About Custom Food Lab
Custom* Food Lab (formerly Custom Folkestone C. I. C. ) is a hub for knowledge exchange, artistic exploration and research about food and food production systems.
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Nice to see the beeb catching up with what we’ve been saying all along!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51 225644
Just realised we never reported back on our pop up down in the Chalke Valley, so here are a few photos and the menu! #chalkeandcheese #chalkstream #mutton #locavore #eatlocal #cecilbeatonscurtains #broadchalke #popuprestaurant #sellout #chalkstreamtrout #organicvegetables #foragedfood #winterfood #seasonalingredients @ Broad Chalke
We’ve raved about the brilliant producers at LEAF Folkestone (Kent Food Hubs Folkestone )- Folkestone’s own farmers’ market - before, well LEAF has undergone a little transformation and re-emerged as the Folkestone branch of the Kent Food Hubs initiative. It’s just as good as before but networked into a wider community of growers and producers. Do support if you can!
Lovely visit to @jacksveg today. It’s growers like Jack who we really need to be supporting - it’s not just about being #organic (which he is), it’s also all about his gentle and considered custodianship of the land, using his pigs and chicken to naturally break up and fertilise the old orchards and fields ready for planting more delicious fruit and veg. All a lovely sustainable loop that Jack is gradually closing. Looking forward to finding ways to work together in 2020. #supportlocal #organicveg #thoughtfulgrowing #respectingtheland #fullcircuit #sustainableagriculture #smallholding #smallbusinessbigpicture #kentfarm
And the children’s soup workshop
More info about the Marmalade making group
Hi folks, sorry we’ve been a bit quiet of late, our winter break is keeping us busy and out of town a lot but we are back this weekend to host this lovely FREE lunch event for Folkeshare - the Timebanking initiative for Folkestone and Hythe. Please come along, there is a marmalade making group (please book!), a kids’ soup-making workshop (please book!) and lunch with the Folkeshare brokers (no need to book!)so you can sign up, ask questions, give feedback etc etc.
One of many hyperlocal ingredients going into our pop-up dinner “Chalke and Cheese” in Wiltshire’s Chalke valley this weekend @nuntonfarm
Just found a whole alien landscape inside a fence post #natureisbeautiful #miniaturelandscape #wild #wildernessculture @ Broad Chalke
During our winter break we are relaxing and recuperating with family and my lovely mum has started cooking lessons with our little one. Lesson 1: Grandmama’s famous cheese scones. #timeoff #family #intergenerationallearning #grandparents #foodiefamily
We can't recommend this event enough. Melanie Wrigley has an extraordinary wealth of knowledge that we value and admire - if you are able to get along, we promise you will come away brimming with awe and renewed determination to change the world.
The ”clear the larder” feast is in full swing - come and help us eat it all up!!
PAY WHAT YOU FEEL, we’re clearing out our cupboards, digging up the last of the veg in the garden and laying on a feast from 2pm today! PLEASE SHARE - all welcome, we are very happy for you to join us even if you can’t pay anything - #christmasspirit #community #longtable #feast
#thisweekend at @customfolkestone 🎄🤶🏻💥
The wine is mulling - we do it all from scratch. #noshortcuts #gluhwein #festivefeast #locavore #mulledwine