Ilford Food Fest 16 Sept 2017… harvesting local food and food knowledgeable

The second Ilford Food Fest to celebrate Urban Food Fortnight will be happening on Saturday 16th September. It’s an opportunity to harvest food and food knowledge on the Commonwealth Estate and nearby 🙂 It’s being organised by Ilford Transition Town in partnership with AMEY, Commonwealth Gardeners, Cranbrook Baptist Church and local residents.

Saturday 16th September 12-3pm
Fold cafe, Cranbrook Baptist Church, Wellesley Road, IG1 4JT

So what’s planned?

Pressing local fruit juices (apples, pears, plums)

Making a community vegetable soup from surplus veg (some donated by local Turkish shop)

Cooking & demos: cheese, yogurt, fermenting, pickling, soda bread, veg curry, chapatis, Polish pear compot and more,

Planting/harvesting winter veg – beetroot, chard, lettuce, radishes – pot and take away

Fresh herb teas, Somalian coffee and tea, chai, English breakfast

Allotment and growing info and displays, cut up a pumpkin and harvest the seeds…

Give & Take stall

Bring and share home made cakes with fruit or veg ingredients

Final timed programme to be put here a couple of days before

The cafe is a lovely space and there’s plenty of room and opportunity for other recipes, skills, activities if anyone wants to join in.

How can I get involved?

This is about involving as many people, cultures and food knowledge as possible. We want to celebrate the small pots of coriander growing on window sills, fruit trees, garden veg, allotments as well as all the knowledge about tasty recipes, preserving food and ways to reduce food wastage. So, just make contact with us and we will incorporate your ideas and suggestions!

Ring/text Ros (07957 534908) or Olcay (07588 504822). Email: shilpapatelinbox@gmail. com or ruthmusgrave52@gmail.com. Facebook message on https://www.facebook.com/TransitionIlford