Jerusalem Artichokes: I think they’re delicious, nutty, sweet and a hint of earthiness. Not everyones favourite due to their, err, windy qualities. For some people this can mean they never seem to get into this tasty vegetable. For anyone with a sense of humour I’d say go for it they are an interesting winter flavour that grow well in the …
The Purple Sprouting Broccoli is back and I’m overjoyed it’ll be joining us in our veg boxes and kitchens regularly over the coming months. A beautiful and delicious winter treat, Purple Sprouting Broccoli offers leafy sanctuary in a winter sea of root veg. This is what it means to eat seasonally! RECIPE!! My hands down favourite PSB recipe is …
Last week, myself and Gareth travelled down to Oxford for a very inspirational two days at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC). The ‘Real’ farming conference, which is in its ninth year this year, was set up partly to counter the very much traditional Oxford Farming Conference, which takes place just down the road. Both conferences have the question of …
This is my first blog post for the Regather website. I am Kristin, one of the three new EVS (European Voluntary Service) members at Regather. I moved here from Estonia in the beginning of October and now I will be closely connected to Regather throughout the following year. Before moving to Sheffield for my amazing EVS project, I was …
Tower of bagel is a pop-up bagel café, you can find their delicious vegan bagels with various fillings, soups and latkes at markets around Sheffield. “I remember going to the Bagel shop as a child; the warm scent of freshly baked bagels, rye bread and pletzls swirling into the street. I have always wanted to bring that traditional feeling and …
The Regather team has been having a great time at the Sheffield Food Festival. Besides eating & drinking lots of delicious stuff we have been running a stall & taking part in different events. Gareth was involved in organising the whole event & has been doing a great job with the SHU team keeping everything running smoothly. Fran, Sally Rachel …
This month we have started delivering our veg boxes by electric trike! The new Regather Vehicle replaces our van on local deliveries, making it loads easier for us to deliver locally, lowering our carbon emissions and making the delivery round loads of fun ???? Our vegetables are largely supplied by local Organic Growers, in particular Wortley Walled Garden and High …
Image We get loads of the produce for our Regather veg boxes from local, Sheffield growers. In ‘note from the grower’ you can read about what work local farmers and growers have been doing this week. Note from the GrowerPeter Van Vliet, High Riggs, Sheffield Week beginning 15th May In the garden the bare soil is now rapidly filling up …
Image Little Sheffield: Can ‘small’ economics revive a post-industrial city? December 10, 2015 At a time when big is seen as better, ‘Little Sheffield’ is pioneering a new approach to local economics in the city that built its fortune on the small. Gareth Roberts reports. In 2010 a group of self-employed social activists moved from working around a kitchen table …
Image Regather Co-operative opens action centre in Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM Article by Rebecca Harvey 25 November 2015 Co-operators in Sheffield have access to a new co-operative event space thanks to the work of Regather, the city’s trading co-op. Regather began after Gareth Roberts completed research into “business models that were essentially a platform on which people could work together and …