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The suggested calendar of jam making sessions is: To achieve the desired levels we have introduced
Blackberry and Apple Jam - Saturday 24th and 31st July some new features to our service and ramped up our
efforts to market the Co-op to a wider audience --
Plum or Greenage Jam - Saturday 7th August
spreading the message
Bramble Jam- Saturday 21st August
Damson Jam - Friday 27th August The From the Ground Up Food Co-op is
open for business
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Dean and Lucy have attended the June TT There will be a restaurant/café where organic meals
open meeting to see how it can be leveraged are prepared to eat-in or take away
to promote the Food Group
We have several distribution hubs across the Kingston
Brian has been distributing the From the area making collection more convenient. We also
Ground Up flyer to various local groups offer a delivery service for a fee, using volunteers'
bicycles and cars.
Information has been distributed to the
Kingston voluntary managed allotment group The Co-op’s website has a state-of-the-art online
(www.akimdal.com) ordering and payment system we now sell to other start
up co-ops for a nominal consulting fee (all monies
The Food Group has a dedicated From the returning to the).
Ground Up Food Group space in the bi-weekly
TT Kingston newsletter We formed alliances with schools, offering students an
active role in the Co-op’s operation as work experience
The TT Wimbledon food group steering group
has been approached and invited to join the We host food exchanges for growers to ‘swap’ their
Co-op surplus produce and/or offer to sell it to the Co-op’s
members
A reference to our Co-op was made in the
May 2010, issue #10 Foodcoops.org newsletter We offer a marketplace for local producers of non fresh
http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/news/ goods (e.g. honey, jams) and crafts to sell their
products
We are also listed in the foodcoops.org food
co-op database and finder We are a source of educational workshops in basic
http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/finder/ nutrition, healthy cooking, ethnic cooking and
?outlet=835 preserving foods
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Enhancements since April... ensures customers are receiving the weight they are
paying for.
Our New Look
Julia and Steven Williams of
http://www.williamsgraphicdesign.com/ have B.Y.O.
responded to our cries for help and The Food Co-op also offers its members to
donated their creative magic to bring your own to sell during collection
design our brand. Everyone agrees Saturdays. Sue Moller was the first to take
the logo and email banners capture us up on this offer and sold her home
the spirit of the TTK Food Group – grown posies and homemade elderflower cordial at
upgrading the ‘eye appeal’ of our the 26 June collection. This offer is open to anyone who
communications. In gratitude, the Food Co-op is wishes to sell their pesticide free, homemade products
providing a complementary fruit and veg box to Julia at the Co-op.
and Steven as small tokens of our deep appreciation
for their support. Urban Farming
In our quest to be locavores urban farming is key. The
Volunteers Kingston Orchard project aims to fill that role and
Each collection Saturday, supply the Food Co-op with its own grown vegetables.
a team of volunteers have
been preparing the orders. Future Plans
To kick off the bi-weekly
service a training session
Online Ordering System
was led by Dean to teach
An application has been submitted to the Kingston
the ABC’s of sorting and
Council Environmental Grants programme for funding
packing food.
the new scale (£295) and the development of an
As always, we are looking for more volunteers to help
online food ordering system to eliminate the need for
us with the Saturday packing for the autumn. We are
spreadsheets. Dean will be managing this project.
not asking for more than a few hours, every few
months….
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Kingston
Carnival
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Order Forms Order Forms Order
Emailed Returned Collection
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