A competition for professional bakers of Real Bread, homebakers and families held in conjunction with the Melton Mowbray Country Fair which celebrates local food and rural crafts.

Location: Town Estates Parks MELTON MOWBRAY LE13 0PT
Contact: Sallie Hooper 01509 881386
Organisers: Leicestershire Food Links
Website: http://www.meltonmowbraycountryfair.co.uk

Make your own crusty, crackling, golden Sourdough using a wild yeast culture, with an impeccable pedigree – captured 16 years ago from grapes grown in the Hudson Valley, New York and fed organically for the last 9 years. Making breads using a sour dough starter is deeply satisfying and can be addictive! Workshop includes a step by step basic schedule for preparing your culture for baking, general maintenance, storage and a little advice on trouble shooting. The cost of the course includes your own wild yeast culture to take home.

Location: 33-34 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4PT
Contact: 0207 486 8020/gford@divertimenti.co.uk/gloria ford
Organisers: Divertimenti Cookery School
Website: http://www.divertimenti.co.uk

YOU ARE INVITED TO TWO EVENTS IN THE CENTRE FOR FOOD POLICY’S FOOD THINKERS Summer 2012 - A continuing series This series is an opportunity to engage with people who play an active part in food policy-making. They have been invited to talk about their work and how they see the world of food policy. The purpose of the sessions is for us to hear what the speakers say, to understand their motives, their view of the world of food, any lessons they have learned, etc. The talks are about 30 minutes, followed by up to 90 minutes of questions and answers. The focus is on engagement and questions. The sessions are chaired by Prof Tim Lang, and held under the Chatham House rule: "When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed". The series was created for current and past students and members of the Centre for Food Policy but now welcomes other guests from outside the University. Please let Tim Lang know: t.lang@city.ac.uk Date: Wednesday, July 4 2012 Speakers: MARION NESTLE (New York University) & MAL NESHEIM (Cornell University) Title: Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics Time: 1600-1800 Date: Weds July 4 2012 Venue: B104, City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB Getting there: Angel/Farringdon/Barbican tube stations - http://www.city.ac.uk/visit When there: come to main Northampton Sq reception and ask; it is 30 seconds walk! About the session Profs Marion Nestle and Mal Nesheim will be talking about the thinking reflected in their recent book. Like others, they argue that there is a problem in the West – symbolised by the USA – in overproduction and over consumption of calories. They argue, however, that this is a result of failed politics, a notion that progress has been redefined as ubiquity of food, in ever bigger portions and offered everywhere. One cannot walk down a street without a food ‘offer’. For Nestle and Nesheim, the public needs to see the politics of the biological processes. A purely ‘food’ approach or ‘physical activity’ focus will not tackle the problem. Human bodies are in a mismatch with the circumstances we inhabit. To change this requires policy and political analysis not just an understanding of human biology and our response to food supply. They offer a hard analysis of why and how public policy has been and remains part of the problem for US food. Speaker bios Professor Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor, New York University, in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health (the department she chaired from 1988-2003) and Professor of Sociology at New York University, USA. Her degrees include a PhD in molecular biology and an MPH in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of many books, is frequently cited in the US press and media, and writes a celebrated blog: http://www.foodpolitics.com/ Prof Malden C Nesheim is Professor of Nutrition Emeritus and Provost Emeritus at Cornell University, USA. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1959. He was Director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, 1974-1987, and became Provost of Cornell University in September 1989. He has a BSC in agricultural science and MSc in animal nutrition from the University of Illinois, and PhD in nutrition from Cornell. His research interests have been aspects of nutritional biochemistry and more recently, the relationship of parasitic infections to nutritional status. Profs Nestle and Nesheim are co-authors of Why Calories Count. Berkeley CA: University of California Press. Details here: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520262881

Location: B104, City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB
Contact: t.lang@city.ac.uk
Organisers: The Centre for Food Policy
Website: http://www.city.ac.uk/health/research/research-areas/centre-for-food-policy

