Many of you will be familiar with Local Fox cider, which was The Orchard Project’smission to reduce food waste across London. Their new partnership with carbon-negative cidery Hawkes will continue turning surplus apples into cider, as well as enabling more people across the UK to support our work simply by buying a pint of cider! You can donate your spare apples at locations across the capital until 18th October.
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Being in nature is proven to boost mental wellbeing by reducing stress and encouraging mindfulness. Our Wellbeing Harvests in London and Manchester have been designed to help more people escape the hustle of modern life and reconnect with the natural world. Two more sessions are happening in London on 25th and 26th September. These events are free, thanks to funding from The Rank Foundation.
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CAMRA open letter to Government on Tax Duty and minimum juice content of Traditional Ciders and Perries
Help protect traditional cider makers who make real cider with juice content always above 50% with a lower tax duty. There are a number of other advantages that will secure a long term future for UK apple growers as part of this campaign.#NotFromConcentrate #realcider
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The Houghton Project, based on a family farm in Bodenham, Herefordshire has won two awards at The International Cider and Perry Competition, held at The Hereford Cider Museum on Thursday 5th May 2022.
The team were delighted to take first prize in the sweet cider category, and second prize in the sweet perry category, beating off stiff competition from a total of 186 entries from across the UK and other countries around the world, including the USA.
The fantastic 2 event in Much Marcle is back, after 2 years off.
There will be lots of opportunities to enjoy the local orchards, see, hear and smell cider being made and taste many different varieties of apples, local ciders, perries and apple juices.
Most of the activities take place in the open air. For those events taking place indoors (eg talks in The Haywain), please be prepared to wear a face covering. For these indoor venues we will ensure there is effective ventilation.
It’s harvest time!
This time of year we get lots of messages of cider makers that are accepting donations of local apples.
Please find details below of all people that have replied to us.
If you have apples that would otherwise go to waste then please contact them directly.