Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 100

Welcome to our 100th newsletter - quite a landmark! This issue features news from our Food Group which is especially busy at present. I hope there is plenty here to interest and inspire you to get active with Sustainable Crediton in the year ahead.

An early heads up especially for two events in March. On March 2nd we will have a stall on the High Street to publicise Sustainable Crediton. We hope to meet lots of our supporters old and new. Do stop by if you are in town that day.

On 16th March, we are holding one of our main events of the year, Share, Grow, Eat! This is our seed share event and much more, including fantastic music from the Woodmen. See the Dates for Your Diary section of the newsletter for more details. Don't miss it!

Best wishes to all,

John Craythorne: on behalf of Sustainable Crediton

Dates for your Diary
11th February	Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 3/2019
12th February	Adam Collett: Sustainable Countryside Management
25th February	Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 4/2019
26th February	Crediton Garden Club: The National Gardens Scheme
26th February	Food Group Planning Meeting
2nd March	Sustainable Crediton Street Stall
4th March	Dr Cathy Horsley: Bumblebees and their conservation
16th March	Share, Grow, Eat! Sustainable Crediton Seed Share
25th March	Pig Club meeting
26th March	Anne Tucker: Gardening in a changing climate

Regular Events
Craft Inn Friday Crediton Work Club Crediton Farmers Market Crediton Garden Club The Bookery, Crediton Spinning Circle Exeter Community Energy: Drop-in Energy Advice Crediton Arts Centre The Boniface Allotments Association Family History Research Knitwits

Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 1/2019

Six of us enjoyed a beautiful day in the woods. We split into two groups and continued to clear und ...

28th January

Review of Food Group Planning Meeting

The Food Group is brimming with new ideas for the New Year, but there are only three of us! Come al ...

28th January

Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Work Party 2/2019

This work party was cancelled due to insufficient people being available. We will continue to c ...

News Highlights

Government U Turn on Payments for Exported Renewable Energy

With the closure of the Feed-in tariff scheme for new installations of solar panels in March 2019, it was thought that future exports of electricity from new home installations from April 2019 would have to be provided free. However the Government have U-turned following fierce criticism and are no ...

Visit to Gorst Energy Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Exeter

Dee Ross and I visited this AD Plant in Exeter on the 24th January 2019. It is similar in design to the one proposed on Lords Meadow Industrial estate in Crediton, although the Exeter one is several times larger than Crediton's would be. This plant produces 30% of the gas used in Exeter. I have n ...

Food Group Special Issue!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Food Group takeover of the Suscred newsletter! We have a cluster of events coming up, plus some exciting plans for the next few months, so we wanted an opportunity to share these ideas with you, grab your attention, and hopefully encourage you to join us. Who ar ...

To What Extent Should we Practice What we Preach?

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old Swedish climate activist, gave an impassioned warning to world leaders to act now on climate change, Thunberg told her audience at Davos: 'I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic.' In the UK a new climate change activi ...

Winter warmer: Cranberry and Almond Crumble

This crumble mixture works well when baked on top of apples or plums. For 4 - 6 helpings you will need 1½ lbs (750g) of fruit, and for the crumble; 6 oz (150g) wholemeal flour, 3 oz (75g) butter, 2 oz (50g) ground almonds, 2 oz (50g) brown sugar, 2 oz (50g) dried cranberries, ¼ teaspoon ground cinn ...