Get fresh, organic, local food with the Food Assembly

[FH Food Assembly]

The Food Assembly is a group of local residents who select local farmers & food producers and group buy from them directly online. It is a French concept who started 4 years ago, it has crossed over here in the UK very recently (about 6 months ago) and is now happening next to you, in Forest Hill.

Supermarkets dictate how food must be produced and the result is that we - consumers - end up with vegetables full of pesticides, fruits from all around the world and meat and diary stuffed with antibiotics! They take big margins on producers who end up with almost nothing and are forced to produce at an industrial level.

The Food Assembly initiative is to boycott those supermarkets, buy directly from local producers and get good, fresh and local food at an affordable price!

So how does this all work? Pretty simple indeed: you create a login online on the Forest Hill branch of the website (plug in your postcode and it should come up) - order online before the Tuesday of any given week. Then producers deliver your order every Thursday from 6-8pm in The Railway Telegraph pub, 112 Stanstead road, and you just have to pick it up.

The money is fairly redistributed to the producers (8% go to the platform and to the Assembly host, all remaining to the producer) and you know what you get from the source as you can meet them in person, talk to them and even visit their farms (we'll organize visits in spring when the weather will be more enjoyable).

Of course this approach is making a lot of noise on media and social networks. You can find out more about the Food Assembly in the BBC News, Guardian and on social networks.

You can join us for free registering here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49. No tie-ins, just have a look to the wide range of products already available. You can also come and visit next Thursday at the pub to see by yourself and chat with us but don't forget that you can only order online before Tuesday midnight.

Hope to see you soon joining the food revolution!

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[FH Food Assembly]

From Thursady 5th March, The Forest Hill Food Assembly will welcome World of Zing, the spice specialist that will make your meals even tastier! All blends are made with the best spices in Mile End. We have selected for you a range of flavored sea salts, chillies, pepper, pop-corn seasonings and home made cocktails. World of Zing's products will be available every fortnight, so don't miss the opportunity to try them now.

We also offer this week vegetables, meat, bread, cheese, beer, jam, granola, cakes & tarts.

Food for thought is probably as important as what is in our plate. Even better, ideas are free and can be shared easily

again and again with a book. That's why we now have a library with various books about Food (food industry, essay,

cookbook). The principle is simple: have a look, pick the one you like, bring it back 2 weeks later.

Please remember that the market will be open until Tuesday night for the collection of Thursday 5th from 5:3 to 7:30pm in the Railway Telegraph.

Click here to join https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

Good Morning,

this is a reminder to let you know that the market will be open until tomorrow night.

Don't wait too long to get your fresh, local, healthy food on Thursday.

We will be happy to welcome you in the Railway Telegraph from 5:30 to 7:30 with our dear producers.

Click here to make your purchase: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Audrey & Vincent

- Forest Hill Food Assembly Hosts

[FH Food Assembly]

The Forest Hill Food Assembly is doing well thanks to you!

This is our weekly meeting in the Railway Telegraph pub about local food and we are happy to see you more numerous.

The new market is now open with local sauerkraut, honey, fresh pasta, beer, seeds butter, granola and our now classical veg, meats, breads & cheese!

You have until Tuesday night to place your order for the collection on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph pub.

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Audrey & Vincent

[Azalea]

If you click on the see all producers link it takes you to a page about joining, why? Also why is the pickup in Forest Hill when this is the ED Forum?

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Azalea Wrote:

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> If you click on the see all producers link it

> takes you to a page about joining, why? Also why

> is the pickup in Forest Hill when this is the ED

> Forum?

Passive/aggressive post of the day.

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi Alzea,

I know that it can be annoying for you to register first if you want to see the product catalogue. The web platform was built so and the tech team is working on it to allow you see the products without registering. Notice that the registration is free and there is no commitment to buy anything. If you are not interested anymore, you can ask the tech team to remove you from the member list.

The reason why we post here for our Forest Hill Food Assembly is simple:

- we have members living in East Dulwich who pick up their order on their way back home. We even have members who come from Bromley!

- If someone likes the idea, he/she could be interested in opening one Food Assembly in East Dulwich.

Does that make sense?

Kind Regards,

Audrey B.

- Forest Hill Food Assembly Host.

[FH Food Assembly]

Hello,

This is the last day to place your order and get your fresh food from the Forest Hill Food Assembly on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30.

This week we have pasta, honey, seeds butter and new products as sauerkraut, guinea-fowl and the sausage of the month with dark chocolate, chilli and lime!

