. Interested ones based in Teignmouth so far include:
Redfern’s Butchers, Lloyd Maunder Butchers, Ruffles Delicatessen, Nutters, Poppadums, the Great Catch fish shop, Tibbs Greengrocers, the Home Made Bakery, the Owl and the Pussycat, Cubby Hole newsagents and the Co-op.
Please talk to your local suppliers and if they are willing to help, add them by clicking on ‘leave a comment’.
You can also download a copy of the Eat for Devon poster. Perhaps you could display one in your window?
The Eastcliff Big Lunch – in sunshine!
They came, they saw, they picnicked. An entire army! Well, 60 of us, anyway. After all, it was in the paper (thanks Helen). The smaller ones (and some of the not-so-small) got face painted (thanks Christine) and inspected local moths caught out the night before by a bright light and a small jar – Don’t worry, folks, no moths were harmed during the making of this picnic – there was singing with Teignmouth Community Choir (thanks David) and pond dipping in the Dell (thanks Sian), a history trail around the park (thanks Tacy and Mary) and a local food quiz (thanks Laetitia) with prizes! (thanks to Old Walls Vineyard, Bishopsteignton, and Regency News, Teignmouth). There was transition chat on food and energy, and sensation – The Lady of the Dell may be The Man! Dell-Boy is not what he was, but the photo evidence is unmistakeable, even if the remains of the lad himself could be. What a fantastic afternoon – quite wore me out.
“Eat for Devon”: local food challenge
Can you meet the challenge to eat only locally produced food for one week?
Teign Estuary Transition is keen to experiment with whether it’s possible to eat only food produced or sourced within Devon and we’d like to encourage you to try this for a week.
Quite possibly it may just demonstrate how difficult and expensive this might currently be. But the Transition movement is about transitioning to a local economy to cope with the challenges posed by Peak Oil, so we thought it would be fun to try this out now!
We’re starting on Saturday 21st August to coincide with the Teignmouth Local Produce Market and will be offering tips on the blog and inviting you to add your comments and ideas, so watch this space!
Eastcliff Big Lunch update
Don’t forget the Eastcliff Big Lunch on Sunday 18th July in Teignmouth’s Eastcliff Park from 12 noon onwards, meeting at the new log picnic circle.
Please bring a picnic and come along to meet people and find out more about this beautiful community space. Lots of free events for children and adults are being planned.
- Sian Avon, Senior Countryside Ranger for Teignbridge District Council, will lead a wildlife safari looking at the minibeasts who live in the park
- there’ll be a scavenger hunt for children
- a trail looking at the park’s history
- a local food quiz.
Other activities are also being arranged.
The event is part of The Big Lunch run by the Eden Project and is being organised locally by the Friends of Eastcliff Park and Teign Estuary Transition working together with Teignbridge District Council.
To encourage sustainability, the Transition group invites you to see if you can bring locally produced food for your picnic, and also if possible to travel to the park by foot or public transport.
See you there!
Teignbridge Council for Voluntary Service (Teignbridge CVS)
Is a resource for volunteers – like us! – and their organisations across Teignbridge, based in Forde House, Newton Abbot. Organising an event, thinking about applying for funds, burning questions about Health & Safety, public and personal liability, money, and all that good stuff, visit their website www.teigncvs.org.uk or better, ring their office 01626203050.
The Eastcliff Big Lunch
Picnic!
Hooray for local food – and drink! Bring it all on.
Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Mules Park, Eastcliff, Teignmouth
Picnic in the park. Bring food, if you can bring local food from our fantastic suppliers in the area, even better. Bring friends and family
Need to travel here? Enjoy a walk to the park from the railway station or the bus stops along the Dawlish Road or Town Centre. We will be at the top of the hill from the car park at the south end of the park you can see here:
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Find out more about this beautiful community space and Teign Estuary Transition.
Do you have something creative you could share with others? Let us know…
The Eastcliff Big Lunch is part of The Big Lunch run by the Eden Project
Take Note! We will be out in the weather.
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