Learn how to make the perfect doughs to produce a white tin loaf, rustic brown bread and soda bread. Friendly expert Linda Dobbs will show you how. cost £75 includes lunch and a recipe/info pack to take home with your breads. Timing - 9.45 am - 3.30 pm

Location: Bush Hall Lane, Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD
Contact: 01707 357850/museum@welhat.gov.uk/Linda Dobbs
Organisers: Mill Green Mill and Museums
Website: http://www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

‘Trefriw Baking 2012\' is the sixth annual gathering of bread enthusiasts. Bakers of all levels of experience are welcome from beginners to professionals. This baketogether has been a roving event, we have the use of a rugby club kitchen and have hired a couple of extra ovens. It is an informal gathering where folks can bake and socialise together. We would like to get about thirty people to attend the event. The baking weekend is not run to make a profit, it is paid for by the participants sharing the cost of holding the event.

Duration: 2 days
Location: Trefriw Rugby Club, Conwy Valley, North Wales
Contact: bakingweekend@hotmail.co.uk
Organisers: Jay Butters & Joseph Rowntree
Website: http://trefriwbaking2012.wordpress.com/

Highbury Builders Collective are once more holding their popular "Introduction to Beekeeping" short courses over the next couple of months at their customised apiary in Finsbury Park. There is now a greater awareness of how important honey bees are to the health of our environment but a declining number of people with the skills to take care of these very important creatures. So why not come along and learn the basics of what beekeeping is all about - you will get to handle live bees and it may inspire you to become a beekeeper yourself. The course costs £30 per person and places are limited so its first come, first served! If you are interested in booking one of these dates then e mail your name and what date you would like to attend to: info@highburybuilders.co.uk and we will get back to you with further information.

Location: Finsbury Park
Contact: info@highburybuilders.co.uk
Organisers: Highbury Builders Collective
Website: http://www.highburybuilders.co.uk/beecourse.htm

Ever cycled through your local park and wondered which of those unassuming looking plants would make a tasty meal? The Otesha Project UK are hosting a day of (gentle) cycling through the green spaces of Tower Hamlets, accompanied by our very own wild food expert. We'll learn which plants are good to eat and how to identify them, before cooking up some of our wild finds in a tasty meal at Toynbee Hall. When: 10.30-15.00, Saturday 7th July 2012 Where: Meet at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS Cost: £20 waged/ £10 low or unwaged- this will cover the cost of the meal and resources. You should bring your own bike and be reasonably confident at cycling- the ride will be 4 miles maximum and will be led by experienced cyclists Email luciana@otesha.org.uk for more details and booking

Location: Meet at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS
Contact: luciana@otesha.org.uk
Organisers: The Otesha Project UK

Transforming our food system - How do we build a movement for food sovereignty in the UK? Sunday 8 and Monday 9 July Organiclea, Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery 115 Hawkwood Crescent, Chingford, London E4 7UH Join us for two days of strategy discussions and action planning aimed at strengthening the movement for a democratic, sustainable and fair food system in the UK and globally. For more info and to register: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk Transforming our food system Are you a food producer, organic farmer, allotment holder, anti-supermarket campaigner, rural food worker, food activist, health worker or food lover? Are you setting up a food co-operative, buying food from a local producer, volunteering in a community garden? Then join us to develop the global movement for food sovereignty here in the UK. Food sovereignty is an alternative food system that creates practical, sustainable and democratic solutions to the failed industrialised food model. The current system dispossesses small-scale food producers and creates health and environmental crises while increasing the profits of big corporations. Yet in every continent, millions of producers and consumers are involved in trying to make their vision of a better food system a reality. This event is about planning the future of the movement for food sovereignty in the UK. We want to: Celebrate the struggle for food sovereignty already underway in the UK, in • Europe and globally Strengthen local actors to take control of their food system • Build a sense of common purpose and understanding, as well as a joint • agenda for action Inspire and motivate people and organisations to work together • Another food system is possible. Let’s make it happen! Transforming our food system Event supporters include: Organiclea, Friends of the Earth, Permaculture Association, Youth Food Movement, Transition Towns, Reclaim the Fields, UK Food Group, GM Freeze, World Development Movement, Pig Business, Gaia Foundation, War on Want, Acord, World Family, Scottish Crofters Federation, Soil Association. Right: Organic Lea is a workers’ co-operative growing food on the edge of London in the Lea Valley. Photo: Andy Wasley Free campsite space and help with travel costs for long journeys is available. See www.foodsovereigntyn