You will find of course your weekly meat, veg, bread, beer, cakes and tarts.

See you soon in the Railway Telegraph for the collection!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

19th March Market is now open!

Good morning,

The past couple of days have got us excited that spring might be on the way and there's no better way to celebrate the changing season than with some wonderful local food!

From Streatham Sourdough, East Dulwich Pastas, Peckham preserves, Sydenham Cakes & Tarts and award winning Bermondsey Cheese to East London Spices, we have the best in local produce, not forgetting our stunning meat and vegetables coming from Kent! So have an explore and try something new along with your old favourites this week!

Try the cake of the month: a moist and delightful spiced pumpkin cake topped with chocolate shavings that makes a perfect tea time treat.

Brockmans offers a new salad: The Claytonia perfoliata. Most commonly it is eaten raw in salads and sometimes boiled like spinach, which it resembles in taste.

Be tempted by Marsh's guinea-fawl: the flavour is similar to that of chicken but it has a hint of gaminess.

And have a look on the numerous spices that can turn any dish into a culinary delight!

Make your purchase here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

See you in the Railway Telegraph from 5:30 to 7:30pm.

Audrey & Vincent

- Your Forest Hill Food Assembly Hosts

[FH Food Assembly]

Hello to the East Dulwich Forum,

The sale is now open, so roll on up to pick you choice meats, veg, breads, cheeses, cakes and beers!

This week there is Honey on sale all from near by areas of south London and Seeds butter.

There's also plenty of new greens as mixed salad, brocoli and some lovely fresh wild garlic, excellent for a butter 'ma?tre d'h?tel', dressing or a pesto!

And discover the beautiful Turban 'Giraumon' squash, among other delicious squashs.

So have a browse or peruse though our goods and welcome in spring, it starts on the 20th. And celebrate the start of all thing new with some Lamb, pastas or cakes!

You will have till Tuesday 24th March to place your order and pick up your basket on Thursday 26th!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Audrey & Vincent

- Your Forest Hill Food Assembly Hosts

[FH Food Assembly]

Hello,

Don't miss the Food Assembly Easter Market in the Railway Telegraph Thursday 2nd April from 5:30 to 7:30!

Producers are making everything ready to help you prepare a delicious Easter Menu: from lamb, tasty sourdough loaves and cheese to jams, cakes, spices and plenty of vegetables.

Enjoy Easter with the best and freshest local products!

Place your order till Tuesday 31st March here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Follow us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

See you soon!

[FH Food Assembly]

Hello dear ones,

The new Forest Hill Food Assembly sale is now open with delicious fresh, local food!

What's new this week?

We have a new sausage made of lemon and poppy seed!!

This crisp, delicate sausage is made with lots of juice and zest for a delightful tang. Poppy seeds have a natural affinity for lemon with there slightly nutty flavour, a classic mix in cakes, soon to be a classic in sausages.

We also have new raw food from PaMa:

For those who enjoyed the Kimchi brussels sprouts, we also have now naturally fermented Rainbow Carrots to eat as pickles

You can now choice among two different sauerkrauts:

- Garden of Eden is flavoured with fresh lavender, sage, thyme and rosemary - a magic experience ;

- and the traditional Sauerkraut flavoured with caraway seeds.

And don't miss the raw sauerkraut and beetroot crackers: two super healthy and delicious raw snacks which can be used as a canap?, sprinkled over soups or salad and love to be dipped in all sorts of dips!

The cake of the month is a traditional Italian sponge cake with moist pears and dark chocolate. It makes a lovely dessert if served with ice cream, but it is also delicious on its own. Try it!

Emanuela's new pastas have come! Cappellacci Artichoke, Pecorino cheese and potato and Ravioli with beef, pork, mushroom and spinach, perfect with butter and sage!

And to finish, the bread is back!!!

Be curious and try something new!

You can order from now here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Next collection on Thursday 9th April from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph.

See you soon!

Follow us on our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi all!

New sale open in the Forest Hill Food Assembly!

For those who are back from Easter holidays, don't miss our fresh, local products.

This week we have new herbs from Brockmans Farm - as tarragon and thyme - to give freshness to your meals.

You will find Marsh Produce's excellent meat and Elephant Bakehouse's tasty bread and crunchy bread.

We also have cheese, jam, granola, beer, cakes, seeds butter and spices.

Be numerous to place your order to support this local initiative. The sale will be open until Tuesday 14th April midnight. The collection will happen on Thursday 16th in the Railway Telegraph from 5:30 to 7:30.

