Draft January update from Dano

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After the successful monthlynewsletter distributed via email andtwitter to over 300 peolple, Eastfeast'sLocal Food for Thought in Waveneyproject has decided to start a monthlykids newsletter. This will focus on aschool eac month to spread the localfood message from kids to kids.

March: Edgar Sweter Primary, Halesworth

April :Grove Primary, Carlton Coleville

May: Bejamin Brittain High School , Lowestoft.

June: Warren Special School, Lowestoft

July: Denes School, Lowestoft

New: kids newsletter

January keywords:

Communications Review End of January:

Newsletter is being sent to 250 email addresses with many forwarding it one via their

networks. We gather emails where we can.

Twitter @WavLocalFood has 56 followers and recent tweets with links to posters andnewsletters have been re tweeted via Lowestoft Police and community organisastions.

Businesses Review:

Normanston- Healthy Grow (local workshopper), Donated Netting worth 100 via SuffolkAcre local food project and a local supplier that wanted to not be named.

Pig Club- Maisebrook Farm Shop (group visit), CK Clarkes of Bramfield butchers.

Halesworth Grow for it (at Halesworth school), Kings Landscaping, Halesworth Library,

Planning to use local carpenter and North Suffolk Skills Centre

Future businesses:

Local Food producers to work with Denes tbc

Artists to be involve in the susbsequent months. Metal workers, professional gardeners,food growers and food producers. Visitk to their businesses.

FEBRUARY KIDS NEWSLETTER

Welcome to the first newsletter about local food growing by young

people. Eastfeast can help your school to grow more local food so

get in touch if you want some help.

Schools and youth groups in the Waveney area are being challenged

to send in their stories to feature in this monthly newsletter.

Prizes will be awarded if we feature you.

What we need:

your pictures (photos or drawings)

a report on what food growing you have been up to.

Activities for the back page, e.g. j okes, puzzles,

cartoons or competitions?

We have schools for March and April so book in your school in to be

featured soon!

February is a time to get ready for growing, you need to get the

soil ready for vegetables. Digging or adding compost is a good way

to love your soil & then maybe you can grow some monster veg.

Monster Hybrid- Veg Squash Necklaces worn by

Dano & Phoebe from Eastfeast.

Contact: Dano Wheals at [email protected]

077 177 933 47, Twitter @WavLocalFood or www.eastfeast.co.uk

Waveney Local Food for Thought

Dano's January 2013 Update


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NORMANSTON PARK ALLOTMENTS

Total Numbers to end Jan: Catch 22 (10) + Princes Trust (15) +

volunteers (8) + Xmas Nibbles (25) + Warren (10) + Agencystaff (12) + Eastfeast staff (7) + Other plotholders (4) = 91

The Thursday club continues with a group of 4 volunteers whowant to get training to become responsilbe for the site on theirown.

Guy has taken the step up to become part of the Eastfeast teamand a 1 day week horticulturalist building on his hugecontibution as a volunteer.

A programme of events is bing put together (page 4) to be held

on the site. Combines with site improvements including paintedfencing, soft fruit area, new polytunnel area, feasting zone etc.

Many groups are keen start when it warms up and we arealways hoping more will want to join us.

Lowestoft

Normanston Park Allotment,Lowestoft.

Bunday PIg Club.Edgar Sewter Primary School,Halesworth.

Denes High School,

Lowestoft.

Beccles Allotment Projects

Benjamin Brittain HighSchool, Lowestoft.

Halesworth Libray Garden

Eastern PermacultureGathering

Bungay Sustainable Bees

with Anglia Cooperative

Ringsfield Hall Eco Centre, nrBeccles.

Greengrow Beans.

Warren Special School,

Lowestoft.

Roman Hill Primary,Lowestoft.

Grove Primary, Carlton

Coleville.

Projects:

SCHOOLS

Total Numbers to end Jan

Denes 170 (food day) + 7 (big dig) + 5 (teachers) = 182

BBHS 3 (staff)

Denes school has ambitious plans for their Year 7'scalled 'Opening Minds'. We aim to set this plan iniaction after half term in April.

Benjamin Britain High School (BBHS) have two sitesthey want to grow food in. This starts in February.

Primary schools including Grove primary and nowRoman Hill are also haveing Eastfeast input. BeeFarrell is coordinating these. Bee is also coordinatingWarren Special School. Some of the Warren studentshave been creating raised beds on Normanston ParkAllotments.