Location: Organiclea, Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery 115 Hawkwood Crescent, Chingford, London E4 7UH
Contact: http://foodsovereigntynow.org.uk/practical-info/
Organisers: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk
Website: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk

Run by a wild food practitioner, this workshop includes a foraging walk and making preserves to take home. Make your own 3 course meal from gathered ingredients! All for just £30. To book, please go to www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk, call 020 8770 6611

Location: Bedzed Pavillion
Contact: 020 8770 6611
Organisers: EcoLocal
Website: www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk

Transforming our food system - How do we build a movement for food sovereignty in the UK? Sunday 8 and Monday 9 July Organiclea, Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery 115 Hawkwood Crescent, Chingford, London E4 7UH Join us for two days of strategy discussions and action planning aimed at strengthening the movement for a democratic, sustainable and fair food system in the UK and globally. For more info and to register: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk Transforming our food system Are you a food producer, organic farmer, allotment holder, anti-supermarket campaigner, rural food worker, food activist, health worker or food lover? Are you setting up a food co-operative, buying food from a local producer, volunteering in a community garden? Then join us to develop the global movement for food sovereignty here in the UK. Food sovereignty is an alternative food system that creates practical, sustainable and democratic solutions to the failed industrialised food model. The current system dispossesses small-scale food producers and creates health and environmental crises while increasing the profits of big corporations. Yet in every continent, millions of producers and consumers are involved in trying to make their vision of a better food system a reality. This event is about planning the future of the movement for food sovereignty in the UK. We want to: Celebrate the struggle for food sovereignty already underway in the UK, in • Europe and globally Strengthen local actors to take control of their food system • Build a sense of common purpose and understanding, as well as a joint • agenda for action Inspire and motivate people and organisations to work together • Another food system is possible. Let’s make it happen! Transforming our food system Event supporters include: Organiclea, Friends of the Earth, Permaculture Association, Youth Food Movement, Transition Towns, Reclaim the Fields, UK Food Group, GM Freeze, World Development Movement, Pig Business, Gaia Foundation, War on Want, Acord, World Family, Scottish Crofters Federation, Soil Association. Right: Organic Lea is a workers’ co-operative growing food on the edge of London in the Lea Valley. Photo: Andy Wasley Free campsite space and help with travel costs for long journeys is available. See www.foodsovereigntyn

Location: Organiclea, Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery 115 Hawkwood Crescent, Chingford, London E4 7UH
Contact: http://foodsovereigntynow.org.uk/practical-info/
Organisers: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk
Website: www.foodsovereigntynow.org.uk

SGS invites you to attend the webinar "UTZ Certified – A Sustainability Program for Coffee, Cocoa and Tea". The objective of this 45-minute complimentary webinar is to to provide an overview of UTZ Certified for coffee, cocoa and tea. Topics covered include: • An introduction to UTZ Certified • A brief description of the Code of Conduct and Chain of Custody UTZ Certified standards • Organizations which can benefit from UTZ Certified • Steps an organization needs to take to achieve certification Learn more about the UTZ Responsible Agricultural Production webinar.

Location: Online
Contact: +41 22 739 9161 / food@sgs.com / Outi Armstrong
Organisers: SGS
Website: http://goo.gl/UYOTw

