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Welcome to the Incredible Edible North Hampshire Blog!

Incredible Edible North Hampshire (IE-NH) is a group of local volunteers who are sharing responsibility to create more resilient, vibrant and cohesive communities in North Hampshire through encouraging the production and sourcing of local food.

You can find out more at our site at: www.incredible-edible-north-hampshire.co.uk

Sunday 29 July 2012

Brookvale Community Association

Incredible Edible North Hampshire will have a stall at the Home Energy Fair Saturday 8th September 2012 (Midday to 4pm).

If you like food you are already a passive member!

Say hello and let us know what it is about food which excites you, there is probably something in Incredible Edible which will interest you!

You can check out the details on the  Home Energy Fair through the following link:

Brookvale Community Association:

The Home Energy Fair is organised in association with the Basingstoke Transition Network

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Mill Field Festival in Old Basing on Sunday 5th August 2012

Incredible Edible North Hampshire will have a stall at the Mill Field Festival in Old Basing on Sunday 5th August 2012.

If you like food you are already a passive member!

Say hello and let us know what it is about food which excites you, there is probably something in Incredible Edible which will interest you!

You can check out the details on the Mill Field Festival through the following link:

Home - Bo Basing:

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Saturday 28 July 2012

Message from the Mayor

Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Cllr Martin Biermann said:


“At the council we should always be open to new ideas which will increase the resilience of our local communities, enhance people's understanding and also encourage support for our local businesses.

Incredible Edible has proven itself as instrumental in the sourcing of locally produced food in several towns and cities both in the UK and abroad.

Making good and attractive use of un-cared-for land is especially attractive to me. It is therefore easy for me to lend my support to Incredible Edible North Hampshire.

If you like food you will probably find something in Incredible Edible which is for you, take some time, take a look, dive in!”

Sunday 22 July 2012

www.ienh.co.uk

An easier web address to remember is www.ienh.co.uk

It still takes you to www.incredible-edible-north-hampshire.co.uk

Tuesday 17 July 2012

First Incredible Edible North Hampshire Meeting

The first Incredible Edible North Hampshire meeting will be held on the evening of Tuesday 24th July.

The proposed agenda is:

  • Start 7.30pm Arrivals/tea/coffee
  • Introduction: What is Incredible Edible? Food/The Three Plates
  • Introductions: who everyone is, what they bring to/what they might take from Incredible Edible. (2 mins each max).
  • Community: Open discussion on community activity ideas; three things we will do.
  • Learning: Open discussion on learning activity ideas; three things we will do.
  • Business: Open discussion on business activity ideas; three things we will do.
  • Open discussion: What do we have / what don't we have?
  • What next from here?
  • 9.30pmish Wrap Up

If you would like to attend call Steve or Bob, contact details at:



www.Incredible-Edible-North-Hampshire.co.uk

Saturday 14 July 2012

The Egg Map: How to Accelerate Local Food Abundance

We have the map for North Hampshire; let us know of local food producers of all types and we will add them to the North Hampshire map!

The Egg Map: How to Accelerate Local Food Abundance:

For North Hampshire go to:

www.incredible-edible-north-hampshire.co.uk

Then follow "places For Local Food" page.

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Wednesday 11 July 2012

growyourowncurry.co.uk

What a fabulous idea!

The blog www.growyourowncurry.co.uk includes regular updates on what it takes to put together a show like this and helpful GYO factsheets to grow these ingredients at home. From ginger and turmeric to lemongrass and curry leaves there is something to tickle everyone’s tastebuds as well as a host of easy recipes to use the harvested ingredients.


RHS article here: http://tiny.cc/zps9gw

Article in the Times (subscription required) here:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/gardens/article3471560.ece

growyourowncurry.co.uk:

http://plants4presents.co.uk/Default.aspx


Key point: the produce is high price/ high margin on the market therefore potentially could make for the creation of great local businesses.

  • Community: lot's of people love curry, so good for growing, cooking, socialising......
  • Learning: There are key skills and resources which need to be brought together; so lot's of opportunity to acquire and propagate this knowledge for more people.
  • Business: Potential for local people to take the Community & Learning and combine this with business skills to create new local businesses; AND then supply the local market: individuals, shops, restaurants, canteens, school meals etc.


Would be great to see people and growers in North Hampshire producing local ingredients here.


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Monday 9 July 2012

Coming soon: commercial scale rooftop produce | SmartPlanet

I guess rooftops in the USA & Canada are generally a lot bigger than here in the UK; that said there must be a few potential Incredible Edible sites out there.

Anyone know of some good roofs that could support a similar project here in the UK?

Coming soon: commercial scale rooftop produce | SmartPlanet:

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