the GreenTea Food Group

The Food Group aims to help people cut their carbon emissions by:

- eating locally grown food and producing more of their own - permaculture course, mentoring help for new growers, learning allotment in Cassington, community orchard (free fruit, nuts, etc for all)

- shopping locally - campaign to use local shops and buy local produce

- using more locally grown food - Eynsham as Orchard - click here for map of Eynsham orchards in 1885

- wasting less - link wth Love Food, Hate Waste campaign in Oxfordshire. See also GreenTEA's Waste Group

If you'd like to join the Food Group, or find out more about it, contact Sue Raikes - tel 464 021

useful Websites

Here are some Websites which may help you:

Bunty's Blog - a detailed video guide to starting an allotment or vegetable garden - very practical and easy to watch - updated every fortnight

Futurefarm - a community village feeding scheme in Martin, Hampshire.

The Eynsham Allotment Association - good links to many practical advice Websites, and also diary-type experiences of beginners.

The Eynsham Community Website has a good page on buying local food locally

what GreenTea is

the 10:10 Campaign

the people and Groups involved

the Groups - 10:10, Waste, Energy

other places in Oxfordshire working on the same lines

what's happening in the Eynsham area - and what's planned - and what you can do on your own

learn more about low energy and why it's a good idea

see the trailer of the amazing film - The Age of Stupid

Zero Carbon Britain - summary of a major report showing that if we had to, we could

Getting involved

If you'd like to get involved with GreenTea - to hear about the events we organise, or to join our work, click here.