YOU ARE INVITED TO TWO EVENTS IN THE CENTRE FOR FOOD POLICY’S FOOD THINKERS Summer 2012 - A continuing series This series is an opportunity to engage with people who play an active part in food policy-making. They have been invited to talk about their work and how they see the world of food policy. The purpose of the sessions is for us to hear what the speakers say, to understand their motives, their view of the world of food, any lessons they have learned, etc. The talks are about 30 minutes, followed by up to 90 minutes of questions and answers. The focus is on engagement and questions. The sessions are chaired by Prof Tim Lang, and held under the Chatham House rule: "When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed". The series was created for current and past students and members of the Centre for Food Policy but now welcomes other guests from outside the University. Please let Tim Lang know: t.lang@city.ac.uk Date: Wednesday, July 11 2012 Speaker: JANET POPPENDIECK (Hunter College, New York) Title: Children, food, and schools: what can social progressives do about food welfare in dire times? Time: 1600-1800 Date: Weds July 11 Venue: B104, City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB Getting there: Angel/Farringdon/Barbican tube stations - http://www.city.ac.uk/visit When there: come to main Northampton Sq reception and ask; it is 30 seconds walk! About the session Prof Janet Poppendieck is celebrated for her writing about the interface of food and welfare. In this session, she wants to reflect on what can be done to get a grip on food welfare for young people. She will ask whether the discourse about school food is too narrow. Should those campaigning for better food be asking also for universal free school meals? She will give her analysis of what food welfare is and how to work for more socially progressive goals in hard economic times. Speaker bio Professor Janet Poppendieck taught Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York, from 1976. She received her undergraduate degree in History from Duke University (‘67) and her Masters (‘72) and PhD (‘79) degrees from the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University. From 1988 until 2001, she served as director of the Hunter College Center for the Study of Family Policy, where she helped to start the Welfare Rights Initiative, the Community Interpreter Project, and the Language Diversity Initiative. Her primary concerns, both as a scholar and as an activist, have been poverty, hunger, and food assistance in the United States. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Advisory Committees of City-as-School and the Welfare Rights Initiative. She lives in Brooklyn. She is the author of Breadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression (Rutgers: 1986), Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement (Viking, 1998, Penguin paperback, 1999) and articles on hunger, food assistance and public policy. Her latest book is Free for All: Fixing School Food in America University of California Press, 2010.

Location: B104, City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB
Contact: t.lang@city.ac.uk
Organisers: The Centre for Food Policy
Website: http://www.city.ac.uk/health/research/research-areas/centre-for-food-policy

Apples, pears, Strawberries, figs, vines, canes, pruning and storing. Learn all about feeding, planting and formative training of your fruit and how fruit forms and why trees blossom. To book, please go to www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk, call 020 8770 6611

Location: Carshalton Community Allotment SM5 2PW
Contact: 020 8770 6611
Organisers: EcoLocal
Website: www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk

Wallington Farmers' Market is held from 9am to 1pm every second Saturday of the month at the Old Town Hall and Library Gardens in Woodcote Road, Walliington. More info at www.wallingtonfarmersmarket.org.uk

Location: Old Town Hall and Library Gardens
Contact: 020 8770 6611
Organisers: EcoLocal
Website: www.wallingtonfarmersmarket.org.uk

Sourdough is mostly associated with either high prices at the bakery or with a sense of awe and can't do attitude...it needn't be like that. Learn how simple and incredibly satisfying it is to bake using only the most natural ingredients for a wholesome, tasty and highly digestible bread. Also, in the class, we will be looking at some traditional Italian sweet baking, from Angelica to raisins focaccia and buns. You will also take home your sourdough to continue baking with it.

Location: Lowden Garden Centre, Bath Rd, Shaw, SN12 8EZ
Contact: 01225 743075 / ottaviaincucina@gmail.com / Ottavia Mazzoni
Organisers: Ottavia in Cucina
Website: http://www.ottaviaincucina.co.uk

Following the success of last year\'s event community based environmental group Gwyrddio Penarth Greening are once again holding the Penarth Local Food Festival. The aim of the event is to promote local growers, producers and suppliers. With over 30 stalls offering a wide variety of products and hot and cold meals the day gives a great taste of what’s available locally. The day also includes acoustic entertainment, a children\'s yurt, a bread making workshop and cooking demos. Entrance is free and the event runs from 11am to 4pm.

