Green Futures

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  • Community Comes to the Rescue.

    Community Comes to the Rescue.

    roof damage 2Recently we had the sad discovery that we had been broken into.  The thieves stole all our seedling growing equipment; lights, and organic feed as well as causing several hundred pounds worth of damage to the roof.  They ripped off the tiles to get into the propagation room and left us with a gaping hole in the roof.

    Obviously this is annoying and very damaging to a business that is trying to grow food and work as a social enterprise for the good of the community.  We help lots of people and many people give their time for free as they see the good that we do.  We are a not for profit company and this massively impacts on our ability to to deliver our services.  We keep our prices very low to enable people to afford veg and plants, this means that we don’t have big surplices of money to pay for unnecessary expenses like this.

    Although we were reluctant to share a bad news story, late on Tuesday we decided to take to social media to let our followers and fans know what had gone on.  Within 2 hours we had a phone call from Paul at Pad Letting Agency based in Grimsby and he had arranged with GRMS to provide us with FREE materials and repairs!

    We are absolutely delighted by this generous gesture of community spirit.  The area sometimes gets a bad reputation, usually from the actions of a few individuals, but on the whole there are many kind and community minded people that work to make the area better place to live and work.

    If you are reading this we hope you take note of these companies and use their services.  Your support of companies like this further strengthens the local community and encourages more companies to follow their lead.  We have been humbled by their actions, a true demonstration of how the community can come to the rescue.

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  • Veg Box News 05.05.14

    In the past week we have been working hard to prepare the ground on the back field ready for planting our spring and summer crops.

    Work has also been under-way to get the second poly-tunnel skinned, prepped and ready for planting as this summer we are hoping for a bumper crop. As the weather is nice (at the time of going to print) this is the ideal time to get the skin on.

    Last Saturday the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust ‘Turnstiles’ children’s group ran an activity on-site all about bugs and insects, the weather was lovely and the children (and parents) had a great time hunting for a variety of creepy crawlies. The group was also exceptionally lucky to be visited by Snowy the owl, the children stroked him and talked to his owner about what he eats and where he lives etc so thanks to Paul Hamilton for bringing him.

    Our new volunteers have quickly settled in and Carol is working with VANEL to review the referral process so that we can take as many new volunteers as possible at this busy time of year. We have a new person called Brad starting this week on a ‘traineeship’ in partnership with Franklin College.

    Elaine has been busy preparing the ‘Grimsby in Bloom’ planters (there’s a lot of them) which are due to be positioned around the town at the beginning of June.

    The hanging baskets are also being planted,we will have general summer hanging baskets to order for £10 which should be ready for the end of May and edible ones with lettuce & nasturtiums etc for £3.50 each (available now).

    The salad boxes and fruit boxes are proving to be very much sought after, please ring the office on 870609 to either change your veg box to a salad box or add additional items to your order.

    We now have a range of plants available to purchase so please feel free to visit site and have a look round Monday to Friday between 9:00 – 4:00. We currently have a variety of herbs, grasses, lavender, heather, trees and shrubs as well as:

    Sweet peas £1.00 for a six pack or 2 packs for £1.50

    Sunflowers 3 for £1.00

    Fushia £3 each

    Forget me not’s £1 each

    Hosta plants £3 each

    Perennials from £1.50 – £3.00

    As always the free range eggs are ½ dozen for £1.50.

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  • WAES – HAL 2014

    Sunday 12th January 2014 at the Vanson Centre.

    All are welcome, but parking is at a minimum, so please do join us but please car share, come on your bike or catch a number 13 or 14 bus.

    We would like to offer food and drink but as is the nature of these events we would like to ask if you might bring a little something of your own to share on the day. after all it is an event that is all about people and positivity for the year to come.

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    11:00 – 12:00 Meet, greet and gather

    HOT MULLED SPICED CIDER SERVED FROM . 11:30

    12:00 MORRIS CALL

    12:15 Morris Dance by The Grimsby Morris Men

    12:45 Orchard Parade and setting the fire

    13:00 WAES – HAL CALL

    13:30 Food and drink served in the refreshment room
    Second dance by the Grimsby Morris Men

    14:15 Plough PlaY – The Grimsby Morris Men

    15:00 FOOD, MUSIC AND MERRIMENT

  • Veg Box News 11.11.13

    That purple sprouting broccoli last week was delicious! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. This week its back to one of our favourites; kale. We have supplied 2 types so you will either be getting a red kale or a green kale, we didn’t grow enough to give all the boxes the same type so there is a difference between the individual boxes. You will see also in the £8 boxes a lemon, remember serve the kale with a healthy squeeze of lemon juice after cooking; the vitamin c gives a delicious zing to the kale but also helps your body make better use of the nutrients. (Individual lemons for sale 35p or 3 for £1) We have also given you a taste of the season; sprouts. We will be giving you a stick of these with our Christmas Dinner box on the 24th December. Last year a stick of our sprouts was about half the price of what the supermarkets were charging. Keep looking out for our announcement at the beginning of December when we start to take orders for the Christmas Dinner boxes

    Talking of Christmas, Kylie has been busy with making up some lovely looking gift food hampers; a great idea for an unusual present. Please do check out the pictures on our facebook and website. This year we will also have a limited number of fresh Christmas wreaths and some tables decorations. Again more details to follow.

