Waste Not Want Not – September Update
Operation Farm’s Waste Not Want Not project has been running for nearly a month now. We’ve been super busy, here’s a run down of what’s been going on…
Tameside Youth event
Saturday 7th September 2013
- 147 fruit kebabs
- Mr Pickles our wonderful scarecrow was created
- A good opportunity to showcase and discuss the Hyde Park community orchard
- Comments from a parent “My kids love fruit more than me, it’s not them you need to convince it’s me. But I really like the way you’ve done that fruit kebab, I might try it.”.
Mossley Horticulture Show
Saturday 14th September 2013
- What was cooked
- Red lentil & tomato soup
- Watercress soup
- Courgette & garlic soup
- Beetroot and carrot salad
- Guacamole
- Carrot & almond salad
- Yogurt, mint & honey dip
- Crudités
- Bread & garlic sticks
- Courgette cake
- 127 people watched the cook off
- 120+ entries in the horticulture show
- 35kg of locally grown donated vegetables – including broad beans, runner beans, curly kale, herbs, new potatoes, courgettes
- 200+ attended the event
- Lots of interest and questions about vegan food, gluten free options, seasonality and local suppliers
- Woodland activities – cooked on an open fire, melted chocolate in a hollowed out pumpkin. Kids dipped fruit sticks into the melted chocolate
- 60 people helped us to create 40 beautiful sparkly fruit sculptures which will adorn the orchard at the Harvest Event in October
People First Tameside
Preserves workshop
- 42Kg recycled glass jars
- 19kg donated veg
- 33kg fruit collected
- 23 people attended
- Home-made bread, scones and cakes donated
- Sainsburys & Tesco donated over £40 of store cupboard ingredients
- Comment – “really enjoyed all of the session, the food was lovely and I’ve got a very full belly!”
Compost workshops at Hyde Park Community Orchard and New Charter Housing
- Two compost bins built from reclaimed wood
- Lots of people trained in how to better compost waste food and fruit
- New partnerships formed
Local press
We’ve had plenty of coverage in the local press…