The Jersey Organic Association
Welcome to the Jersey Organic Association (JOA)
20 years of environmental education and campaining in Jersey
The JOA campaigns on many aspects of food and farming in Jersey. Annually we invite a guest speaker to talk on a current topic, and we issue a quarterly newsletter of our activities and information. The association offers advice and support on various aspects of organic gardening, farming and living.
Latest
2007 Organic produce survey report
The latest members newsletter went out in May 2008.
Brian Adair is running our allotments campaign. If you are interested in pressing for more allotments in the island, then contact him on 865303, or briadair@hotmail.com.
Read Rob Hopkins review of his visit to Jersey here
The new States eco-active web site is live here
The Committee agreed to make a donation of £25 to the Soil Association to support the campaign against the abuse of antibiotics in farming.
Some of the permaculture group have produced a response to the States consultation paper on an energy stategy for Jersey. This has been adopted by the committee and is now a JOA response. read it here
Check out your ecological footprint (not just carbon) here.
The Sustainable Jersey web site appears to be up and running again here.
Forthcoming
Guided walk of Ouaisne & Portelet Common with John Pinel, Head of States Countryside Team. 21st June 2008, 2.00pm Meet at Ouaisne car park at 1.50pm
Guided walk of Vermont Farm With John Hammon, Route du Coin, St Brelade (Next to Hotel La Place) Saturday 28th June 2008, 2.30 pm
Future commitee dates
· 1st July
· (No meeting in August)
· 2nd September
· 7th October
· 4th November
· 2nd December
Slow food movement
Saturday 9 February, at 12 midday, and will consist of a tour of the Jersey and Tipsy Toad Brewery Head Brewer Paul Hurley of The Jersey and Tipsy Toad Brewery invites Slow Food members to a Scratch and Sniff Brewery Tour. Don’t go to Ann Street by mistake! The Jersey Brewery is at Tregear House, Longueville, just at the foot of Les Varines at the old Smith’s site. The visit will last about an hour and a half including tour and tasting
Saturday 15 March – the annual Slow Food conference seminar on food and food production issues.
Speakers from the UK are: Colin Tudge – author of various books about the future of food and farming, see plenty of references about him by ‘googling’ his name on the internet.
Graeme Kidd - until last year, Mayor of Ludlow, founded the Ludlow Food festival, and a spokesman for the ‘ Slow Town ’ movement which is a ‘cousin’ of Slow Food
Barny Haughton, celebrated chef, with trenchant views about the importance of local produce to gastronomy
If you would like to attend any of the Slow food events, please please contact, Rosemary Collier. Her e-mail address is rosemarybysea@msn.com ; telephone 722847.
The Association is a local branch of the UK Soil Association, and Garden Organic
latest update 16th June 2008
