What is Grown in Totnes? Find out about our crowdfunding Campaign

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We made it! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign, in which we raised over £26000 in May. www.buzzbnk.org/grownintotnes

Here are some photos from the fabulous oaty events we ran during May 2015...

These are the people that made all of this possible:

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Adam Sayner	Frances Northrop	Laura Maxwell-Stuart	Rachel Watts
Andrew Gilhespy	Francis Deutsch	Liz Turner	Ralph Habens
Angela Tiffen	Gill Coombs	Lyn Brown	Richard Graham
B Freund	Hal Gilmore	Lynsey Tiplady	Rob Hopkins
Barry Tiffen	Harry Nesbitt	MA Baumgartner	Rory Valentine
Belle Benfield	Hele Oakley	Maggie Bowden	Rosemary Kirby
Bob Wilkes	I M Barnden	Marcea Colley	Ruth Ben-Tovim
Carole Whitty	Isabel Carlisle	Marie-Claire Skrutkowska	Sally Croft
Caroline Harlow	Isabella Lazlo	Martin Haddrill	Sally Giles
Cathy McGavin	Jay Tompt	Mary Popham	Sean Ferris
Chantelle Norton	Jen Howard	Mary Popham	Sima Cutting
Chris Bird	John Elford	Michael Calder	Sky Chapman
Chris Holmes	Jon Stein	Michael Jeffries	Sophie Galleymore Bird
Chris Timpson	Jonathan Rae	Michelle Clarke	Sue Hughes
Claire Ryan	Jules Levy	Minni Jain	Sue Joel
Clare Bishop-Sambrook	Julia Leifeld	Mirella Ferraz	Susan Hannis
Clare Boyne	Julian Burn	Myriam Skrutkowski	Susie & Jules
Daniel Demmel	Julian Harrison	Narishta Rajaratnam	Teresa Anderson
Daphne Kourkounaki	Jutta Müller	Nathaniel Holmes	Terry Platt
David Lacey	Karen Butterworth	Nick Goff	Thea Platt
Dee Cunnison	Karen Hunt	Nicki Glassbrook	Thomas Butt
Doug King-Smith	Karen Townsend	Nicola Lang	Tim Crabtree
Emilio Mula	Kate Carfrae	Nicola Spurr	Tim Melia
Emma Croft	Katherine Hallewell	Nigel Lowson	Tony Homfray
Erica Cleverly	Katherine Oliver	Paul Mehew	Wendy Douglas
Erica Lewis	Kathy Killinger	Peter Tiffen	Wendy Stayte
Faisal Al-Jawad	Katie Tokus	Peter Yeo	Yuli Somme
Fiona Ward	Kirsty Maxwell Stuart	Rachel Summerscales	Zav Bowden

 

What is Grown in Totnes?

Grown in Totnes is all about increasing the range of local food available to the Totnes area. Our local farmers mainly produce meat and dairy. We need more variety for a healthy, balanced and climate sensitive diet.

Several grains and pulses are suited to the conditions of the South West but at the moment those grown here are only destined for animal feed.

 

 

 What are we doing about it?

Grown in Totnes is filling this gap in local food by keeping the growing, processing, packaging and selling of these staples all within 30 miles of Totnes.

We:

• reduce food miles
• pay a fair price to local farmers
• ensure you know exactly what has happened to your food on its way to you
• let you know who has grown it.

We are starting out by growing oats in partnership with a local farmer, oats grow well in the damp South West. Currently all oats for human consumption are processed in vast centralised plants hundreds of miles away. We’ll be processing them locally. Grown in Totnes oats will be available to buy from this Winter.

 

Here’s where you come in ... please support our crowdfunding campaign!

 

 

We are fundraising for small-scale processing equipment to prepare and package our oats for sale in local shops. We already have £6,000, provided we match it through a crowdfunding campaign.

Please support our project with as much or as little as you are able. Our crowdfunding campaign on Buzzbnk is live throughout May. Thank you!

To turn raw oats into edible grain we need £25,000!

