Hungerford Food Community

04/09/2024

Hi everyone - even though it's the special Heritage Festival market this Sunday we will still be doing our usual sustainabe/recycling collections and the event lasts longer so the timings are 10 to 3 at The Croft Field RG17 0HY - free entry!
https://www.facebook.com/events/299506883219838?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

02/09/2024

Many thanks to Greenham Trust for their ongoing support of our markets and cooking in the community projects and to Doves Farm for sponsoring our Heritage Festival this Sunday and to Sheepdrove Organic Farm & Green Events Venue for funding our smoothie bike and apple press!

01/09/2024

One week to go to our annual Heritage Festival next Sun 8 Sept! All our normal monthly stalls, street food, cooking demos & live music * PLUS * thatching demo * ferret racing * Morring Dancing * have a go at making butter, milling flour, dyeing & spinning wool, making corn dollies, green woodworking on a pole lathe, making a mallet!

Come meet the experts and help keep these rural traditions alive!

Free entry 10 - 3. Croft Field, Hungerford RG17 0HY. Dogs on leads welcome. To enquire about Blue Badge parking please call Penny on 07768 981658.

https://www.facebook.com/events/299506883219838/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

30/08/2024

Looking forward to operating our smoothie bike at tomorrow's Bee Friends Open Day at Sheepdrove Organic Farm & Green Events Venue

Sat 31 Aug 2.30pm

Join us for a special monthly Bee Walk at Sheepdrove and the opportunity to tour our bee-friendly market garden, find out about growing courses you can take and buy plants and produce.

Refreshments will be provided and you can bring your own picnic (but no dogs please).

Pedal your own refreshing smoothie from pollinator dependent fruit on our smoothie bike. Did you know that we depend on pollinators for successful crops of over 130 fruits and vegetables? Even dairy and meat production relies on pollinators as legumes such as clovers, beans and vetches that provide high quality grazing also require pollination.

You’ll also be able to purchase fresh produce and plants grown in our teaching and demonstration market garden as well as learn about the horticultural courses that take place there – some of them fully or partially funded for local residents.

Bee Walks are a national recording scheme run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) to monitor the abundance of bumblebees on transects (paths along which one counts and records occurrences of the objects of study) across the country. These transects would be impossible without volunteers, who identify and count the bumblebees they see on a monthly walk along a set route from March to October.

Please RSVP to [email protected] with the subject: Attn Rosie re BeeWalk

17/08/2024

What an amazing day with a beautiful venue, completing the lunch sat under the beautiful trees in front of St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford
Thank you to everyone that came and cooked, and to Sarah from Glass Sponge Coaching was a fabulous day had by all and so much amazing food. We would love to see you at the next one, if you would like more information please get in contact.

17/08/2024

Today at St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford is our August cook in, we have been cooking up a storm and hope you may be able to come along from 1pm to join us.

13/08/2024

Great to see everyone at the market on Sunday (demo recipes will be posted soon!). Coming up this Sat is our Summer Cook-In in the lovely new kitchen at St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford

Book your free place here to cook from 10am or join us for lunch and let us know if you have any dietary requirements. Everything provided and no previous experience required https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-cook-in-tickets-945206035697?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/08/2024

Come on down to market 10 - 1 Croft Field RG17 0HY - cooking demo at 11.30am

11/08/2024

Market about to open - come down to the Croft Field RG17 0HY 10 to 1pm - cooking demo at 11.30am!

10/08/2024

11.30am Cooking Demo with Sarah Culpepper from Glass Sponge Coaching at the market tomorrow:
Courgette & Chickpea fritters
Beetroot and Goats Cheese salad
Caramelised Plums with amaretto, crème fresh and flaked almonds

The demos are lots of fun, often with audience participation and always yummy samples to taste!

10/08/2024

Our great line-up of stalls for the market tomorrow! Plus Scampy music of course and Caroline’s Little Kitchen for coffee! Plus the produce/plant/kitchen kit swap/donate tables and aluminium/foil and IT tech collection for recycling!

Great British Mead Company
Wiltshire Liqueur Company
Savernake Game
Stainswick Farm Rapeseed Oil
Mei's Homemade UK
The Rat's Whiskers
Olives and Things
Glastonbury Cheese
Jacqui's Homemade Sweets
Berkshire Trout
Tudor Thatch Honey
Ethel’s Pies
Hillside House Honey
Amy Levin Chocolate
Fernworth Farm
Slice of Heaven
My Apple Juice
Emma's Ewesful Acres
Shalbourne Community Growers
The Best of Wessex
Art-DBennett
The Fragrant Home Karla Creed
White Horse Soap Company
by Tracey
The Peacock's Nest
Ultimutt Treats
Slate Hill Charcoal Co.
Lovely Happy Things
Homemade Hollydays
Myrhone Lee chopping boards
My Lil' Book Corner - in partnership with Usborne

10/08/2024

Quick reminder of what you can bring to the market tomorrow (10 - 1 at Croft Field)

10/08/2024

The Wellbeing Corner at the market tomorrow, run by West Berkshire Injury Clinic is focusing on medical tattos and how powerful they are at helping people cope with their scars and prosthetics. Do pop by to chat to the tattoo artist, Carrie Buckley Tattoos

On Sunday, we are excited to welcome Carrie Buckley Tattoos to the health and wellbeing corner and the Hungerford Food and Artisan Fayre. Carrie will be showcasing her incredible work in using tattoos to cover scars, along with her efforts in tattooing prosthetics and helping individuals using tattoos for wellbeing.

