Announcing the Wild
Community
Harvest
Project
 What:
Make
wild food
preserves
communally.
Come learn,
share
knowledge and
skills,
socialise,
share the
work, share
the harvest.
Where:
Unit
C1
Thriveability
Hub, Northover
Buildings,
Glastonbury,
BA6 9NU
Wild
Community
Harvest
Freezer
We will
create a wild
fruit harvest
store, in a
freezer, ready
for community
production
sessions on in
September.
 You
can pick and
store your
harvest in the
wild community
harvest
freezer. This
harvest will
then be
processed
later in the
month.
Blackberries,
elderberries,
hawthorn, crab
apples, etc.
We intend to
make whole
food preserves
with organic
ingredients
where possible
so that
everyone can
enjoy the
benefits of
healthier
foods.
Please
call Hannah on
07901638559 if
you would like
to deposit
fruits into
the wild
community
harvest
freezer. Jars
also welcome –
please bring
any clean jars
with lids and
bottles to the
storage box
outside Unit
C1.
Wild
Community
Harvest
Production
Sessions
What:
We can make
jams,
cordials,
jellies, fruit
leathers,
dried fruit.
Depending on
what you would
like to make.
When:
Thursday 29th
and Friday
30th
September,
9.30am
-6.30pm.
How
to get
involved:
Please call
Hannah on
07901638559 if
you have any
queries or
special
requests.
Please text or
call Hannah to
confirm you
are coming.
Production
sessions have
a capacity
limit of 12
people and
these will be
permitted on a
first come
first served
basis.
Introduction to Vegan
Cooking Course
- Saturday 1st
October
When:
Saturday
1st October
2016, 09.30am
– 4.30pm
Where:
Unit
C1
Thriveability
Hub, Northover
Buildings,
Glastonbury,
BA6 9NU
What:
The
workshop will
be practical
and hands on.
We’ll learning
simple cooking
techniques,
what foods to
combine for
nutritional
value and
interesting
flavour
combinations.
They’ll also
be a chance to
discuss and
learn the
reasons to
being and
becoming a
vegan.
Working
with seasonal
and organic
ingredients
we’ll make and
prepare a
meal, from
starter, mains
and a pudding.
We’ll all get
to share
together the
prepared meal
in the end.
Why:
There
are many
different
reasons to
become vegan
or eat a plant
based diet.
They range
from the food
being
healthier for
you, the
environmental
impact, to a
plant based
diet being
lower in cost.
Yet the best
thing is tasty
wholesome
dishes and
meals.
Cost:
The course is
FREE however
donations are
very welcome.
Community Food Forum
- Thursday
13th October
Feed
Avalon are
organising
three yearly
community food
forums. The
aim is to
bring together
interested
individuals
and groups
from the local
area who are
currently
active, or
interested in
becoming
active, in
reclaiming our
food system.
They
are informal
events where
we can talk,
share food and
build
relationships.
The
next forum is:
6
– 8pm on
Thursday 13th
October 2016
at the Red
Brick
Community
Building in
Glastonbury
Please
bring some
food to share!
When:
Saturday
22nd October
2016, 9.30 –
5pm
Where:
Unit
C1
Thriveability
Hub, Northover
Buildings,
Glastonbury,
BA6 9NU
What:
In
the course,
you’ll be
rediscovering
the old
methods of
preserving
food. We’ll be
preparing,
making and
tasting
fermented
foods from all
over the
globe; a
variety of
sauerkrauts,
kimchi,
sourdough
bread and
more.
The
course will be
educational,
from
understanding
the process to
the
nutritional
values and
health
benefits.
We’ll end the
session with a
chance to
taste all the
delicious food
and have
plenty to be
taking home
too.
Why:
Fermented
food tastes
amazing and is
a great way to
consume
probiotics
from living
food all year
round – one of
the many
health
benefits.
Cost:
£35. There are
a small number
of free or
subsidised
places for
people on low
incomes. Max
14 places.
Please book
early.
This
course has
been supported
by Somerset
Skills and
Learning.
Full
details: http://www.feedavalon.org.uk/fermentationcourse/
Upcoming Three-Day
Mushroom
Cultivation
and
Identification
Course
This three-day
course will
take a look at
the
fascinating
world of
fungi,
introducing
key concepts
in their
biology and
ecology.
Looking at the
identification
and
classification
of fungi and
seeing how
they can be
cultivated and
integrated in
our gardens.
When:
Friday
14th -
Saturday 16th
October 2016
Click
here for full
details:
http://www.feedavalon.org.uk/mushroom-course-2016/
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Feed Avalon is
a social
enterprise
dedicated to
developing
food systems
that are
socially and
economically
empowering in
order to build
food
resilience in
Glastonbury,
Street and the
surrounding
areas.
We are
a workers'
cooperative,
committed to
working
collectively
and
non-hierarchically.
We
design and
implement
projects to
accelerate
socially just
and
ecologically
sustainable
food
production,
organise
events, run
courses and
workshops, and
network with
others to
build a
movement to
reclaim our
food system,
locally and
globally.
www.feedavalon.org.uk
UPCOMING
EVENTS
September
October
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