• a dehuller (£7,000) and polisher (£5,000) – to remove the inedible outer husk
• a roller (£5,000) – to flake the grains
• a grain store (£3,000) – to keep the oats fresh
• a sieve (£5,000) – to use at the local mill to grade oatmeal and oat flour.

 

Oaty Events in May

Come and chat to us; throughout May we will be running a range of fun oaty events to raise awareness about the campaign and the many fabulous uses of oats. There are more events to be confirmed, including oaty Skillshares!

DATE	TIME	VENUE	DETAILS OF EVENT
Tues 5th	7.00 – 9.00am	Totnes train station	Hearty Breakfast taster: We’re giving out porridge samples for morning commuters every Tuesday morning throughout May
Wed 6th	7.30 - 9.00pm	New Lion Brewery	TTT Food Group meeting - Oat Tastings:Taste the new Black Oat Beer brewed by the New Lion Brewery and trial various other oaty delicacies
Fri 8th &Sat 9th	10.00am – 1.00pm	Market Square	Grown in Totnes stall at The Markets: Hear about the campaign, make a pledge and sample some oaty snacks
Sat 9th	7.00pm	Masonic Hall, South St (behind the Market Square)	‘Oat Cuisine' dining experience’: Indulge in our four course Oat meal and discover the finer points of 'Oat Cuisine. £20 incl glass of wine/beer. Booking essential via http://tinyurl.com/oatfeast
Sun 10th	7.30pm	Bogan House, 43 High St	Grains Past and Present: A talk by Biodynamic chef Wendy Cook, £5
Tues 12th	7.00 – 9.00am	Totnes train station	Hearty Breakfast taster: We’re giving out porridge samples for morning commuters every Tuesday morning throughout May
Thurs 14th	8.30 – 9.30am	Civic Hall	Oaty breakfast at Local Economic Forum: Porridge, granola, oat smoothies available before the start of the LEF for £2
Fri 15th& Sat 16th	10.00am – 1.00pm	Market Square	Grown in Totnes stall at the Markets: Hear about the campaign, make a pledge and sample some oaty snacks
Sat 16th	12.30 - 2.30pm	Methodist Church Hall, Fore St	Food in Community's Pay What you Can Oaty Café: Join us at FiC’s bimonthly community lunch
Tues 19th	7.00 – 9.00am	Totnes train station	Hearty Breakfast taster: We’re giving out porridge samples for morning commuters every Tuesday morning throughout May
Fri 22rd & Sat 23th	10.00am – 1.00pm	Market Square	Grown in Totnes stall at the Markets: Hear about the campaign, make a pledge and sample some oaty snacks
Mon 25th	10.00 – 11.00am	Cider Press, Dartington	Magic Porridge Pot Competition: Show off your creative porridge making skills to some real Scots! Dartington Food Fair. Competition entrants contact Harriet to enter Harriet.Bell@dartington.org
Tues 26th	12.00- 5.00pm	Dartington Hall	Porridge Jousting: Take on your friends for some porridge slinging wheelbarrow fun at the Dartington Community Day
Tues 26th	7.00 – 9.00am	Totnes train station	Hearty Breakfast taster: We’re giving out porridge samples for morning commuters every Tuesday morning throughout May
Thurs 28th	2.00-4.00pm	Dartington	Baking skillshare: Join the Almond Thief bakery for this skillshare learning to bake scrumptious oat bread.
Fri 29th & Sat 30th	10.00 – 1.00pm	Market Square	Grown in Totnes stall at the Markets: Hear about the campaign, make a pledge and sample some oaty snacks
Sat 30th	6.00 – 11.00pm	Bay Horse Inn	Barbecue: Join us at the Bay Horse Inn in Totnes for a BBQ to mark the end of the Grown in Totnes crowdfunding campaign. Buy a pint of our specially brewed New Lion Brewery black oat mild and get some delicious local food.

 

Get Involved

We are looking for a team of volunteers to help at these events and some donations of oaty culinary delights to entice the public to support the Campaign. To volunteer at any of the events above please contact Julian julian.harrison5@gmail.com

Find out more

Learn more about the history of the Grown in Totnes campaign and its importance in broadening the range of locally grown food.

Grown in Totnes is a Transition Town Totnes project.

 

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