2018/9 crop updates

By the way, @Tony Allan - I was on a Zoom conference/workshop yesterday and one of the key speakers was Tim Lang. Tim mentioned water as a measure of environmental footprint and said he got that from his old friend Tony Allan who he said is 'the Godfather of Water'.

Gosh @Rosy Benson - they look beautiful. And OurField YQ too. And with collaboration with Gothelney and Cann Mill. Brilliant. 👏

Dear Rosy

Very many thanks for letting us see the loaves baked with OurField YQ and other grain. Well done. It is very good to see what happens further along the supply chain. How are the loaves distributed and sold? TonyA

Many thanks to those that donated! For those that aren't on instagram! (@bread_and_roses_bristol for those that are) Here are some pictures of this weeks loaves the OurField YQ went into (along with some April Bearded wholewheat from Gothelney Farm in Somerset and some stoneground from Cann Mill in Dorset, so a mix of heritage and modern variety grains). Rx

Dear Rosy

Thank you for all the news and many congratulations on your baking contributions. Also for promoting the use of OurField grain. If you have time we'd be very pleased to hear more. Good luck with the donations. Tony (Allan)

Hi everyone, thanks for the update John, I'm very much in support of planting trees, be great to hear what grants/help is available from the Woodland Trust. Great news on the payment too from e5, they are back open (albeit in a limited way) from the 25th so hopefully more OurField grains going into good bread. Update from baking over down in Bristol is that most of the smaller bakeries are closed (as turning to an online general store wasn't practical). I'm hiring a friends small bakery and baking solo, under the name of Bread and Roses, the loaves of which are going out to women who access One25 charity alongside hot meals, we fundraised through the Coexist Community kitchen (which I teach bread baking at), so local grains continue to nourish my community! and brilliantly to those that probably wouldn't ordinarily have access to this kind of bread. I'm also using a lot heritage grains from Fred at Gothelney (also part of the South west Grains Network). There's only ONE day left on the crowdfunder, if you'd like to help some of the OurField grains to get milled and made into some tasty bread for those in need, https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/covid-19emergencycoexistcommunitykitchen just post that you'd like it to go into bread and I can make it happen! Hope you are all managing in this tumultuous and unsettling time. All the best x

And can I echo Wendy's echo please!Thanks all - hope you're all safe and well
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Just to echo other comments, thanks for the updates all and I agree with the agroforestry idea - we seem like the ideal project to give this a try.

Thanks for the update Grahame and John. I remember we discussed including trees way back in 2018 but didn't have the resources available then. I think times have changed and this sounds a good opportunity for us to push forward and I support the proposal, noting when we have the full financial picture we may need a quick vote to proceed, it all sounds encouraging. Thanks to everyone for keeping this moving, I find myself very distracted right now. Keep safe.

Dear Grahame

Thank you for the news that E5 has paid. In the current commercial hiatus it is amazing that they can settle invoices. E5 is in that part of the food system that is hardest hit by closures. It is very good to hear that we can cope with the expenses of the tree planting. We look forward to hearing about the budget. Meanwhile enjoy the sunshine. Are he bluebells out yet? If you walk that way perhaps you could send us some photos.