local links and online resources
LOCAL LINKS:
Gerrans / Portscatho
Roseland Magazine – monthly publication of local news, event listings, articles, services, ads etc
roseland-online – info resource for the Roseland peninsula
Gerrans Parish Heritage and Information Centre -
Gerrans & Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society
Roseland Music Society – a regular programme of concerts, which include nationally and internationally known performers, orchestras and choirs takes place at Portscatho Memorial Hall.
Transition Roseland – local action group responding to the challenges, and opportunities of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
U3A Roseland – U3A Roseland and District is a University of the Third Age and member of the Third Age Trust, providing educational, leisure and social activities for people not in full time employment living in and around the rural area of the Roseland Peninsula in mid Cornwall.
Teach a Man to Fish - Can one person learn to make a living from fishing? Simply. Sustainably. Under sail? A sustainable fishing project running from Portscatho set up by villagers Si & Cat Holman
The Blue Carrot - Susanne Hatwood’s cutting garden – fresh, naturally grown Cornish flowers.
Just Nice Photos – Gerrans based photographer Mary Alice Pollard’s website
Battery Recycling Initiative – set up by local musician and author Mark Hatwood
Chris Insoll – local artist and author of Portscatho: Portrait of a Cornish Art Colony
Roseland Paddle and Sail – watersports lessons and a variety of motorboats, sailing boats, kayaks and wind surfers available for hire.
ONLINE RESORCES:
we’re learning as we go along and really appreciate any info on how to do stuff, so big thanks to those who share their knowledge and experience.
Autonopedia – The goal of Autonopedia is to promote learning in it’s purest form – by offering comprehensive archives of every conceivable type of sustainable living material and resources.
Eat Local
Cornish Food Market – grocery delivery service of fresh seasonal food from local producers and suppliers, great value products at prices that compete with the big supermarkets (with a low minimum order value no delivery charge).
West Cornwall Farmers’ Market Project – information about West Cornwall farmers’ markets and the producers who attend them. plus useful links to groups working within the Cornish food sector.
Cornwall Food Programme - We are very fortunate in having such a diverse range of quality seasonal produce in Cornwall from suppliers who care so passionately about what they offer.
Food from Cormwall – sourcing local food
Slow Food UK – Slow Food is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.
Foraging / Wild Food
Robin Harford (Devon) – a caravanserai ‘forager-in-residence’ – we love his ‘no frills’ down to earth practical and passionate approach, come rain or shine!
Rachel Lambert (Cornwall) wild food walks, nature events, team building
Wild Food School (Cornwall). Marcus Harrison runs WFS foraging and wild food courses he has had an interest in wild foods for over 30 years, has given talks on wild foods at the Natural History Museum and Eden Project, for the National Trust, Slow Food movement, Port Eliot LitFest and Arne Maynard Garden Design among others, and also works with food professionals keen to develop creative new food concepts based around wild foods. Download free foraging guides here
Fat Hen (Cornwall). Wild food, cooking & feasting courses, events and online resources. Forager and ecologist Caroline Davey
Wild Man of food Fergus Drennan; forager extraordinaire! all manner of info.
River Cottage Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall seasonal recipes
For me, learning how to glean the wild larder has never been an exercise in survival. The shortages I mean to address are not the urgent ones of nutrition and shelter but the more widespread modern social famine in quality of life. I happen to believe that our lives will be better if we can achieve some closeness to the natural environment, and some understanding of the nature and origins of what we eat.
..wild food is more than just something for nothing. It’s something for everyone. The Wild Food Ethos
Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment based largely on perennial plants.
Edible British foods database
Gardening
The Real Seed Catalogue - One of the main aims of the company – written into its deeds – is to educate and encourage home seed saving. All our varieties are real, open-pollinated seed (non-hybrid), so you can save your own seed for the future, using instructions we supply.
plot rotation and companion plant guides
Permaculture
Plan-it Earth Eco Project – a traditional smallholding near Penzance, Cornwall offering Environmental Education Programs and Eco Holidays.
Willow
Windrush Willow, Exeter UK – environmentally friendly methods of growing, including ‘how to’ factsheet downloads
