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It's all about 5 a day

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 20:00

At Dig HQ we are great advocates of a sustainable approach to buying and preparing food and the New Year always brings with it a review of how does this principle work in practice when we all have busy lives. So as January comes to a close and all the healthy new year resolutions seem to get harder, I have been looking at how to make this simple and effective. So after many hours reading and researching it seems that the answer is quite simple – put all your effort into your five a day and everything else falls into place.

What is sustainable food?

Submitted by Alan on Fri, 11/05/2010 - 09:31

A video made by Kindling, interviewing Manchester projects & businesses, including ourselves.
Describing what we and others do & why.

http://vimeo.com/groups/sustainablefood/videos/16506864

We like the Weather but did the little red fruits?

Submitted by Alan on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 13:22

Since the last posting (when there was plenty of fruit going on) the strawberries have pretty much stopped growing. We had been watering regularly and picking every 2-3 days but then they just stopped! It was all looking so good! As we're new to the growing lark we were not expecting that a bit of harmless sunshine would interfere with the progress of our much cared for fruits--little did we know.

Local Food Craze Hits Manchester and Cheshire

Submitted by Alan on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 14:55

Well we're finally harvesting the strawberries we planted in March and after all the waiting it's really happening. It's a bit crazy at the moment; packing boxes, picking strawberries, delivering boxes, picking strawberries, doing office work, picking strawberries! I'm sure you get the idea from that.

Honey back in stock & new Ramshackle sheep cheese!

Submitted by Alan on Sat, 12/19/2009 - 13:59

Hi all

Wow! Less than a week til Christmas.
We're v happy to have honey back in stock. The Chorlton beekeepers have had a tough year and now the honey is potted up and ready to go. Only 1 pot allowed per customer per week!

Ramshackle from Leagrams is the new soft sheep cheese. Featured on the tv show Counrtfile a couple of weeks ago.
See our shop page for more info.

Barbakan bread now available.

Submitted by Beth on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:38

See our 'Dig our shop' page for our new range of bread from Barbakan bakery.
We're delighted to be stocking it as it is freshly baked by skilled master bakers in Chorlton, south Manchester. Pop a loaf on your next order.

Smell the Coffee

Submitted by Beth on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 15:19

We are now selling coffee from 'Joel Christopher Coffee', based in Cheadle. The beans are roasted locally and the coffee is of the highest quality.

We have 3 types of beans, Brazilian, Rwandan and Ethiopian, listed below with a brief explanation of each.

It's £4.50 for a 250g bag, available on our next delivery.

Brazil
Camocim Organic
Low Acidity, Sweet, Walnut, nutty aftertaste, sweet aroma

Chorlton Honey Launched

Submitted by Beth on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 16:06

Chorlton Honey 227g (8oz) £2.90
We are very happy to announce the addition of Chorlton Honey to the Dig shop.
During high summer this year the Anson's bee hives housed over 400,000 bees.
They collect the purest pollen from Chorlton Ees & the Water Park.
Stock is limited, so don't miss out.
Take a look at the article published in May this year.

http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1051757_hive_of_activity