Our 5th Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 21st May at 7.30pm at the Talbot Hotel, New Street Ledbury.
Apart from the normal formal business of the AGM which is covered in the Meeting Agenda, we invite you to join us for an Open Session to chew the fat on local food issues. Continue reading “Ledbury Food Group Annual General Meeting on Monday 21st May”
Putley is preparing for the annual celebration of its orchards, which this year will take place on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th May. Blossomtime in Putley is centred on a cider tasting in the village hall, based on entries from the Big Apple Cider and Perry Trials with over 150 ciders and perries available to taste – including our highest ever number of dry ciders.
Together with its surrounding parishes, Putley is famous for its orchards, and the mix of dessert and cider fruit means that there will be blossom somewhere at this time of year. Visitors can walk through the orchards, taste the ciders, enjoy a home-made lunch or tea – and discover for themselves why orchards are special places and apples matter to us all. On Monday morning, the Skittery family will welcome visitors to see how Jus, their award winning single variety apple juice, is made at Birchall Farm in Aylton. Continue reading “Blossomtime in Putley with The Big Apple Sunday 6th and Monday 7th May 2018”
Ledbury Food Group’s eagerly awaited photographic exhibition “A Fruit Farming Year: Nature and Nurture”, featuring photos by local photographer Pat Strauss, will be on display from 26 May – 9 June in the Panelled Room of the Master’s House.
Ledbury Food Group arranged for Pat to visited the family-run modern commercial orchards of Castle Fruit Farm throughout one farming year. Expecting perhaps a simple cycle of planting, growing and picking, we discover instead a myriad of diverse but interconnected activities. In winter, when the countryside appears dormant, we see workers juggling the weather to plant and protect young trees, alongside bird netting and counting, and putting up nesting boxes. Migrating birds are orchard “workers” too, clearing pests and cleaning up unharvested fruit.
Ledbury Allotment Association is hosting an illustrated talk by Terry Walton – Allotment tips from the Jeremy Vine Allotment on Wednesday 21 March, 7.30pm at The Market Theatre, Ledbury.
Tickets are £5.00 from The Market Theatre, www.themarkettheatre.com/box-office or 07967 517125.
Continue reading “Talk: Tales From The Allotment on Wednesday 21 March”
There are still some tickets available to hear Rosamund Young talk about her many observations about the cows on her farm.
Rosamund lives and works at an organic farm, Kites Nest, on the edge of the Cotswolds, where she continues a tradition of treating animals as individuals with varied personalities. A casual comment from Alan Bennett in his diaries turned Rosamund Young into the unexpected publishing sensation of 2017. Continue reading “The Secret Life of Cows with Rosamund Young – at the Master’s House, Ledbury on Tuesday 13 March”
A casual comment from Alan Bennett in his diaries turned Rosamund Young into the unexpected publishing sensation of 2017.
Rosamund lives and works at an organic farm, Kites Nest, on the edge of the Cotswolds, where she continues a tradition of treating animals as individuals with varied personalities.
Her book The Secret Life of Cows was republished to critical acclaim last year and became a publishing hit last autumn. Her observations of a lifetime rearing ruminants makes for a remarkable read. Find out more about Araminta, Black Hat and Dorothy. You will never see a cow in the same light again. Continue reading “Discover the Secret Life of Cows with Rosamund Young – at the Master’s House, Ledbury on Tuesday 13 March”
Many thanks to everyone who made the 6th Ledbury Big Breakfast such a success over last weekend.
Thanks to all the cafes, pubs and hotels in Ledbury and district who took part and put such a super range of special breakfast offerings on their menus for the weekend.
Continue reading “Thanks – for another great Ledbury Big Breakfast”