But why are we, as a clinic, promoting this from a wellbeing perspective?

What truly matters is that people feel good about themselves and find ways to move forward in their lives. This significantly contributes to their overall wellbeing and happiness. For women who have undergone mastectomies, breast reconstruction may not always be an option for various reasons. In such cases, covering the scar with meaningful/colourful artwork can bring immense joy and positivity. The same applies to those with C-section scars or individuals, both male and female, who have scars from accidents.

As a clinic, our goal is always to help people become the best version of themselves, to feel happy and content. We work with patients suffering from cancer and recovering from injuries, and what’s most important to us is their sense of contentment. If we can contribute to improving their wellbeing, that’s fantastic.

However, we are only one part of a larger team. This team can include consultants, practice nurses, physiotherapists, tattoo artists, and many others who play a role in supporting each individual on their journey to recovery and wellbeing.

08/08/2024

Congratulations to Berkshire Trout for their well-deserved Great Taste Award! Find out for yourself how yummy it is at the market this Sunday!

08/08/2024

A limited number of punnets of comb honey will be available from Tudor Thatch Honey at the market this Sunday!

06/08/2024

Book your venison for this Sunday from Savernake Game!

04/08/2024

Looking forward to having Great British Mead Company back at our next market this Sunday 11 Aug 10 - 1, Croft Field RG17 0HY

Happy International Mead Day! 🥂
We’ve recently revamped our labels (thanks ) to add some gold detail and simplify or personalise the content descriptions.
We’ve also taken the opportunity to rename our traditional mead as pure honey mead too!
Simple. Pure. Clear. No misunderstanding!
So these two are my meads for the day. Whatever your choice, cheers, wæs hæl, skäl, bottoms up and down the hatch.

04/08/2024

All invited to our Summer Cook-In & Community Lunch at the new Community Space at St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford on Saturday 17 August.

Join us for sociable cooking from 10am and lunch from 1pm. No previous experience required. Children under 14 very welcome accompanied by an adult.

If you know anyone who lives alone or is new to the area and wants to meet people please forward this to them.

Book your free place here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-cook-in-tickets-945206035697

03/08/2024

Huge thanks to Shalbourne Community Growers for letting us pick their surplus kale to make tasty kale crisps with kids at summer camp in Hungerford!

25/07/2024

Well done to the youth-led Bite Back 2030 campaign for encouraging government to restrict advertising of junk food and caffeinated drinks to young people.

14/07/2024

Food and Artisan Market 10 - 1 Croft Field RG17 0HY

14/07/2024

Market set up - pop along 10 - 1 at Croft Field RG17 0HY

14/07/2024

Beautiful morning for a market! Thanks so much to Cobbs at Hungerford for donating the fruit for our smoothie bike - come down and pedal your own delicious smoothie 10 - 1 Croft Fied RG17 0HY

13/07/2024

At market tomorrow we wil have lovely chicken, quail and duck eggs fro Beechwood Farm Free Range Eggs

It’s Reading Farmers' Market this Saturday - 6th July - It is held undercover at The Cattle Market, Great Knolly’s Street, Reading RG1 7HD from 8.15an until 12 noon.

A great place to stock up for the weekend! We will be there with plenty of Eggs! ❤️🥚❤️

We will have Duck Eggs, Quail Eggs and of course plenty of Hen’s Eggs - including Blue and White ones!!!

13/07/2024

11.30am Cooking Demo at the market tomorrow
- lamb & sprouted mung bean kofta,
- healthy Middle Eastern dips with Sarah from
- flatbreads

Using local lamb from .ewesful.acres

Free entry to market 10 - 1, Croft Field RG17 0HY

13/07/2024

Looking forward to Mei's Homemade UK handmade veggie dumplings, freshly made kimchi and range of delicious sauces - at the market 10am to 1pm tomorrow at the Croft Field RG17 0HY!

13/07/2024

Don't miss Pindy's Samosas at the market tomorrow - stock up for the evening's match...

12/07/2024

We will have our very own smoothie bike at the market this Sunday - thanks to support from Sheepdrove Organic Farm & Green Events Venue ! Come and pedal your own refreshing smoothie with frozen berries, fresh mint and ginger, yoghurt and My Apple Juice local apple juice! Or request another smoothie recipe - kale, cucumber, ginger and apple juice anyone?!

08/07/2024

Quick reminder for what to bring along to the market this Sunday 14 July - here's our recyclng/re-using checklist (we also take tupperware containers with lids) - and a preview of the 11.30am Cooking Demo (butter beans in salsa verde).

Free entry - 10am to 1pm Croft Field, RG17 0HY. If you need Blue Badge parking please call 07768 981658.