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Huddersfield Giant in surprise visit to the Green Valley Grocer

Brett Hodgson with our Heather on the occasion of her graduation

Here's a pic of the mighty Brett Hodgson - Huddersfield Giant and regular visitor to the Green Valley Grocer - presenting Heather with a card and some flowers to congratulate her on the occasion of her Graduation. Organised in secrecy by the rest of the staff team Heather knew nothing of the plan (although maybe she had a clue when everyone strangely appeared in the shop a few minutes before Brett strolled in).

Needless to say Heather is something of a Giants fan, if not something of a Brett Hodgson fan. And as Brett is soon on his way to Warrington this one was doubly exciting.

What larks!

Greener Together Energy Monitoring

Carol, Ange and Susan showing off their energy monitorsHere at the Green Valley Grocer we are enjoying the amazing summer weather and are arranging for our pioneers - in particular those who have pledged to lower their energy use- to have access to energy monitors to help them in this.

The plan is for monitors to be available for a week to each household - it is surprising how quickly you can learn which parts of your daily routine are using large amounts of electricity and to what extent this can be reduced.

The photo shows (from left) Carol Wood and Ange Dews with two of the energy monitor devices, and Susan Thomas who is the Green Valley Grocer's "eco-operator" for the Greener Together project.

Don't forget that there is still time for you to get involved and do your bit to reduce our community's carbon emissions and support your local community-owned green grocer at the same time. Why not sign up today at www.greenertogether.coop

Let's Get Greener Together

Greener Together logo

The Green Valley Grocer has joined thirty or so other cooperatives and community-owned shops across the country in an exciting new project. 

We need at least 50 of our shoppers, members and other supporters to pledge to cut their “carbon footprint” by either 10 or 20% (you choose) over a six month period.

The first step is to register as one of our “pioneers”. You can do this online at the special project website: go to www.greenertogether.coop. It's important to note as you register that the shop is listed under our formal name of “Slaithwaite Co-operative Ltd” and we are classed as a consumer owned enterprise on the Greener Together website. Registering is quick, free and with no obligation.

Of course we want you to come with us on the Greener Together journey over the coming six months, so we will encourage and support you, there will be events, information, and fun to make it all easy and enjoyable.

Once registered you will be asked to complete a survey which will act as your baseline for reducing your carbon footprint. Once the survey results have been analysed you'll have the chance to sign up to some actions to cut your carbon, ranging across your energy use, personal transport or waste.

If we can get enough people to sign up and participate on this exciting project, the shop will in turn receive some funding support and advice to help us to make some important changes to improve the sustainability of The Green Valley Grocer. We are looking at our own energy use and considering insulating our roof using Warmcel (recycled newspaper) and replacing some our light fittings for even more energy efficient ones.

So, if you are keen to do something about the size of your carbon footprint, have always planned to make your lifestyle greener – now’s your chance to do it in the company of like minded people - and support your community-owned greengrocer at the same time!

Sign up to-day at www.greenertogether.coop - and let’s get greener together!

We'll be putting more information about the project on this site, so watch out for news as we get stuck in to the programme.

One of board members - Susan Thomas - has kindly agreed to act as our "eco-operator", and will be your first point of contact for any queries or if you need more information at any time. You can contact Susan by sending email to greener.together@slaithwaite.coop, or via the contact form on this site (select the Greener Together category).

Time is really tight, so please help us to make Slaithwaite and the Colne Valley even greener by signing up today!

 

 

Wow - what a lot of growers !

 What a marvellous turnout for our local growers and producers meeting this evening !

Thanks to all who came, and we hope that amongst all the chat and info you found out something of use and interest.

There is obviously a lot of potential out there in the Colne and Holme valleys beyond.

Highlights of the evening include -

the promise of a Slawit blueberry harvest

a possible Preserving Group with the aim of sharing all the old skills to keep the harvest going year round

garlic from Taylor Hill

and maybe even some Crimble honey ( next year ..... I can hardly wait !)

and lots lots more.

So, this is just the beginning - and we have a wonderful season of local produce to look forward to !

If you couldn't come to the meeting, and are interested in getting involved in growing and producing for us, email us  - helen@slaithwaite.coop or call on 01484 598050

What are you planning to grow ???

Work has started on building a local food network in the Colne Valley ! Chats are being had and feelers are being put out - we at The Green Valley Grocer want all our customers to benefit from eating locally grown food - and want to help our communities to become increasingly resilient and self-sufficient.

We want to stock local produce and we want to help people grow their own!

If you have ideas about how our network can develop, or just want to share some information, swap seeds, plan your growing with a friend, join the Local Food Forum and spread the word.

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