Location: Kymin House and Grounds, Beach Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 1JX
Contact: 029 30700005 / as.penarth@gmail.com / Anthony Slaughter
Organisers: Gwyrddio Penarth Greening (GPG)
Website: http://www.gpgpenarth.org.uk

Webinar On Demand: Food Sustainability by SGS. The complimentary webinar was presented by Mr. Ramiro Mejia, Business Development Manager – Sustainability, SGS and Mrs. Natalie Evans, Global Program Manager, Alternative Fuels, SGS

Location: Online
Contact: +41 22 739 9161 / food@sgs.com / Outi Armstrong
Organisers: SGS
Website: http://goo.gl/Xne5s

Mike Armstrong, Sainsbury's Big Bake Off winner will show you how to bake a basic loaf of Real Bread and also tasty pizza. The evening will also include a bread history talk, fun and interesting facts,Q & A session on your bread making problems, refreshments and sampling. 7:30 - 10pm

Location: Laycock Village Hall, Laycock Lane, Keighley, West Yorkshire Bd22 OPH
Contact: Village Hall secretory. All welcome!! small entrance fee going to local charity.
Organisers: Laycock Village Community Club
Website: http://www.laycockvillagehall.org.uk

This Wednesday 18th July there will be an emergency action outside the Paraguayan Embassy. The protest is over events unfolding in Paraguay since the political coup and ousting of President Fernando Lugo, and to show solidarity for the communities and civil society demanding a return to democracy. Friends of the Earth is supporting the action in solidarity with our partner group in Paraguay, Sobrevivencia, and the communities we are working with to resist soy encroachment and build food sovereignty – one of whom, 20-year old Miguel Correa, has been wrongly arrested and imprisoned. **Please do come along if you can, and circulate widely to your contacts and lists** Our presence will show support for the communities and civil society groups in Paraguay from a broad range of UK organisations. We will show the Paraguayan authorities that the world is watching and demands a return to democracy, for human rights to be upheld, and the environment to be protected. When: Wednesday 18th July, 12:30-13:30 Where: Paraguayan Embassy, 3rd Floor, 344 Kensington High Street, London, W14 8NS. Nearest tube Kensington Olympia. Map here: http://goo.gl/maps/meEQ The demonstration is being organised by UK representatives of the newly formed Frente para la Defensa de la Democracia (FDD). (For more info on demo: ks_hodgson@hotmail.com or rmedina33@hotmail.com) Further background is below, and this excellent opinion piece by Oxfam International’s Executive Director is worth reading - declaring President Lugo ‘the latest victim of Paraguay’s “soy war.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/opinion/paraguays-destructive-soy-boom.html?_r=2 Many thanks, Vicki and Clare Land, Food and Water Programme, Friends of the Earth Background and timeline Land tensions have been running high in Paraguay for some time as commercial interests in the country, particularly from the soy industry, have tried to crush the reformist government of Fernando Lugo and its efforts to promote land reform and curb the worst excesses of corporations and extractive industries. On June 15th: police move in to evict landless campesinos from land dubiously acquired from the state by a former and long-time Colorado Party (right wing) senator, Blas Riquelme. Gunfight breaks out and at least 17 people are killed, including 6 police. Miguel Correa, a twenty year old participant in Friends of the Earth/Sobrevivencia’s community project in Paraguay is arrested by police for involvement in the killings, despite having been nowhere near the event at the time. He is still in prison one month later. June 22nd: Paraguayan liberal party swap sides and joint the Colorados to call for impeachment of president Lugo. He’s only given 24hours to prepare his defence. Lugo replaced by his vice president, the liberal Frederico Franco. Many nations refuse to recognise new president and question the constitutionality of the process. Subsequently: Key Lugo ministers removed from office, including Environment Minister Oscar Rivas, and Miguel Lovera, head of Plant and Seed service SENAVE (responsible, amongst other things, for issuing licences for GM crops). Lovera was replaced by Jaime Ayala, president of Pacific Agrosciences, an agrochemical company, who announced that SENAVE “will be taking a new direction”. This is almost immediately followed by the approved release of GM cotton Bollgard-BT, and announcement that 4 new GM maize varieties, and 1 new GM soy are about to be approved: http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/economia/transgenicos--en-la-recta-final-422004.html A wave of other permissions for extractive projects have been announced, eg. last week negotiations with RTZ on a new aluminium smelter ‘moved to a second phase’ a project which ex-Environment Minister Rivas had been resisting: http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/542132-El-Gobierno-negociará-con-Rio-Tinto-sobre-una-tarifa--de-USD-60-MW/h

