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A list of links relevent to BLoC and
its aims
 Fishstock
Brixham - the urban
seafood and music festival
Saturday September 11th from 11am to Midnight.
On the New Fish Quay Brixham TQ5 8AW.
Bus No.12 or by Western Lady Ferry from Torquay. Park
and Ride from Churston.
The fishing industry and maritime heritage of Brixham
proudly presented in a delightful mix of seafood, music and
entertainment for all ages. The best "boat to throat" experience you'll
ever have? We think so. Come and see for yourselves.
Contact: Jim Portus, Event Promoter
Telephone: 07860 542071
e-mail: mail@fishstockbrixham.co.uk
website: http://www.fishstockbrixham.co.uk/
Trade enquiries: Gordon on 01803 852195
£5 entry to entire event, age 15 and over. Under 15
Free, but donations never refused!
This is a fundraiser event for the Royal National
Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Registered Charity No. 232822.
Click
here to download the flyer.
 organicARTS
OrganicARTS promotes the arts and rural issues
through educational visits and walks, classes, workshops, community
projects, exhibitions and performances. These take place at West Town
Farm, other local farms and in the wider community.
OrganicARTS is run by a group of experienced
educators and artists who work in partnership with the farmer, Andrew
Bragg. We are supported by a wide network of volunteers and a group of
dedicated trustees.
OrganicARTS is involved in a wide range of
projects and events.
- Organic Learning - Mind Maps - This is a project to
encourage visitors to add their own ideas about what they learn.
- city2farm - Projects linking city based groups with
the farm.
- Working Within Woods - Regenerating neglected
woodland and learning old and new skills.
- Environmental - Projects involving water, power and
recycling.
- Earth Horse - A giant horse ploughed in a field by
giant horses.
- Apple Day - A celebration of the West Town orchard
and of apples. We held an Apple Day with a range of activities taking
place in the Barn and the Orchard.
- Cow Poems - The West Town milking herd was sold at
auction on the 24th January.
- Nine Artists and One Farm - OrganicARTS was
involved in last year's 9 Days of Art Event. 9 Artists exhibited work
inspired by the Farm over a 9 day period under the name of Nine Artists
and One Farm.
- Text+Image - Adults and children explore the farm
with a Text+Image bag. They gather images with a digital camera and
text on an Alphasmart Neo keyboard. The collection of images and text
is then presented as a Powerpoint to other visitors on the farm.
- Educational Visits - Primary school children visit
the farm to explore and engage in a range of activities including
living and growing, environmental sculpture, study of natural and man
made features and poem writing. OrganicARTSseeks to develop long term
relationships with schools allowing the children to gain a real sense
of connection with the farm. Alphington Primary School and St Davids
Primary have built farm visits into their curriculum develpment across
the whole school.
- University of Plymouth - OrganicARTS established a
relationship with lecturers at Plymouth University. Their students
studying for a module in Contextual Practice used the farm as a
resource for their course work The farm hosted an exhibition displaying
this course work with OrganicARTS acting as mentors for these students.
- The Outdoor Kiln - An outdoor kiln was made in
partnership with the Univeristy of Plymouth. It used clay dug up from
the farm for both its structure and for the pottery that groups model.
Firing took place over a 24 hour period using wood from the farm.
- Tree Circle - Tree Circle is a long term project by
Beth Richards creating a celebrational space based on the trees in the
Celtic Lunar Calendar.
- The Fresco - A traditionally constructed fresco was
created on one of the farm yard walls. Using natural pigments a group
of University of Plymouth Students painted onto lime render. They had
to work quickly for once the render has dried no more changes can be
made.
http://www.organicarts.org.uk/
Love Local Food
Love Local Food is a new social enterprise and
not-for-profit business initiated by Emma's Bread, Shillingford
Organics, West Town Farm and organicARTS. We aim to have a positive
effect on the communities that Love Local Food serves, and those who
work for it. Any profits are returned to the business, which also
offers educational opportunities about food, the environment and
personal well-being, to all sectors of the community.
http://www.lovelocalfood.org.uk/
Fed up with
supermarkets? Get the real thing from the
REAL FOOD STORE, BAKERY & CAFÉ,
Exeter
You are invited to take this rare opportunity to
invest in a new social enterprise business putting local food and drink
back into the heart of the city. The share offer launches on Thursday
10th June 2010 and is open to anyone over 16 years of age.
Work on this project has reached an exciting and
critical stage and needs community investment now to reach its target
opening date. If you want it to happen, make it happen and be part of
something unique.
To find out more about Real Food, visit our website: www.realfoodexeter.co.uk today and register your
interest online.
Everyone will benefit.
Please pass this information on to other people,
friends, family, colleagues and networks you know who may also be
interested in this exciting new business. Please accept our apologies
if you receive this offer more than once from different sources. We
want everyone to know about it and be given the opportunity to become
part of Real Food.
With thanks from Exeter Local Food Ltd: Dominic
Acland, Nicola Beglin,
John Cartridge, Sarah Collier, Christine Duff, David Mezzetti, Emma
Parkin & Dave Stickland.
Real Food is the trading name of Exeter Local
Food Limited, a Community Benefit Society incorporated under the
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. Registered with the
Financial Services Authority. Registered No. 30853R.
http://www.realfoodexeter.co.uk
Tamar Grow Local
TGL is a 'not for profit' Community Interest Company
(CIC) set up on co-operative principles for the benefit of the
community. The area covered is the Tamar Valley, which includes the
market towns of Tavistock, Launceston, Callington and Saltash.
Their activities focus on three main areas:
- Community - Providing opportunities and support for
local people to grow their own food including allotments, growing plots
and orchards.
- Education - Raising awareness of the benefits of
local produce and the unique market gardening history of this area.
- Commercial - Working with commercial growers and
supply chains to increase the availability & consumption of local
food and produce.
http://www.tamargrowlocal.org
Parliament News: Report on plight of traditional and
local markets
Local authorities and Government must pay greater heed to the range of
benefits that local markets continue to bring to their towns and
communities, say MPs today in a report on the future of traditional
retail markets published today.
http://news.parliament.uk/2009/07/report-on-plight-of-traditional-and-local-markets/
Morse Bags: socially aware, non-plastic shopping bags
It is high time we stopped using plastics and shopping
bags are a good place to start. Make your own from recycled material.
http://www.morsbags.com/
Eat the Seasons: What's good to eat this week
UK seasonal food information, tips and recipe ideas,
updated every Wednesday.
http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/
Good Food Pages: an online local food directory
"Listing all the best food and drink producers and
retailers across the UK."
http://www.goodfoodpages.co.uk/
Moorlander: Dartmoor's Very Own Community Website
"For residents and businesses in and around Dartmoor
National Park’s boundaries.
This site is designed to keep you up-to-date and informed with
everything that is happening in-and-around Dartmoor."
http://www.moorlander.co.uk/
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