Since the beginning of 2013 there have been many new and exciting developments in the UK Slow Food groups, and in the next few months there will be major changes in the organisation of groups and we at Slow Food Norwich will keep our members and interested parties informed as news unfolds.

Slow Food London and Slow Food Norwich are likely to be combined in a new south of England organisation but as discussions are taking place at present the exact outcome of the new organisation is still takin...
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Slow food Norwich together with Olivaverde took part in the first Trade School to be held in Norwich which was part of the Common Room project held at St Laurence's Church on Saturday 10th November.
The Common Room was held to try and establish community awareness of the Church and to also obtain feedback from the local community and businesses for the Churches Conservation Trust which owns the building. The Trust is looking for ideas and possible projects so as to try and establish the best u...
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Slow food Norwich was contacted by the organisers of the Fifth Sense event in Norwich,this is to raise awareness about Anosmia or the lack of small and taste. We are very happy to support this important event being held by Fifth Sense and to have Slow Food Norwich members take part in the event on Sunday 23rd September at St Andrews Hall in Norwich.
The key aims of the event are to raise awareness and support for Fifth Sense, also the smell and taste clinic at James Paget Hospital, and to also...
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Slow Food Norwich has been invited to take part in the Worstead Festival this year and we are very happy to be able to speak and give a presentation at this very popular festival in Norfolk.
The Worsted Festival takes place over two days in July, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th and has proved to be a very popular event over the many years that it has been running, it was originally started in the village in the 1960's and in the past two years it has been taken back to its original village roots...
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Slow Food Norwich as well as being associated with several of the small artisan food producers in Norfolk has also worked closely with a talented team of fabric and clothes designers who also promote the Slow Lifestyle ethos to life.
Yesterday in Norwich we were asked to take part in the first Slow Makers market in the Magdalen Street are of the city which is full of wonderful art and crafts shops as well as a large diverse range of small food shops, markets and coffee bars.
Aviva Leigh of Slow...
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Many of our members know and frequent the Greenhouse cafe in Norwich which specialises in vegetarian and vegan drinks and meals. The produce used in the cafe is all locally produced and organic, with a special emphasis on using only the best of what can be found in Norfolk.
The shop stocks organic and Fair trade goods provided by co operative businesses and sourced from around the world to offer diversity and choice to customers.
 


 
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Slow food London will be closely involved with the first  West Norwood Slow food Festival  in south London on Saturday March 21st. Some of our members from Slow Food Norwich also hope to be present at what promises to be a very popular food event in London, we hope the first of many!
Slow food Norwich is now working much more closely with Slow food London as links and friendships have developed over the past couple of years. Dermott the leader of Slow food Norwich was originally a member of Sl...
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Slow Food Norwich together with Raffles restaurants held a Le Marche food and wine evening in Norwich on the 25th January to feature wines from a Slow Wine producer in Italy.
The wines were all from the Le Marche region of eastern Italy and included the white Passerina and red Rosso Piceno together with the rare dessert cherry wine Vini di Visiciole. Other wines that evening were the lovely Pecorino and also a wonderful Marche Rosso and all these wines were served to accompany typical Le March...
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Slow Food Norwich is really pleased to be organising a visit  to the Humpty Dumpty Brewery in Reedham in the spring with the help of the owners and Slow Food members Steve and Lesley.
The brewery is in the village of Reedham to the east of Norwich which is famous for its Victorian swing bridge and the name of the brewery originally came from the shape of the trains which used to pass through the village.
Steve and Lesley are keen supporters of Slow Food Norwich and were one of the first members...
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Slow food Norwich are pleased to be holding another social event for our members in Norwich in January 2012. The wine and food evening will be held at St Benedicts restaurant in Norwich and is featuring wine and food from the Le Marche region of eastern Italy.
The wine is being provided by a Slow Wine Italy member, Centoanni from Montefiore del Aso in southern Le Marche and the meal will be cooked using typical Le Marche recipes.
 