Location: Paraguayan Embassy, 3rd Floor, 344 Kensington High Street, London, W14 8NS
Contact: ks_hodgson@hotmail.com or rmedina33@hotmail.com
Organisers: Frente para la Defensa de la Democracia (FDD)

Ciabatta, Foccacia, Pitta - learn to make these delicious Med classics under the guidance of our friendly expert tutor, Linda Dobbs. Course timing 9.45 - 3.30, cost £85. Take your impressive breads home to impress everyone, maybe have a med themed evening with your friends? You will also be given a recipe and info pack so you can keep on baking...

Location: Bush Hall Lane, Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD
Contact: 01707 357850/museum@welhat.gov.uk/Linda Dobbs
Organisers: Mill Green Mill and Museums
Website: http://www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

Taste and buy some of the best food and drink on offer from local producers. The Stallholders will include:- Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Dorset Blue Cheese and Soup Company, Easy Beans, Fudges, Leakers Bakery, Longmeadow Organic Vegetables, Lovingtons’ Icecream, Olivesetal, Reads Coffee Roasters, Sherborne Castle Estate Wines, Somerset Cider Brandy Co., and White Post Gate Honey. A variety of interesting cars & motorbikes will be on display. There will also be Flower Displays in St Andrew’s Church. It will be opened by Julian Temperley creator of Somerset Cider Brandy Company. The proceeds will be split between Yetminster Pre-School, The Rendezvous in Sherborne, Leigh Village Hall and St Andrew’s Church, Leigh. Barbecued Hamburgers & Sausages, Refreshments, Ice cream, Beer and Cider will be here! Entertainment includes children’s activities, cookery demonstrations and Musical Entertainment This is proving to be a very successful show, AND will, of course, be in our amazing Village Hall. Please spread the word to your friends and relations – it really is a day NOT to be missed. £2 Adults Children under 15 Free

Location: Leigh Village Hall, Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6HL
Contact: 01935 873846 julian.turnbull@virgin.net
Organisers: Elizabeth Turnbull

An introduction to sourdough bread-making,primarily,though we will also bake a yeasted dough. No experience required, enthusiasm a bonus. Come and learn how to make Real Bread in sunny (?!) Felixstowe

Location: Old Felixstowe Community Centre
Contact: 07909 521903/tim@pukkabread.co.uk/Tim Lukehurst
Organisers: Tim Lukehurst
Website: http://www.pukkabread.co.uk

Highbury Builders Collective are once more holding their popular "Introduction to Beekeeping" short courses over the next couple of months at their customised apiary in Finsbury Park. There is now a greater awareness of how important honey bees are to the health of our environment but a declining number of people with the skills to take care of these very important creatures. So why not come along and learn the basics of what beekeeping is all about - you will get to handle live bees and it may inspire you to become a beekeeper yourself. The course costs £30 per person and places are limited so its first come, first served! If you are interested in booking one of these dates then e mail your name and what date you would like to attend to: info@highburybuilders.co.uk and we will get back to you with further information.

Location: Finsbury Park
Contact: liam@highburybuilders.co.uk
Organisers: HBC
Website: http://www.highburybuilders.co.uk/beecourse.htm

