Category Archives: waste food

Supermarkets – please give your food waste to our pigs!

Posted on November 5, 2015 by The Oak Tree Farm

An open letter to local supermarkets: Dear Sir or Madam, I’m getting in touch on behalf of The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm on the edge of Ipswich. We are a not for profit social enterprise which offers a wide … Continue reading →

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Green tomatoes – Preserving group day!

Posted on November 20, 2014 by The Oak Tree Farm

Well done, and many thanks, to all our wonderful preservers who did amazing work last Friday making green tomato chutney to go in to our veg share boxes during the 2015 hungry gap! No food whatsoever is wasted at The … Continue reading →

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No joy with food waste for animals from the big supermarkets

Posted on May 29, 2014 by The Oak Tree Farm

We’ve approached two big supermarkets to ask if they would donate their (legal) waste food for our pigs. The wonderful Pig Idea Campaign has been drawing attention to this utterly common-sense way of using food waste that is no longer … Continue reading →

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