    On site we have had a a new raft of volunteers helping clear the weeds and do more of the tidying up. It’s interesting to watch volunteers over their time here; you see them go from slightly unsure sometimes with no ideas about plants and wild life. Slowly they get more confident and become part of the team, joining in with the tea break laughs, some even go onto start to grow their own veg at home. It is something we really encourage, grow your own, even if it a just a few windowsill herbs and some living salad. This year I grew some beetroot in plant pots as well as some radish, herbs and salad stuff in an old guttering. Its good to grow! We do sell plants as well as veg so you might even be able to buy some plants from us. We are currently selling winter hanging basket for £5.50 and also £3 for the hanging planter ‘socks’

    PS – WE REUSE PLASTIC PUNNETS PLEASE WASH AND RETURN!

    Don’t forget we sell FREE RANGE Eggs from Chickens NOT fed on GM soya. Most other non organic eggs will be from GM fed chickens.

    NEW STOCK FOR THE PANTRY ARRIVED THIS WEEK. COME AND VISIT OUR PANTRY AND SEE THE TASTY TREATS!

  • giant pumpkins get your bids in!

    we  are taking bids for our giant pumkins, reserve is £20…. we will close the bidding friday 25th Oct at 15:00 at which point the winner(s) will be called to collect the monster!!!!

    Simply email your bid to orders at greenfuturesgrimsby.co.uk or message our facebook page

    thanks

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  • The Pantry Wholefood and Health food list. Can be ordered with your veg box 2013

    Prices correct at date of posting.  Subject to change if supplier changes prices.

    Pasta        
    White spaghetti, Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Wholemeal spaghetti, Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Wholemeal Pasta Penne Suma Organic 500g 99p
    Og Tricolore Spirals Suma Organic 500g 1.15
    Wholewheat fusilli Suma Organic 500g 99p
             
             
    Rice Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Arborio rice Suma Organic 500g £2.59
    Long grain brown rice Suma   500g £1.55
    Short grain brown rice Suma   500g £1.49
    Bown Basmatti Suma Organic 500g 2.05
             
             
    Tins Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Sweetcorn Suma Organic   89p
    Chopped tomatoes Suma Organic   75p
    Baked Beans Suma Organic   95p
    6 bean mix Suma     95p
    Cannellin beans Suma Organic   89p
    Butter beans Suma Organic 400g 75p
             
             
    Cooking Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Tomato puree Suma Organic   99p
    Rice miso Organic   £4.79
    Stock cubes, veg   Organic   £1.49
    Liquid aminos Marigold   250ml £3.27
    Smoked firm tofu, Viana Viana Organic 250g £2.67
    Red pesto, (vegan) Suma Organic 160g £2.59
    Green Pesto Suma Organic 160g  
    Spelt Flour Bacheldre   1.5kg 3.59
    Raw Choc Co Raw Cacao Powder Raw Health   200g 4.99
             
             
    Biscuits Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Fig and quinoa cookies       £1.19
    Stem ginger cookies (Gluten Free) Traidcraft   150g £1.59
    Stem ginger biscuits 10, Nairns Nairns   200g £1.59
             
             
    Snack bars Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Nutty seed tasty cereal bar, 9 bar 9 Bar     95p
    Original hemp seed bar, 9 bar 9 Bar Organic   95p
    Peanut, 9 bar 9 Bar     85p
    Peanut hazel and almond bar Eat Natural     89p
    Naked banana bread bar Nakd   30g 52p
    Date walbut and pumpkin bar Eat Natural     89p
    Fruit and nut bar, Eat natural Eat Natural     89p
    Yoghurt banana chips Nakd     £1.49
    Apple tart raw fruit & nut bar, Nakd Nakd     £1.24
    Cocoa loco nibble bar, Nakd Nakd     65p
    Sesame snaps Sesame snaps     29p
    Cherry infused raisins, Nakd Nakd     45p
    Strawberry crunch bar, Nakd Nakd     69p
    Simply scrummy bars Simply Scrummy     69p
    Energy bomb banana/guarana Pulsin     £1.59
    Doves banana/mango/brazil Doves Farm   40g 69p
    Coco Jack coconut with chia Coco Jack     79p
    Hazel nougat choc bar   Organic 40g 85p
    Crispy n chewy choc, Traidcraft Traidcraft   30g 65p
    Mixed case, Simply scrummy Simply Scrummy   65g 0.69
    Cocoa Coconut Flapjack Trek   50g 1.05
    Chock Gogis Snack Pack Raw Health   32g 1.49
    Raw Chock Co Vanoffee Dark Bar Raw Health   44g 1.99
    Strawberry & Oat Bar Braw   35g 0,79
    Raw Coconut Sugar Raw   250g 4,49
    Seed Stacked Bar-Carob Topped Flapjack Seed Stacked   50g 0.65
    Seseme Snaps Coconut     30g 0.29
    Raw Chocolate Bar Beond   40g 1.39
    Ombar acai & blueberry , raw choc Raw Health   38g £2.15
             
