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Food for Thought - Saturday 5 May

A day and eve of discussions, revelations and revels, seasoned with good food and fine drinks.

Are you interested in:
  • selling your surplus produce?
  • the farmers that supply the organic market stall?
  • being part of activities at the Hornbeam centre?
  • picking up composting tips, buying your weekly veg?
  • fiesta, fine food and dancing tunes... with performance by Robb Johnson

    • "Street corner talk", where Hoe Street meets Bakers Avenue - at the Hornbeam Centre and Forest Recycling Project: 458 Hoe Street and 2C Bakers Avenue, E17.

    What's cooking:

    Throughout the day, the Hornbeam cafe will be serving a sumptuous selection of soups and snacks, with teas, coffee and all manner of sweet things, so you can savour the day's discussions.

    11-12: Selling allotment produce: is it legal?
    There is increasing interest in locally and naturally grown food, yet on urban allotments gluts, surpluses and good land sometimes go to waste. There are certain legal restrictions on selling allotment produce, but what exactly are they and why?

    Ru Litherland from Organiclea has been researching this question and will be unveiling a no-nonsense fact sheet on the issue today. Participate in the discussion and share in the findings.

    11-1: Getting practical: Learn more about composting
    Drop-in stall about the compost heap. Creating quality soil in your own back yard from your waste.

    12.30-1.30: Know more about your organic market stall
    Since Sept 2006, Eostre Organics, a farmer's coop from East Anglia, has been working with Organiclea to supply organic food in Walthamstow.

    Josiah Meldrum, from Eostre, will talk about the food they supply and the farmers they work with - answering questions about quality and fair shares. Just returned from Italy, with first hand reports, he'll share some issues facing small producers everywhere.

    2.30-3.30: Getting involved at the Hornbeam Centre?
    Have you wondered what happens at the Hornbeam? Do you have an idea that you'd like to be involved in? Are you an existing user who would like to be better informed about what makes the centre tick? This session will be open and participatory. All welcome!!

    7pm: Fiesta with folk towards midnight
    Local poets, musicians & tunes supporting Robb Johnson… who we welcome to this stow's corner.. now recognised as one of the finest songwriters working in the UK today.. 'with love songs as touching as his political material is sharp…'

    Buffet by the Hornbeam's Saturday café collective; alcoholic and non-alcoholic organic beverages on sale.
    FREE revelry, hat passed around… register by emailing eve5may[at]yahoo.co.uk (replace [at] with @)

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