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Follow us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

Yes to local!

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi everybody!

This message to remind you that it is the last day to place your order for the collection on Thursday 16th from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph!

We have just added Kappacasein's raw cultured butter, made using cream from the whey produced during cheese making. This butter is made in small batches! Try it!

Eat fresh, local, organic food. Eat real food!

www.thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi!

Don't forget to place your order before tomorrow night for the collection on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph.

Amazing fresh local food available! Support our local producers.

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

The sale is now open!

All you have to do is make your order however big or small, by Tuesday the 28th for the collection on Thursday 30 April from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph.

Try beers, jams, breads, granola and spices as well as our Marsh's & Brockmans famous meats and vegetables.

The Food Assembly is a great way to meet local producers, try new food and meet your neighbours too! So don't forget to come.

Share recipes, tips and feedbacks on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

Enjoy looking at all the tasty goods everyone, we'll see you on Thursday!

Audrey, Vincent & Olympe

[FH Food Assembly]

Good Morning dear Locavores!

You have only one day left to place your order for the collection on Thursday. We have 11 orders so far.

Our Producers haven't reached their minimum yet.

Help the Baker, the Cake Maker, the Brewers, the Jam Maker and the Spice Man.

10 more orders for each of them or more would be great!

Be curious of everything! Support the local economy.

Order until tonight 3am.

http://www.thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

Hope to see you soon!

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi dear Locavores,

You love the Forest Hill Food Assembly products, want to have them regularly but can't pick them up because you are busy?

Write your request/offer on the Forest Hill Facebook page to find a neighbour who could pick up your order for you or you could do a favour.

https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

Hope this can help.

See you soon!

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi!

The market is now open until Tuesday 5th May. It is time to have a look on our products catalogue.

For this new sale, we have a flagship product that you might have never eaten yet: the nettle!

Stingy as they are, these plants are nevertheless a gift to anyone who favours cooking with local, seasonal, fresh ingredients.

The flavour is irrefutably "green", somewhere between spinach, cabbage and broccoli, with a unique hint of nettliness: a sort of slight, earthy tingle in the mouth. If you like your greens, you'll like nettles.

The only barrier to enjoyment is the nettle's ferocious stings, but these are easily dealt with: handle them with washing-up gloves. As soon as they are cooked, they don't sting anymore and you can it them without fear.

Brockmans Farm gathers them for you and pack them into bags.

You could make a delicious nettle soup, nettle risotto with sorrel, nettle quiche with bacon, nettle pesto etc. You will find a lot of recipes on the internet.

Marsh produce inaugurates a new sausage made with nettle tips and mint that we are very curious to try tomorrow 30th April!

We will share nettle recipes on our Facebook page, so have a look and share your experience with nettles!

We also have sorrel, spinach, chives, fresh bunch garlic as new vegetables and beer, bread, cheese, honey, granola, seeds butter and pastas (including mushroom and parmesan ravioli)

Everything looking delicious!

If you love the Forest Hill Food Assembly products, want to have them regularly but can't pick them up because you are busy or if you want to help your neighbours and the Food Assembly, you could write your request/offer on the Forest Hill Facebook page to find a neighbour who could pick up your order for you or you could do a favour.

https://www.facebook.com/foresthillfoodassembly

We need your support and a little push as it is quiet at the moment.

Cheers!

[FH Food Assembly]

Hi!

This to let you know that we just added Emanuela Mansi's pasta workshop tickets. An excellent idea to learn how to make your own pastas. You will find two levels: a basic one for to make Tagliatelle, Tajarin, Farfalle, Garganelli, Orecchiette and Strozzapreti and an advanced one to make Ravioli, Mezzelune, Tortelloni, Saccottini, Caramelle, Cappellacci. Emanuela will run the workshop in June in her workshop based in East Dulwich at

Unit 10

Tyrrell Trading Estate

Tyrrell Road

SE22 9NA

For more details, have a look on the products catalogue here: https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

If you are looking for a present or want to develop your culinary talents, go ahead, book your ticket!

[FH Food Assembly]

Support the Best British Food Initiative and place your order before tomorrow night for the collection on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Railway Telegraph!

http://blog.foodassembly.com/?/britains-best-food-initativ?/

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

Support the Best British Food Initiative!

We have loads of vegetables and meats, bread, beer, jam etc.

The cheese maker launches a new cheese called "bis": It is very similar to the french roblochon that we love so much!

