Community Apple Pressing – Toolkit 1

Picking and pressing apples is a joyful experience. Abundance Tameside and Operation Farm have been picking, pressing and preserving surplus fruit for over 15 years. This toolkit contains advice, safety information and tips & tricks to help those running their own community fruit pressing events.

This guide has been written by founder member and Operation Farm food co-ordinator, Ali Shockledge. Ali has been picking & pressing apples at community events for 15 years, “I love the whole buzz of community apple pressing, from the minute we arrive onsite and start to build our stall, to tasting that first bit of juice; it’s proper hard graft, but a wholesome & satisfying experience.”

Published May 2025. This toolkit is one of a series of three authored by Operation Farm, others cover Community Growing and Community Kitchens and cooking.