| 04-07-2008 |
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Sirene, the lovely clothes shop in Trafalgar Street, has a summer sale which starts today.
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| 03-07-2008 |
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Bespoke ice cream for this year's Pride in Brighton and Hove is now available at Scoop and Crumb in East Street.
Scoop and Crumb's owner Jonathan devised this unique new recipe just for this year's event.
It's called Pride and Passion and is a fabulous combination of passion fruit with rum and raisin.
Here are the other unique Brighton places that support Pride in Brighton and Hove.
This summer's festival starts on Saturday 26th July and leads up to the main parade to Preston Park on Saturday 2nd August.More details here.
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| 01-07-2008 |
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Birdcage Walk has just opened at Fiveways on the site of the Tin Drum at 300 Ditchling Rd.
There's a lovely, fresh new refit and a new menu.Most of the main dishes are under £10 and the focus is on locally sourced ingredients.
BN1 6JG
Tel: 01273 561757[B]
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| 28-06-2008 |
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Orange Grove Organic is brand new company supplying to specialist food retailers. All the products are made here in Brighton, in small batches, using seasonal ingredients.
Last week Danny and his team at Fiveways Fruits held a tasting at the shop.They now stock all six flavours of the delicious organic dips.
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| 23-06-2008 |
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There's still time to book for the Eco open houses, which is this weekend and next weekend.
If you're inspired to 'eco-renovate' there are many local businesses which can help you. A Green Pages leaflet will be available at each house.
You could also try The Wood Store and the Bright Green Store.
Eco Open Houses is a joint project between the Brighton Permaculture Trust, the Low Carbon Trust and Brighton & Hove City Council.
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| 22-06-2008 |
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This Monday at 8pm, Channel 4's Dispatches investigates the causes of the recent, dramatic food price rises and the connections with Britain's reliance on food imports.
One fascinating development shown in the programme is Thanet Earth which is ninety miles from Brighton, in north east Kent.
© Talking Retail
When it's finished in 2009, this huge, hydroponic, low carbon greenhouse site will be able to produce 15% of Britain's salad crops. More details here on Kent TV.
As Channel 4 's Jay Rayner writes in the Observer , "it ain't pretty."
It is really sad to see the land covered up in this way - the environmental implications can be followed here in Environmental Debate .
But even with the best local self sufficiency and the wisest use of our food, maybe developments like these will be vital? Let us know what you think.
From another time when self sufficiency was high on the agenda..... this Land Army badge was recently found at the site.
© Canterbury Trust.
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