Open day at the farm on 9th June 2019 for Open Farm Sunday
Come and visit the farm for a tour with our head grower and a picnic (bring your own) this coming Sunday! The gates of our farm will be open between 11am and 3.30pm.
- Find out about Canalside Community Food
- Have a tour of the vegetable fields and fruit orchard – tours start at 11.30am and 2pm
- Speak to staff and members
- Bring a picnic to enjoy in our family friendly social area
Half way there, to our target to buy the land!
We are now in the final phase of our community investment opportunity and we want to say a HUGE MASSIVE THANKYOU to everyone who has come on board to be part of this amazing project that we’ve been working on for the last 2 years.
WE ARE NOW HALF WAY THERE!! We are thrilled that over 60 of you (households and individuals) have invested and become part of the community in this way and we have raised around £55,000 already! THANK YOU SO MUCH and WELCOME to being a share holder!
**The offer period runs from 19th MAY – 29th JUNE and so with 17 days to go we are ramping up the energy so we can meet our goal. We can only make this happen if we make our total of £105,000.
We invite you to invest and become part of our successful, inspiring and sustainable CSA as we enter our second decade and be part of this unique and exciting opportunity for us to share the ownership of the land co-operatively (that we currently rent) and secure and preserve it for the use of community farming for the future.
Visit: https://www.canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk/share-offer/ for all the information on what being a share holder means.
You can invest anything from £50 for one share up to £10,000. You can also simply donate if £50 is too much of a stretch at this time. You do not even have to be a member – this offer is open to anyone who would like to make an ethical investment in this way, so please tell your friends, families and networks who would be interested.
Why should I invest?
– to safe guard the land for local organic food production until the end of time!
– to be a steward of the land and care for the natural environment, to offset your carbon footprint!
– to support a space that provides local, seasonal and organic food production
– to support a space that provides community education and access to local green space
Here’s a video from our four fab Canalside founders, Caz and Tom Ingall, Gareth Davies and Judy Steele, telling us about why they think this kind of ethical investment is the way forward.
How can I help?
– INVEST!
We need to raise another £50 K! It’s a 2 step process –
1) Visit this link https://www.canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk/share-offer/ read the document and click on the relevant application form
2) You will be contacted by us to then make your payment into the bank account. SIMPLES!
– DONATE – if you don’t wish to buy a share, or the stretch is too much at this time then any amount is very gratefully received.
– SPREAD THE WORD – you don’t have to be a member or even live locally to become a share holder. Anyone interested in ethical investment can partake – we have flyers, leaflets and all the information is on our website.
– Help us create SOCIAL MEDIA MOMENTUM – like/comment/share the posts from us – it really helps! We will be posting mightily over the coming days and the more momentum we can build up online the better. Please share our posts, and tell your networks about why you love Canalside/CSA’s and why you are investing.
Thank you so much for reading and for all your support!
Shares and BBQ on Sunday 10th June 2018
Three weeks to go and we are half way to our target of raising £105,000 to buy the land! Thanks to all those who have so far invested generously helping to ensure that Canalside is secure into the future. However we still have some way to go (the carrot is only half full) so if you haven’t had a chance to apply for shares why not come along to our BBQ on Sunday (10th June) where there will be an opportunity to do so in good company! And Dom will be giving tours of the farm so apart from food and drink there is a great chance to see how the season is going and how the veg is growing.
If you can’t get down to the farm don’t panic! You can apply for shares online at https://www.canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk/share-offer/buy-shares-in-the-land/
Summer party tickets now on sale!
Tickets for our annual summer party can now be bought here. Alternatively make your way to Gaia wholefood shop in Regent Place, Leamington. If you are a Canalside member, you can buy directly from Ali.
Saturday 16th July, 7pm until late at Canalside Community Food social area.