As well as members of Slow food Norwich there will also be wine ...
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Slow food Norwich as part of Slow Food International are very pleased to be now working closely with the Libera Terra Organisation from southern Italy and Sicily.
Libera Terra was founded in 1995 by an Italian priest to help farm land and estates which were previously owned by organised crime, mainly the Mafia. The organisation now gives help, advice and coordinates the many efforts of different bodies which are fighting organised crime in southern Italy and Sicily.
Since 1996 when the Italian ...
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Slow food Norwich is actively involved with the Slow Food on Campus project which is proving very popular at Universities in the UK. So far twelve Universities are taking part and a typical example is Cambridge where there are over 150 student members.
Norwich is very lucky to have the prestigious UEA on its doorstep and members of Slow Food Norwich are visiting the University in November to help set up a new branch of Slow food on Campus with input from the student union.

 

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Slow food Norwich were very pleased to be able to help with the Sagra that was held at Creake Abbey Barns in North West Norfolk last Friday night, 7th October.
The Italian food event was held in the wonderful main barn at Creake Abbey Studios and one of the themes for the evening was the use of extra virgin olive oil that is made by a Slow food member in Italy, Frantoio Montedoro near Senigallia. 
 Andrea Tomassetti who is the producer was unable to be present himself due to the busy olive oil ...
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Slow Food Norwich was asked by members of Slow food London to arrange a visit by Andrea Tomassetti of Slow food Senigallia to hold a workshop about Italian olive oil.
The FARM shop in Dalston Lane, Hackney is a community based organisation working closely with local groups to promote good healthy sustainable food and also establish links with similar bodies in London and elsewhere in the UK. Laura Billings of the FARM shop was instrumental in setting up the event and we hope to work closely wi...
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Members of Slow food Senigallia, Italy will be in the UK in early September to hold workshops and tastings of olive oils from the Italian region of Le Marche.
As well as the oil tastings and a Mediterranean food evening at the Pulse Bar and cafe in Norwich, Slow food Norwich along with members of Slow Food London will be holding three events in London.
One of these events will be at the Market Quarter in Elizabeth Street SW1 on Thursday 8th September at 6.30 pm and will be hosted by Sagraitalia...
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Members of Slow Food Italy and also Slow Food Norwich, along with several members of the public attended a wonderful tasting event at the vineyard and organic estate of Sig Mognon in central Le Marche last Sunday evening. 
Signor Mognon does produce a wonderful range of organic wines but he also grows and markets a large range of organic vegetables including Cick peas or Ceci as they are known in Italian, and this evening was given over to tasting several recipes based around Ceci.

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Another excellent fair in Norwich which Slow food Norwich members took part was the Ethical and Eco fair held at the Forum in Norwich yesterday.
It  proved to be well attended despite the pretty awful weather, cold, dark and damp generally it seems in Norfolk and the UK this summer
Our friends Scrubbyoak Fine Foods and Aviva from Slow Stuff were just two of stands that we had at the event, and  we now hope to co operate with further fairs and markets with the promoters of this excellent event.
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Twenty of us, Slow food Norwich members and guests met up at St Benedicts restaurant in Norwich on Friday evening 8th July, kindly hosted by Jayne Raffles of the Raffles group of restaurants in Norwich.
The food was excellent and the evening was a great success, with many of the members meeting only for the first time as we all live and work in different parts of Norwich and Norfolk.
Among those present were the owners of Humpty Dumpty Brewery near Reedham, Brendan from Crush foods near Dereham...
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Future radio a community based radio station in Norwich contacted us last month about appearing on the Alison Turner programme. The station is very involved with promoting small community groups and giving air time to organisations such as Slow Food.
Dermott will now be on the Tuesday morning slot betwen 10am and pm on Tuesday 5th July talking about the Slow Food movement in the UK and also Slow food Norwich.



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I normally try and pop into the Slow Food UK offices in London once or twice a month and yesterday I was pleased to visit the new shop in Neals Yard, Covent Garden. The shop is on the ground floor of the Slow Food building and the offices are now on the first floor.
The shop opens on Monday 27th June and will be stocking produce produced by Slow food members as well as other items which I am sure will prove popular with both existing members and the general public.



