Bulletin 27 August 2009 Bulletin 27th August 2009
The Local Food Festival is drawing ever nearer and it is shaping up to be a great afternoon out. To help keep our carbon footprint small and to encourage you to leave the car at home we have organised a free shuttle bus to and from the NHTT villages. It will be doing two runs at the start of the event as detailed below and will be available from 4.30 pm to take anyone home within the NHTT area. We
would like to encourage use of this service where possible. The minibus will also
be shuttling people up the Monimail woods with Tony Wilson from Fife Ranger
service to go on a mini wild food foray. These will take place at 2.15pm and 3.45pm.
A Flyer and programme will be heading your way soon but in the meantime I have
attached The Local Food Festival Poster to give you a taste of what is in store.
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A reminder that the North Howe Barter Google group is up and running. So if your harvest has left you with an excess of green beans or carrots you can join the group and make an exchange for other local produce or services. The group is very easy to use and you can choose the level of notification to reduce email traffic. It is open to anyone in the community. If you would like to join North Howe Barter or learn a bit more about how it works please get in touch with Louise.
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The Local Food Group has 2 apple crushers and presses which are available for members of the community to
hire. The equipment has been purchased as part of our successful Climate Challenge Fund grant.
For Small scale crushing and pressing we have:
A flyer containing more information about how to hire these is attached to the bulletin email and will also be
appearing on the webbut please contact Louise if you have any queries. The Apple presses
will be on display at our upcoming Local Food Festival.
To help get things started the Monimail Tower Project have organised an Apple Fayre on the 31st of October
for fun picking and juicing fruit from their two old Bramley Trees – you will be able to take your own juice
home and some tasty apples to keep through the winter. It will be a great chance to have a go on our new
Apple Press equipment. More details will follow in the next bulletin.
Local Food Group Garden Supplies Project Update
This scheme is looking to create a local depot for bulk gardening supplies such as manure and leaf mould. A
feasibility study is currently underway for the pilot which will be run in Monimail. If this is succesful we
would like to see supply points throughout the NHTT area. For more information please see the latest
Garden Supplies project update which is attached to the Bulletin email.
on the community consultation is still being finalised. It will be carried out in the autumn and we are still
ing for some paid Sessional workers to undertake this survey. The work will involve face to face community
interaction. If anyone is interested in taking part in this important community consultation please email your
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We now have a supply of stationary that is available for the groups to use at meetings and consultations.
Along with these the NHTT projector is available to hire and a digital camera to record events.
If you would like to use any of these please get in touch with Louise.
Attached to the Bulletin email is all the latest from Transition Town Scotland. If you are intere
subscribing to their email list or would like more information about Transition Town Scotland che
Monimail Woodland Group Drumming Day 11am to 3pm, Sunday 30 August
Local Food Group Meeting, 7.30pm, Tuesday 8 Sept Victory Hall, Collessie
Letham Nights, Chloe Hall Trio, Saturday 13 Sept Letham Village Hall
Energy Group Meeting, 8pm Tuesday 15 Sept, Venue TBC
Local Food Festival, 12.30-5pm Saturday 19 September, Letham Park
Coordinating Group Meeting, 7.45pm Monday 21 Sept, venue TBC
Transport Group Meeting, 8pm Tuesday 22 Sept, Venue TBC
NHTT Annual General Meeting, 4pm Saturday 26 September, Letham Village Hall
If you have any questions about anything in the Bulletin or would like to
feature in future bulletins please email Louise at
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