Artisan Bread in a day is perfect bread making course for anyone who regularly makes bread at home but wants to improve their skills. Discover the magic of sourdough and practice some new techniques and styles of bread including baguette, fougasse, croissants and brioche. his hands-on course is aimed at anyone who has some experience of baking bread but wants to learn more and raise the level of their understanding. Discover how to bake breads with a wild yeast sour dough and enriched yeast doughs. You will learn about wild yeast and the science of long fermentation and will make and learn how to care for your own sour dough starter. You will learn the techniques of an artisan baker and practise mixing, proving and baking to discover how to create different flavours and textures to achieve the perfect crust and crumb. You will make a range of loaves including proper baguettes and fougasse to take home and show off to family and friends! As well as sourdough baking we will look at enriched doughs to make croissant, brioche and Danish pastries. Led by Anna Colquhoun who also teaches Food Safari’s London cookery courses. Anna is an experienced cookery teacher and food writer who trained professionally at the Tante Marie Cooking School in San Francisco, took more specialised courses at other schools, including the San Francisco Baking Institute, and worked as an intern at Alice Waters’ legendary restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. You will enjoy a delicious lunch showcasing different styles of bread including those you have made.

Location: Brick Kiln Barn, Sibton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NE
Contact: polly@foodsafari.co.uk 01728 621380
Organisers: Food Safari
Website: http://www.foodsafari.co.uk/course/artisan-bread-in-a-day/

Permaculture uses design principles to develop integrated systems. This one day workshop offers you to find out more and actively learn about the principles and see examples of designs for just £20. To book, please go to www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk

Location: Carshalton Community Allotment SM5 2PW
Contact: 020 8770 6611
Organisers: EcoLocal
Website: www.localfoodnetwork.org.uk

Spitalfields City Farm’s Food Fair will take place on Sunday 22nd July from 12pm - 5pm, at Spitalfields Farm (Buxton Street E1 5AR - just off Brick Lane and Vallance Road). The event will include: fresh farm produce, fruit and vegetables, home-made cakes, biscuits and sweets, food and drink stalls, food growing workshops, cookery demonstrations, donkey rides, and the ECO-CHIC market. This event is co-ordinated by Alternative Arts in partnership with Spitalfields City Farm. Admission is free.

Location: Spitalfields City Farm
Organisers: Alternative Arts in partnership with Spitalfields City Farm
Website: http://www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org/

Bread making workshop for beginners. Whole day event including lunch.

Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire
Contact: j_c_bell@talk21.com Janice Bell
Organisers: Janice Bell
Website: http://www.bread-at-home.co.uk

Global Feast is a unique opportunity to travel the world of food with top chefs and supper club hosts as your guide. Curated by @msmarmitelover to match the Olympics it promises to upstage the games, at least on the table. http://www.globalfeast2012.com/

Duration: 19 days
Location: Old Town Hall, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, London, E15 4BQ
Organisers: Latitudinal Cuisine
Website: http://www.globalfeast2012.com

FARM:shop presents Pop-up Supper Club with Vegan Peasant Catering You are invited to join us at FARM:shop for a unique evening with Vegan Peasant Catering. They've taken the best in season ingredients from FARM:shop to create a 5-course contemporary seasonal menu for you to enjoy in our Polytunnel. Limited seating so book early! FARM:shop opened its doors in March 2011 and is an experiment in urban agriculture, a community of volunteers, an arts venue, working hub, and buzzing cafe serving the freshest food possible grown on site. Growing hundreds of lettuces and plants within our 3 storey building we have teamed up with Vegan Peasant Catering to bring you a unique evening of collaboration between growers and well experienced chefs to tickle your taste buds and inspire your imagination. Diana and Adrian set up Vegan Peasant Catering, to cater exclusively for vegans and vegetarians, in 2010 after returning from a cycle trip that took them from the southern tip of India all the way back to London. Their love of travel and culture fuels their love of food and viceversa. Between them, they have more than 25 years experience working in the catering and restaurant industry, but more importantly, nothing makes them happier than to see you enjoying their food. Thursday 26th July 8pm £35 Bring yourself, bring a friend and remember it's BYOB. Tempura Sprouts* with Garlic* Mayo Rice Paper Parcels of Garden Vegetables with Sesame Dressing Gnocchi, Purple Beans* with Watercress & Lemon Basil Pesto* Baby Leek, Fennel & Almonds Braised with Gratin Sauce Oyster Mushroom*, Sweet Potato, Bright Lights Chard* in Ceviche Dressing Vanilla and Black Sesame Ice Cream with Truffle Chocolate Learn more about us here: http://veganpeasantcatering.com/ @veganpeasant FB: http://www.facebook.com/veganpeasant and here: www.farmlondon.weebly.com @farmlondon FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FARMshop/46203673696