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Bungay PIg Club:

Total NO.s to end Jan: 41

13 shares including a total of 32

people with family members,

friends (6) and business people (3)

Thanks to Eastfeast inital electric

fencing allowed this group to make

the decision to go for it. All

members have learnt a lot about

pig rearing, the issues facing pig

famers, how pig butchery works

and the art of making sausagesand cooking different recipes.

A Quarter of a pig worked out at

70 and sourcing local food / food

waste would help reduce this

further.

The Three 'large black' pigs names

Magic, Pudding and Velvet werejust over 6 months and stayed with

us from the end of weening at

2months of age.

Bungay pig club are now looking for

a new venue and have learnt that

collaborative ventures are fun and

'priceless'. Future clubs could

involve chickens and vegetables as

well.

If you are interested in pig clubs getin touch via Dano from Eastfeast.

There may be some fencing

available for your group?

Film clip thanks to Liam Destroywww.wildculture.com

Sustainable Bungay has a vibrant

community valuing local food. The monthly

'Happy Mondays Feast' are a great example

of coming together via food. Regular

attendances of 60 people.

Leslie pictured above is also managing the

library garden in 2013 with a theme of edibleplants.

Sustainable Bungay has not needed help

from Eastfeast but as with Bungay Pig Club

the Bungay Community Bees project doessee a link with Eastfeast and currently links

between Anglia Cooperative are being

explored.

Sustainable Bungay

Beccles

http://youtu.be/DvZO9t6Be8Y

Halesworth

There are two allotmentprojects in Beccles ready in budto blossom in 2013.

1) An allotment project for 'Kidz'which eastfeast has offered tosupport.

2) The regeneration of aderelect plot that has noaccess. Dano has gone to a

town council meeting to supportthis project and next step isgetting Access to othe site witha new gate.

Edgar Sewter Primary school has been growing fantasticproduce in 2012 with Katie, gardener with Eastfeast and 'Growfor it'. Year 5's are now planting blackberries around thegarden's edges. Holiday clubs and pizza bakes have added tothe numbers recorded on site. Tot NO.s til end Jan = year 5's(28), Pizza day with parents (80), other year groups (100+) andholiday clubs (20) = over 200.

Halesworth Library Garden has involved the Local Transition

group HinT and local library users. Adding planters, edibleplants and providing seating areas will enhance the garden.Local groups will use the area in summer. Total No.s HInT (12)library users & staff so far (13), Dulke of Edinburgh Student (1)= 26

Bungay Pig Club


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February:

Pig Club feast, sausage making.

Denes planning & BBHS kick off.

Soft fruit planting

video camera training

Polytunnel up at Normanston

March:

Growing starts on all sites

Volunteers at Normanston inducted

Ringsfield Winter workshops

open saturdays and afternoon feasts start

Feast area flooring and table at Normanston

April:

Cooking on the allotment & Clay oven at Normanston

Composting (poss incl compost toilet building.

Plant School starts at Normanton Park Allotments

May:

Plant schools continues

Introduction to Permaculture

Trusted Gardeners in the streets

plant sale

Eastfeast CPD training

June:

School focus

Community/ School visits

Plant school continues

Gunton Community Centre with Mik

July:

School feasts

Permaculture gathering

produce comp?

August:

Beccles Kids allotment

Metal Sculpture

September:

back to school

October:

Waveney valley food festival 5-11th

The politics of Local food debate

curriculum planning event

open gardens

November:

Securing the future of the sites

December:

Celebrating the sites

dates for 2013Workshops to suit most tastes and plenty of chances to feast well

Eastfeast are exploring the digitalrealm and ways to record, publishand evaluate the work that goes onat the projects we are involved with.

An early attempt at making a shortvideo on an iphone seen via thislink: http://youtu.be/RCXbBhlWRUY

Video camerashave been bought to capturefootage and there is a need for usto learn how to edit and use suchfootage effectively. We are lookingto work with local artists andcreative digital experts to harnessthis medium.

App bulding

Schools often have media capabilityand plans are afoot to work withDenes high school on creating alocal food app.

Instant Printers

are being trialed as ways to givepeople a small instant pic of theirtime with us. Family portraits and atoken of thanks for joining in.

digital media

workshops

Dano Wheals

(part time coordinator with Bee Farrell)

[email protected]

07717793347

Twitter @WavLocalFoodwww.eastfeast.co.uk

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Draft January update from Dano