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Thanks to everyone who made The Oak Tree Christmas Party such a happy event last Saturday!

The was chatting, dancing eating and drinking with a whole lot of lovely people! I can’t think of a better way of spending Saturday night

Kate and Fraser invite Steve to take on the Hot Chilli Challenge…

a studied consideration of the heat?

And Tom finds the chilli challenge bracing

A few weeks ago I announced the creating of the new not for profit social enterprise which was to run the Community Supported Agriculture scheme at The Oak Tree Farm. On Saturday 13th October CSA members gathered during a working party to celebrate the handover of the farm activities to the new organisation.

Tom signing the land lease on behalf of the new social enterprise

CSA members celebrating the handover of the farm activities to the new social enterprise

CSA member Lesley calling CSA working party members to celebrate – normally the bell means tea and coffee, but not today!

Toasting the handover of the Farm activities to our new not for profit social enterprise, the South Suffolk Low Carbon Food Community Interest Company, also known by the more familair name “The Oak Tree Farm”

Thanks to everyone who came along to The CSA Social at The Fat Cat pub, Spring Road, Ipswich, last night. A fanstastic curry made with farm veg from Kirsty and Tom, along with cakes and flapjacks! And the brave sampled a slice of Oak Tree Ham….

We had a great time at the Oak Tree summer party, with a couple of barrels of beer, a barrel of the elderflower and burdock wine made at the wild food walk earlier this year, and lots of wonderful food brought along by CSA members and other friends of the farm.

. Here are some photos from the day!

Lots of food, including a fair amount from the farm, not least eggs from our hens!

Rose partying with the new piglets!

The pigs were a big hit with everyone!

Rain was forecast for the early moring, and though there were a few mild showers in the early afternoon we found enough shelter under the marquee before venturing back out.

The table cleared for drinking later on

the end of the day just before 11 when we decided discretion was the better part of valour against the promised early morning rain

Share food and drink May social evening, early on

The first Tuesday of the month is our social evening at the Fat Cat pub, Spring Road Ipswich. The Fat Cat is a lovely friendly real ale pub that supplies plates, knives and forks in the week to its customers. We shared a lovely meal of all kinds of dishes from the fabulous Prawn Jambalaya cooked by Jon and Debbie to Joanne’s “Hungry Gap Greens” pasta, not to mention samples of roast pork from the Acorn Antic pig club.

Lots of people came along this month, which was lovely, we needed three tables at one point of the evening! As usual a few of us were there until closing time…!

Tom, Kirsty and Kate at the bar later on

We have a great turnout for the CSA public meeting on Saturday 7th April, and the last of our Community Supported Agriculture Places for a veg box from June 2012 – May 2013 were subscribed to.

Joanne telling the story of The Oak Tree CSA

Kirsty describes life as a CSA member

New CSA members Viola and Mosaic explore the polytunnels

The chickens turn shy!