Local juice and cider as well! A proposal by Transition Truro to plant 24 apple trees in the grounds of New County Hall by March 2010 has been accepted. Trees will be selected from local varieties such as Cornish Gillyflower … Continue reading
Category Archives: Food
The Cornwall Diet – can Cornwall feed itself in the 21st Century? Why the Cornwall diet? Reduction in carbon emissions from the reduction in food miles (25% of emissions from food in the UK is from transport and food transportation … Continue reading
Though the waiting list is long, green shoots are growing. Transition Truro is a key partner in the success story of the Barrack Lane Allotment Group which has just won Third Prize on the site. Twenty-five Truro residents from the … Continue reading
A group of people in the Kingdom of Fife, in east Scotland, have been engaged in an experiment for the last year or so to see if they can source 85% of their diet from within Fife. Their reasons are … Continue reading
– a clucking good idea! 5th January marked our return to egg self-sufficiency with one Bantam-sized egg (!) from Rosemary; her sister Lavender is not yet mature. I am no chicken expert but have successfully kept a few in our … Continue reading
Truro City Council has approved our use of two plots as a community allotment. Knowing of our interest in growing food locally and expanding allotment provision, Richard Budge, the City Parks Manager, has offered us two overgrown plots previously given … Continue reading
Press release for Community Supported Agriculture events on 7th & 8th March involving Transition initiatives in Falmouth, Truro and Penwith follows. Click here for a poster and booking form for these events in Adobe PDF format. Calling communities to support … Continue reading
T.T. are helping Nansavallon to live up to it’s name. Lesley Tonkin’s smallholding lies on the northern edge of the lovely “Valley of Apples” and includes a small overgrown orchard. T.T. are working with Lesley to trim the overhanging trees … Continue reading
T.T.’s Seedy Saturday raised awareness and £68 on 16th February. Our stall in the Farmers’ Market on Lemon Quay attracted a steady stream of visitors. On the stall we had: Our new leaflets, Jute shopping bags with the T.T. logo, … Continue reading
“Transition” shopping is difficult for some. “Green” food shopping may be a partial route to Transition but what are the local choices? My neighbours are a hard-working couple with two primary school children who scurry home twice a week to … Continue reading