Stanford Hall CSA

24/07/2023

🌼 Discover the Beauty and Benefits of Chrysanthemums! 🌼

🌿 Did you know that chrysanthemums, also known as "mums," are not just beautiful flowers but also packed with incredible uses and benefits? Here's why you'll fall in love with these vibrant blooms:

1️⃣ A Medicinal Marvel: Chrysanthemums have been used in traditional medicine for centuries. They contain compounds with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, making them a natural remedy for various ailments.

2️⃣ Culinary Delights: Yes, you can eat them too! Chrysanthemum petals can be used in salads, teas, and even stir-fries, adding a unique, slightly peppery flavour to your dishes.

3️⃣ Garden Ecosystem Heroes: These flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects, promoting biodiversity in your garden.

🌸 Growing Seasons: Chrysanthemums are typically planted in the spring after the last frost, and they bloom gloriously in the fall, adding a burst of colour to your autumn landscape.

Whether you're a gardening enthusiast, a health-conscious foodie, or simply someone who loves the charm of these blossoms, chrysanthemums have something to offer for everyone! Share your favourite chrysanthemum stories below! 🌼💚

18/07/2023

It was a thrill to feed the good vibes of .houseofhoney 2023 with our good foods; farmed, foraged and fermented by those taking part in Stanford Hall CSA.

The VEG SHACK menu was packed with flavours freshly picked from the field: beetroot, thyme, rosemary, lemon balm, crysanthamum, fennel, summer cabbage, black kale.

The colourful wraps of pakoras with beetroot ketchup, vegan aoli and herb vinaigrette got some 5 star reviews!

The festival was filled with yellow wonder and incredible sensory decor to celebrate 30 years of this festival. Congrats Ben and the crew for throwing a great party!

03/05/2023

The Food Festivals of Rugby are always exciting, sharing the love of vegetables and getting the invitation to come and farm on the field out to the people of Rugby Town.

29/04/2023

We are hatching a plan for 2024 to bring together a wild mix of different regenerative methods of agriculture to grow a field of highly nutritious beans.

Following the successful combination of Wildfarmed snazzy gps strip till, a handmower and a gaggle of 60, 7 year olds to harvest and a community gathering to thresh the beans we are looking at investing in a piece of light weight equipment which can be worked by horse, cow or bike.

The aim is to have equipment which is easily shared with other small scale farmers, in the Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire area.

checkout the article on Good Food Leicestershire about the lab results for the nutrition of the beans.

Also please support the adventures and research of Original Horse Power who have been helping develop this project. https://www.gofundme.com/f/original-horse-power

We are looking for the the right tool, if you know of one, or the funds, tool makers, innovators, designers who would be interested in making this project happen do get in touch.

Original Horse Power is the name of our team, consisting of 2 working cobs (pony/horse) - Moo… Jake Everson-Crane needs your support for Original Horse Power

23/04/2023

Lab testing rated the beans of the midlands very highly. Particularly noted for amino acids, magnesium and resistant carbohydraye

23/04/2023

Any good foodies in Leicestershire or nearby this is worth signing up to

Leicestershire Food Summit is back for 2023.

Following on from 2022’s successful shindig at Stanford Hall CSA, near Lutterworth, we’re holding our event on Monday 19 June.

So please put that date in your diary.

As well as bringing you interesting speakers (and lunch with a sustainable edge), we’ll be having a chat and a bit of deep dive into our vast and varied food system, which, like a lot of us, could do with greater support and understanding.

Good Food Leicestershire would love to share with you the positives of our county, from our round-the-clock farmers to our extra mile foodbank and community fridgers, who work to see Leicestershire doesn’t go hungry and that good food doesn’t go to waste.

Gavin Fletcher, co-ordinator of Good Food Leicestershire, said: “We’re currently working out what to bring you at our second summit and hope you’ll join us to see some of our GFL project work from this past year.

“From our connection with BeanMeals, to our carbon and biodiversity study that looks at procuring regeneratively grown school food, we hope to bring you insight into how we’re working together and in the right direction.”

* There’ll be more updates on Leicestershire Food Summit #2 on Good Food Leicestershire in the coming weeks...

23/04/2023

We are spreading the word of this special fundraiser which helps keep Ree, Jake, Jack, Moogle and Orchid rolling in this slow beautiful life with so much integrity and skill. Send them the cost of a cuppa, a carrot, a bale of straw...Ree, Jake, Jack, Moogle and 4 year old Orchid Gofundme.com/original-horse-power

23/04/2023

20/04/2023

Permaculture gathering. Some of the Stanford Hall CSA communith are going. Let us know if you will be there too!

⭐MIDLANDS PERMACULTURE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME IS LIVE!⭐🥳
AHHHHH, so much cool stuff! All in Belper on 20 May.
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Hear stories. Learn to grow your own compost, mushrooms, plants, ferments and business! Packed full of solutions from people that are living it and really know their stuff. Plan collective solutions to make the Midlands even more bostin.
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Let's get togetherrrr. Hope you can join us.
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Tickets must be booked in advance. £42 including lunch from and a goody bag. Lower cost option of £32 available, no questions asked.


Link for tickets: https://checkout.square.site/buy/7RZ667RIOCWJO5UGSW4ZVEHM

10/03/2023