We announced very exciting news at the meeting about our ugly produce brand “The Ugly Cucumber”. Not only will the shop be selling ugly fruit and vegetables, but we’ll be starting our own line of jams, chutneys, fermented foods, sauces etc, all made from local ugly produce!

Jackie Robertson from Frog & Swallow Gourmet Preserves and Ricky & April from Fermaculture Fermented Food have all incredibly kindly offered to make these for us in their commercial kitchens.

The produce will be purchased from local farmers, buying the produce that is usually thrown away which is good for farmers and good for everyone!

The rest of us can help by collecting jars with 63mm openings (re-using, yay!) and with the labels soaked off. We also need a list of names of people who can be contacted who might be able to help out with preparing the produce (cutting, washing) etc like little working bees, so if you can spare an hour here or there, please message me.

If you can help in any other way or if you’re an interested farmer, please message me or come to the catch up meeting next Tuesday at 2pm at The Cherry Tree.