The event will feature all the usual summer loveliness in our pole barn and spacious grassy social area:
- Live music and dancing – with The Reckless Rhubarb Barn Dance Band
- Fully licenced bar selling local ales and ciders and delicious organic soft drinks
- Hot food, using the bounty of fabulous organic vegetables from our fields
- Open mic for any budding musicians, poets and performers
- Fire circle
- Family friendly – under 16s get in free
- Camp over if you don’t want to have to get home at the end of the evening
Tickets are £7, or £5 for Canalside members (booking fee applies to website ticket sales). Under 16s get in free, but please give numbers to help with our planning.
Food Union meets Disco Salad
The Warwick Food group is organising a joint event with The Pod in Coventry entitled: Food Union meets Disco Salad!
The event will be on the 11th June 2014 – 5-9pm and it will include:
5-7pm: Disco Salad made out of food that would otherwise go to waste. Salad will be prepared by volunteers and will be given for free, all this listening to music played by DJ Mr Lowndes (this event will be similar to a previous Disco Soup organised at the University of Warwick).
7-9pm: PechaKucha-style presentations (20 slides in 20 seconds each!) followed by discussion on the subject of food. We are inviting a fascinating panel of six speakers that will share their experiences ranging from food catering, public health and foraging.
Come along to share ideas and experiences!
Please register to guarantee your place.
For any additional information, please contact Carla Sarrouy (c.sarrouy@warwick.ac.uk) or the Food GRP (foodgrpteam@warwick.ac.uk) or go to:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/foodsecurity/newsandevents/food_union_meets/
Summer party tickets now on sale!
Tickets for our annual summer party can now be bought here.
Saturday 5th July, 7pm until late at Canalside Community Food social area.
The event will feature all the usual summer loveliness in our pole barn and spacious grassy social area:
Tickets are £10, or £7.50 for Canalside members. Under 16s get in free, but please give numbers to help with our planning.
Kenilworth Complementary Health Fair next weekend
• Sunday 16th March 2014 • 10am to 3.30pm Upper School Hall,
Kenilworth School, Leyes Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2DA.
Disco Soup – inaugural meeting
Dear all,
Following the shared enthusiasm after Tristram Stuart’s talk at the University of Warwick on the 27th November, there have been discussions about organising a Disco Soup event.
If you’re interested in this initiative and would like to learn more about it, come along to our inaugural meeting (on Wed 15th Jan – 18:00-20:00) in which we will decide a suitable time and place to hold a Disco Soup on campus.
Hoping to see you there!
All the best,
Food GRP
For more details go to the Eventbrite page about this event.
Healthy Living Workshops – autumn 2013
Starting soon! Healthy Living Workshops by the Nutritional Therapy team at the Traditional Acupuncture Centre.
Perfect for anyone who wants to improve their health, energy levels and quality of life through diet and lifestyle changes.
6 different weekly workshops starting from Monday 7th October 7.30-9pm.
Covering a range of subjects from Weight Loss to Stress Management, Exercise & Sleep to learning how to make Healthy Food Choices. Each week will include recipes, tasters and plenty of expert advice from fully qualified professionals.
Informative, affordable and fun, you can choose the workshops that best suit you or sign up for 4 or more and receive a great discount! Places are limited so booking is essential.
Full details on the leaflet attached or contact me directly for further information.
Healthy Living Workshops
Kind regards,
Lucy Bishop DNN mFNTP
The Nutritional Therapist
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Chilli and exotic crops at Ryton on Saturday 17th Aug 2013
10am-4pm at Garden Organic, Ryton on Dunsmore
Come and celebrate all things hot and exotic at Ryton Gardens this weekend!
Learn how to grow and cook exotic veg through demos, talks and tours
Meet friendly alpacas
Have a go at merengue and salsa dancing
Try the world’s hottest chilli if you dare!
Enjoy children’s activities
Browse a range of food, drink and gardening stalls
Explore our beautiful gardens
Relax in our 100% organic café and well-stocked shop