Duration: 2 days
Location: FARM:shop, 20 Dalston Lane, Dalston, E8 3AZ
Contact: http://www.eventbrite.com/myevents?org_id=1058825
Organisers: FARM:shop
Website: www.farmlondon.weebly.com , www.veganpeasantcatering.com

FARM:shop presents Pop-up Supper Club with Vegan Peasant Catering You are invited to join us at FARM:shop for a unique evening with Vegan Peasant Catering. They've taken the best in season ingredients from FARM:shop to create a 5-course contemporary seasonal menu for you to enjoy in our Polytunnel. Limited seating so book early! FARM:shop opened its doors in March 2011 and is an experiment in urban agriculture, a community of volunteers, an arts venue, working hub, and buzzing cafe serving the freshest food possible grown on site. Growing hundreds of lettuces and plants within our 3 storey building we have teamed up with Vegan Peasant Catering to bring you a unique evening of collaboration between growers and well experienced chefs to tickle your taste buds and inspire your imagination. Diana and Adrian set up Vegan Peasant Catering, to cater exclusively for vegans and vegetarians, in 2010 after returning from a cycle trip that took them from the southern tip of India all the way back to London. Their love of travel and culture fuels their love of food and viceversa. Between them, they have more than 25 years experience working in the catering and restaurant industry, but more importantly, nothing makes them happier than to see you enjoying their food. Thursday 26th July 8pm £35 Bring yourself, bring a friend and remember it's BYOB. Tempura Sprouts* with Garlic* Mayo Rice Paper Parcels of Garden Vegetables with Sesame Dressing Gnocchi, Purple Beans* with Watercress & Lemon Basil Pesto* Baby Leek, Fennel & Almonds Braised with Gratin Sauce Oyster Mushroom*, Sweet Potato, Bright Lights Chard* in Ceviche Dressing Vanilla and Black Sesame Ice Cream with Truffle Chocolate Learn more about us here: http://veganpeasantcatering.com/ @veganpeasant FB: http://www.facebook.com/veganpeasant and here: www.farmlondon.weebly.com @farmlondon FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FARMshop/46203673696

Duration: 2 days
Location: FARM:shop, 20 Dalston Lane, Dalston, E8 3AZ
Contact: http://www.eventbrite.com/edit?eid=3929597532
Organisers: FARM:shop
Website: www.farmlondon.weebly.com , www.veganpeasantcatering.com

Highbury Builders Collective are once more holding their popular "Introduction to Beekeeping" short courses over the next couple of months at their customised apiary in Finsbury Park. There is now a greater awareness of how important honey bees are to the health of our environment but a declining number of people with the skills to take care of these very important creatures. So why not come along and learn the basics of what beekeeping is all about - you will get to handle live bees and it may inspire you to become a beekeeper yourself. The course costs £30 per person and places are limited so its first come, first served! If you are interested in booking one of these dates then e mail your name and what date you would like to attend to: info@highburybuilders.co.uk and we will get back to you with further information.

Location: Finsbury Park
Contact: liam@highburybuilders.co.uk
Organisers: HBC
Website: http://www.highburybuilders.co.uk/beecourse.htm

There will be a free tasting event of the range of Jo's Loaves bread for the local neighbourhood. From 9am until 11.30am.

Location: 54 Tameton Close, Luton, Beds LU2 8UX
Contact: jo@josloaves.co.uk
Organisers: Jo's Loaves
Website: http://www.josloaves.blogspot.com

For one week only, the olive baton is back! The loaf you ask for most will be a Lammas Special from 29 July-4 August inclusive.

Duration: 7 days
Location: Leicester
Contact: jessica@leicesterbornandbread.co.uk 07957726308
Organisers: Jessica Edmonds
Website: http://www.leicesterbornandbread.co.uk