             
    Herbs Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Caraway seeds Suma   50g 0.85
    Black peppercorns Suma Organic 25g £1.05
             
             
             
             
    Crisps Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Lentil Creamy Dill Chips CoFresh   40g 0.63
    Creamy Dill Chips CoFresh   45g 0.63
    Tomato & Basil Chips CoFresh   45g 0.63
    Lentil Tomato & Basil Chips CoFresh   40g 0.63
    Chilli & lemon lentil crisps Cofresh   40g 63p
    Tomato & Basil lentil crisps Cofresh   40g 63p
    Creamy Dil lentil crisps Cofresh   40g 63p
    Sea salt crisps Cofresh   40g 63p
    Poppadom Curls, Chilli & Lemon Cofresh   80g 99p
    Lentil Chilli & Lemon Chips. CoFresh   40g 0.63
    Lentil Chilli & Lemon Chips CoFresh   45g 0.63
    Lentil Sea Salted Chips CoFresh   40g 0.63
             
             
    Oil Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Extra virgin olive oil Suma   500ml £4.55
    Cold pressed sunflower oil Suma Organic 500ml £2.99
    Toasted Sesame Clearspring Organic 250ml £3.35
    Coconut oil, Cocowel Cocowel Organic 500ml £6.50
    Omega Oil Organic Clearspring   500ml 3.95
    Creamed Coconut Amaizin   200g 1.44
    Rapeseed Oil Organic   250ml 1.99
             
             
    Dry food Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Red lentils Suma Organic 500g 95p
    Chick peas Suma   500g £1.39
    Broth mix Suma   500g £1.55
    Aduki beans Suma Organic 500g £1.95
    Red split lentils Suma Organic 750g £1.57
    Brown lentils Suma   500g £1.15
    Wholemeal couscous Suma Organic   £1.55
    Cane sugar Suma Organic 500g £2.45
    Sundried tomatoes Suma Organic 125g £1.85
    Wasabi peas, Spicy Suma   75g 87p
    Chick peas Suma Organic 400g 89p
    Organic Bulgur Wheat Suma   500g 1.69
    Moong Dahl Suma   500g 2.59
    Og Bean Mix Suma   500g 2.65
    Org Yellow Split Peas Suma   500g 1.59
    Cacao Nibs Organic Suma   100g 1.6
             
             
    Tea/coffee Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Earl grey bags, Clipper Clipper Organic 50 bags £2.59
    Classic instant coffee, Cafedirect Cafedirect   100g £4.99
    Yogi classic original bag Yogi   17 bags £2.19
    White tea, clipper Clipper Organic 26 bags £1.90
    white tea and goji berry, QI Qi   25 bags £1.49
    Earl grey, Kromland farm Kromland Farm   40 bags £2.65
    Licorace Mint Tea Yogi   17Bags 2.19
    Bed Time Tea Yogi   17 Bags 2.19
    Sweet Lemon & Green Tea Org   17 bags 2.19
    Organic green Tea Bags Clipper   25 Bags 1.89
             
             
    Cereal Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Quinoa flakes Quinoa flakes Organic 500g £5.55
    Jumbo oats   Organic 500g £1.85
    Gluten Free Porridge Oats Nairns G   450g 3.49
    Organic Deluxe Muesli 500g Suma   500g 2.15
             
             
    Seeds & Nuts Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Sesame seeds Suma Organic 125g 68p
    Cashew nuts Suma Organic 125g £2.85
    Cashew nuts Suma   125g £1.55
    Sunflower seeds Suma Organic 125g 68p
    Pumpkin seeds Suma Organic 125g £1.39
    Omega seed mix Suma   125g £1.25
    Sunflower seeds Suma Organic 250g £1.45
    Sesame seeds Suma Organic 250g £1.65
    Alfalfa Seeds Suma Organic 125g 1.85
    Almonds Suma Organic 250g £3.99
    Broken walnuts Suma   125g £1.89
    Hemp seeds Suma   125g £1.25
    Hazelnuts Suma Organic 125g £1.89
    Cacao nibs Suma Organic 100g £1.60
    Red Quinoa Suma Organic 500g £4.15
    Quinoa, Fairtrade Suma Organic 375g £3.25
    Brazil nuts Suma   125g 2,59
    Coconut Chips Suma   150g 1.25
             