We tried it baked in a Tartiflette with potatoes (optionally mixed with Jerusalem artichokes), bacon, onions, white wine and cream. But you can also enjoy it simply on a slice of bread! We hope you will try it.

Elvira, our gluten free cakes and tarts specialist, also launches the tart of the month: the asparagus and leek tart!

Discover all other products on our catalogue and place your order before Tuesday 12th May.

Invitation to a very local event:

SPRING FEAST in Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, 17th May.

Join us and meet Claudio Bincoletto, farmer, chef, forager and environmental expert, on his visit to Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, and share in an experiment in sustainable local production of oyster mushrooms.

NATURE WALK and activities for children, COOKING WORKSHOP (you will learn how to prepare a Risotto primavera and a Wild herb frittata and eat it on site! ONLY 20 SERVINGS!) and a FUNGUS WORKSHOP (you will learn how to grow mushrooms and will have the opportunity to take part of a OYSTER MUSHROOM PLUG SPONSORSHIP (Plug sponsors will be entitled to a share of any mushrooms produced ? which can be expected to last from 2016 ? 2018!)

Find more details and register here: http://dacreswood.org.uk/

Spread the word!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49

[FH Food Assembly]

The Forest Hill Food Assembly wins Best Food Initiative in BBC Food Awards

The Food Assembly picks up the gong for ?Best British Food Initiative? at the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol.

Dubbed the 'Oscars of the Food World?, The Food Assembly received the Best British Food Initiative title for bringing communities together to support local food producers, and for its far-reaching benefits around Britain.

The Food Assembly, with over 700 members in Forest Hill, enables people to buy directly off farmers and local foodmakers, and were congratulated on its innovative platform that?s changing the way we eat.

Every week Food Assembly customers order food online from their local Assembly in Forest Hill, before picking it up at a weekly pop?-up market in the Railway Telegraph pub. All the food comes from within 100 miles of the area.

Presenter of BBC Radio 4?s The Food Programme and founder of the awards Sheila Dillon says: ?We really wanted to find out who the food heroes were in their neighbourhoods ? anyone, any organisation, that through food was making life in Britain better.?

Each Assembly creates paid work for a local host. The Forest Hill Assembly is hosted by food?-obsessed Audrey Bouttier & Vincent Spehner who both love to share their passion of food with others.

Vincent says: ?I am so proud and delighted that The Food Assembly has won the Best British Food Initiative. Not only has it brought a new access to local food to our family, friends and community, but it's also helping farmers and foodmakers get paid what they deserve for their work.?

People living in Forest Hill can discover their local Food Assembly here https://thefoodassembly.com/en.

The Food Assembly is currently expanding and if anyone is interested in starting a Food Assembly in their area, the opportunity to register is here https://thefoodassembly.com/en.

ENDS

Notes to Editors

High res. image available here https://v2-2.wikipixel.com/p/6G48pT. Contact [email protected] or 07477 847356.

Launched in the UK in July 2014, The Food Assembly is the UK branch of a network that began in France three years ago.

For more information about The BBC Food Awards, you can go here http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... ds-winners.

[FH Food Assembly]

Dear Members,

The new sale is now open.

We have the usual delicious goodies & now Brockman's have a Vegetable Box withoutT potatoes for ?8.20. Make sure you get your weekly Fungi with Brockman's Portbello and Chestnut mushrooms.

By the way, you are invited to meet Claudio Bincoletto, farmer, chef, forager and environmental expert, on his visit to Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, and share in an experiment in sustainable local production of oyster mushrooms. This will happen this Sunday 17th May. Find out more and book here: http://dacreswood.org.uk/

Have you tried Marsh's pre-flavoured chickens? Saving you time to think & prepare, these happy chickens will make you smile starting at ?5. The sausage of the month is a tingly Nettle & Mint for ?4.

Even if you forgot to order, please pop in during the collection on Thursday to let us know your thoughts on what you'd like us to do for your Forest Hill Food Assembly!

See you soon!

Audrey, Vincent & Olympe

[FH Food Assembly]

Drum roll...

We have FRUITS!

Exquisite apples and other products from the Brambletye biodynamic farm: it is a beautiful biodynamic fruitfarm, consisting of large apple and pear orchards as well as redcurrant, blackberry and gooseberry plantings and laying hens roaming under the trees and fruit bushes.

The farm is situated in the High Weald of Sussex, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

For more information and photographs of our beautiful farm please visit our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/BrambletyeFrui ... rm?fref=ts

Place your order today or tomorrow for the collection on Thursday 21st May!

https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/49