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Newsletter-Summer 2010
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TURN OF THE YEAR
Rosebay willow herb is flowering in wild places which signals the turn of the year – a good time to sit under a tree and reflect on the first half of 2010. Your Community Food Business continues to throw up surprises and advances and ever wonderful grub…….. and more people use it and we are always looking to reach more and more because the larger the number of members and users, the greater the advances we can make.
We have appointed a chicken/pig stockperson down at Drove End Field. Her name is Alison Allen from Tidpit. This position is the latest to be created by Futurefarms – a job opportunity directly created and funded straight from our housekeeping budget. We are delighted to welcome Alison to join the team of employed staff, that day-in, day-out,alongside the volunteers, put food on our tables.

Since the last Newsletter, we have introduced laying hens to the scheme with a variety called Columbian Blacktails who live in unrivalled splendour; flouncing in and out of one of our recently converted chicken houses, fully insulated etc but with clever plastic laying boxes fixed to the side. If you haven’t seen them – pay a visit to Drove End and watch the laying hens at work – eating a mixed diet of vegetation, insects, larvae and layers pellets with NO additives – all ending up with the fresh Martin egg for your breakfast.
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FUTUREFARMS IN THE NEWS
Futurefarms is listed by the Times Newspaper in the top 300 local food outlets in Britain.
The Salisbury Journal returned to write another article about the group and they were pleased to note our advances since they visited in 2008.
John Cavel of the Guardian wrote a great and accurate article about Futurefarms in February 2010 (look at it online dated Wednesday 3rd Feb 2010 in Society Guardian Section))
BBC Radio Solent – Georgina Windsor at Noon, Sunday 8th August 2010. Live broadcast
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PITCHFORK NOTES;
The first new potatoes were dug from Drove End Field on July 10th – very good flavour (Lady Christl: variety) –some small but never-the-less, a crop. They were planted on 19th of March – (no rain since Easter )!!
Onions look fab on two sites. Tidpit and Drove End. It will be interesting to compare yields from each soil type.
New mobile chicken food store has been built at Drove End. This allows us to buy chicken feed in bulk and on pallets. It is also a refuge for storm-bound veg personnel.
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Shop opening times
Our shop is open in Martin Village Hall twice as week as follows:
As well as vegetables, egss, meat and poultry produced by Futurefarms we sell a range of other local produce, including cheese, honey, bread, jams and chutneys. We also sell newspapers on Saturdays (to order) and stock a range of basic groceries.
Vegetable barrow
Look out for our self-service vegetable barrow in the main street in Martin, currently open 10am - 6pm every day except Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Orders
You may place an order by telephone or by email. Your order will then be delivered to your door (addresses in Martin, Tidpit and East Martin only) or made available for collection.
telephone - call 07005 805 519 with your order email - send order details to sales@futurefarms.org.uk. Remember to state quantity or approximate size required.
Calendar 2010
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21st August
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Fresh lamb
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28th August
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(open as usual)
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4th September
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(open as usual)
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11th September
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Fresh chicken
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18th September
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Fresh pork
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25th September
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(open as usual)
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2nd October
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Fresh lamb; bacon and gammon
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9th October
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Fresh chicken
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16th October
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Fresh pork
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All dates shown are Saturdays. Dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
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