             
    Spread Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Peanut butter crunchy Suma Organic 340g £2.89
    Peanut butter smooth Suma Organic 340g £2.89
    Meridian almond butter Meridian Organic   £3.29
    Superseed Spread Raw Health   170g 2.79
             
             
    Drinks Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Rice dream Hazelnut & almond drink     1L £1.99
    Acai juice, Berry Co Berry Co   1L £2.29
    Goji Berry, Berry Co Berry Co   1L £2.29
    Acai juice, Berry Co Berry Co   250ml £1.09
    Goji Berry, Berry Co Berry Co   250ml 79p
    Blueberry juice, Berry Co Berry co   250ml 79p
    Curiosity cola Fentimans   275ml £1.35
    Dandelion & Burdock Fentimans   275ml £1.35
    Cherry tree cola, Fentimans Fentimans   275ml £1.35
    highland spring, 0.5 LTR still HighLand Spring   500ml 45p
    Highland spring, natural Highland Spring   1.5L 75p
    Sour cherry juice, proganic Proganic   250ml £1.69
    Scheckters energy Scheckters Organic 250ml £1.62
    Coconut milk original, Koko Koko   250ml £1.89
    Coconut Water     200ml 1.19
    Coconut Water     750ml 2.85
    Pink Guava Fruit Ice Smooze   10X65ml 3.59
    Sparkling Lemon & Lime Cawston Press   330ml 1.15
             
             
    Waltham kitchen preserves & pickles Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Lincolnshire ale chutney       £3.70
    Kashmir chutney       £3.50
    Pimms and strawberry jam       £3.70
    Hazelnut caramel       £4.00
    Orange, lemon & grapefruit marmalade       £3.50
    Gin & tonic pickled onions       £3.70
             
             
             
             
             
    Cleaning products Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Multi surface cleaner, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf     £2.29
    Hand soap, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf   500ml £3.69
    Toilet cleaner, Ecoleaf Ecoleaf     £1.99
    Minty floride free toothpaste, Green people Green People     £3.50
    100% Recycled Aluminum foil       £2.49
    Dishwasher tablets, Ecover Ecover   25 tabs £4.04
    Washing up liquid     1L £2.35
    Mint fluoride free, Kingfisher Kingfisher   100ml £2.89
    Sarakan toothpaste Sarakan   50ml £2.39
    Aqua oleum lavender essential oil     10ml £4.35
    A’oleum Sinus blnd-snotblaster     10ml £3.99
    Washing Powder 6 X 900 Ecoleaf   900g 4.45
    Aloe Vera Skincare Gel ESI   200g 5.65
             
             
    Super foods Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Spirulina     100g £10.50
    Raw Choc co cacao butter Raw Health   240g £7.99
    Burst maca root powder   Organic 100g £5.99
    Pea protein powder, Pulsin’ Pulsin   250g £5.99
    Cacao powder, Raw choc     200g £4.99
    Himalayan pink coarse salt     300g £2.59
             
    Health Og Barley Grass 100 Dru   100g 9.25
             
             
    Other Manufacturer Organic? Weight Cost
    Agave syrup     500ml £4.45
    Barbecue, traidcraft fairtrade Traidcraft   3 pack £9.99
    Traidcraft   650g £2.80
             
  • We Love Bees

    We Love Bees

    We love Bees. We love them so much that we have our own Green Futures Bees. We’ve made them little Green Futures B-shirts and they fly around the garden pollinating the plants and flowers and then they work very hard to make Green Futures Honey. (Obviously I am kidding about the B-shirts but it did provide an amusing image!).

    A Quick search of Wikipedia says

    ”

    Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role inpollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families,[1] though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.

    Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used as food for larvae.

    Bees have a long proboscis (a complex “tongue”) that enables them to obtain the nectar fromflowers. They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical for the superfamily. Bees all have two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the smaller of the two; in a very few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings that make flight difficult or impossible, but none are wingless.

    The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 mm (5/64″) long. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee whose females can attain a length of 39 mm (1.5″). Members of the family Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most common type of bee in the Northern Hemisphere, though they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies.

    The best-known bee species is the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types of bee. Human management of this species is known as beekeeping or apiculture.”

    We will be selling the Honey in the veg boxes.