I will in the shop again next...
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Last weekend was a busy time for members and friends of Slow Food Norwich, attending two seperate events in Norwich and also in Wells next the sea.
National vegetarian week was the reason for a great day out at the Pulse Cafe and bar in Norwich last Sunday, at which we had a stand promoting Slow food Norwich and the ideals behind the international Slow Food Movement.
There was a lot of interest from the people coming to the Pulse Bar and Rainbow Foods and the weather was good so Peter and Dermo...
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I met with Laura from Norwich Farm share and she has invited our members to their open day at the farm at Postwick on Saturday 11th June.
 
There will be a tour of the farm and the current crops they are growing and it should be a great day out for the public and with special activities for children to get involved with the farm and its plans for the future.

There will be a lot of farmshare members present to answer any questions and you are invited to bring a picnic if the weather is nice and m...
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Slow Food Norwich as been asked to have a stand at the Pulse Cafe and Bar in Norwich on Sunday May 29th.
http://pulsecafebar.co.uk/national-vegetarian-week-2011
 
This is one of the many events going on throughout the Country to mark National Vegetarian Week 2011, from May 23rd to May 29th and the event in Norwich promises to be very popular with many diverse exhibitors including a vegan chocolate stand and ice cream and cake makers.
http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/

The day at the Pulse Cafe...
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The Wells Maltings project in Wells next the Sea held an open day on Wednesday April 27th to increase awareness of the regeneration project and the various groups and bodies which support the trust.
The weather was excellent if a bit breezy and there were plenty of tourists in the town that day but it took until mid afternoon until large numbers of the public came into the Maltings to look at the stands and exhibits.



Becky at the Maltings project is a strong supporter of Slow food and we are ve...
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Slow food Norwich had the first of the planned events at the Forum in Norwich on Saturday 16th April and all present thought it was a very successful day.
The weather had been wonderful for several days before Saturday but the morning of the 16th was threatening rain, in the event it was a dry and warm day which brought out the crowds into Norwich for shopping and browsing.
There were a couple of last minute cancellations from stall holders due to illness but Brendan Playford managed to find re...
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Preparations for the Norwich Slow Food day on April 16th are progressing well and we have several new contributors to the day including Drove Orchards from Thornham, Aviva from "Slow Stuff" who makes wonderful organic textiles and dyes from local plants and seeds and Mr Kews Pies with their extensive range of pies,sausages and burgers.

The day will start at 9.30am and go on to 2.30 pm and we expect the event to be very popular, especially the Slow Food UK taste of adventure for young children ...
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Slow Food Norwich is holding their first outdoor event at the Forum in Norwich on Saturday 16th April. The event is being held on theatre plain which is next to the main Forum building and 100 yards from the new Chapelfield Shopping Mall.
The Forum has been very supportive of Slow food Norwich and we hope to hold another Slow Food day there in the Autumn after our other events throughout Norfolk in the summer months.

The small food producers and businesses present will include, Crush Foods whic...
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Slow Food Norwich is actively working with other Slow Food groups in East Anglia and also with the large London Slow Food convivium to promote the Slow Food message to a much wider audience. A new convivium has being started in Essex and members of Slow Food Norwich and Slow Food Cambridge will be attending meetings with the members of the new group in March.
 


We had a meeting with Becky the project manager of the Wells Maltings Project which is working on the regeneration of the Maltings in o...
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During the past two weeks we have visited several members of Slow Food London and Slow Food Cambridge to discuss our plans and coming events in the spring of 2011. Slow Food Cambridge is working closely with us to help with ideas and practical help for food related events in the next few months as well as building a much closer partnership on which we can co ordinate our efforts throughout the whole of East Anglia. 

We are now going to hold several social events and tastings in March and April...
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Slow Food Norwich was established in Norfolk in October 2010 as one of the many new and growing number of convivia/branches of the Slow Food movement throughout the UK.
The new convivium consisted of  the six founding members and had its inaugural meeting in November 2010 and another in late Decmber to plan future events for 2011. 
Since then we have had several more new members join us, these include a small local producer of organic rape seed oil, a brewery located just outside of Norwich, an...
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