Bring the Harvest Home this autumn with Cultivate
AS August comes to an end and we start moving into the autumn months we’re also moving into a really exciting and abundant time for local produce: the UK harvest period. As a local food co-op it’s a great time to celebrate and raise the profile of all the local produce there is on offer. So to mark this fantastic time of year Cultivate are launching our Bring the Harvest Home campaign – a fantastic series of special offers, events, recipes and tastes that celebrates the best local, ethical and delicious produce of the season.
Every week through September to November 2016, Cultivate will be celebrating the harvest at each of our VegVan and Market Stops by offering seasonal recipes, free tasters, chances to win harvest hampers and by selling the best local ethical and delicious produce Oxfordshire has to offer. Our aim is to encourage the more local people to Bring the Harvest Home and enjoy the bounty of the season. We’re also planning on proudly popping up in our trusty VegVan at the Botley Food Festival on Saturday, September 17, and at the Oxford Food & Drink Festival Sunday, October 16.
The real highlight of the campaign will be two very special Pop-Up Restaurant nights at the Restore Garden Cafe taking place on October 14 and 21 and coinciding with the Oxford Food and Drink Festival Fringe. Curated and created by Smoke and Thyme, each night will feature a seven-course vegetable tasting menu made with the best seasonal fruit and veg. Although the menu is completely suitable for vegetarians, we want to bring the delicious possibilities of harvest produce to everyone, which is why we're encouraging vegetarians to bring a non-veggie friend along to show them how fresh, seasonal vegetables can be the star of a meal.
Throughout the next few months we’ll have a plethora of local organic produce: bunched carrots, sweetcorn, beetroot, apples, blackberries, every kind of squash and loads more. If you really want to experience the best and brightest of our locally grown fruit and veg now’s the time to do it.
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