FoodFest Day 1: What Went on
FoodFest 2018 ‘Our Planet Our Community’ starts with our popular “Schools Day”.
we invite local schools to come and interact with a range of organisations and community groups. from learning about a plastic free Staffordshire, through the history of pottery to where Tesco get their food from. Be;ow are the activities and organisations taking part in School Day FoodFest 2018.
| Activity | Organisation |
| Farm on wheels will be bringing a selection of farm animals and talking about the raising and looking after of common farm animals. You will have the opportunity to get up close to the animals. | Farm on Wheels |
| Our friends from Tesco will be leading us on a journey of where they get their food from that the sell to us. They will also be showing what can be done with leftover fruit and a smoothie bike. | Tesco Farm2Fork |
| Steve Shaw a well know and revered artist will be showing us how to do Lino Printing. Lino printing for centuries was the mainstay of decorating pottery. Come and see an ancient tradition revived. | Steve Shaw |
| Our long time supporter Danny “The Tile Man” Callaghan will be working on a mosaic using tiles form FoodFest 17 and other locally made tiles. Watch the space. More details on This Page | Danny Callaghan |
| Come and find out what O2 do with your old mobile phone. Their tech guru Team will be taking us on the long journey from your pocket to ……….. you will just have to come and find out | The O2 Guru team |
| Come and find out how a chair leg is made. Mike will show us how a Poll lathe works and how it is used to turn wood to make chair legs and other wooden items that need to be made from a square piece of wood into a round piece of wood. | |
| Brush and broom making. Come and see how brushes and brooms are made, | |
| What else you can make out of wood. Come and see the crafts used in making wooden items. | |
| Buzz Buzz honey bee as the old song starts. Come and find out from John Wiggins all about bees, and how much we rely on them | John Wiggins |
| One of the aims of FoodFest is to spread the message of sustainability. Our friends from ScrapShack will show us what we can make from one persons rubbish | Scrapshack |
| Plastic Free Newcastle will e sshowing us what they do when recycling plastic bottles and crisp packets. Please bring along clean crisp packets and plastic bottles | Plastic Free Newcastle |
| Our friends from Staffordshire Wildlife will show us how they look after the wild life and wild places in Staffordshire. | Staffordshire Wildlife Trust |
| Water Aid will be sharing their vision of Making water, toilets and hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere. | WaterAid |
| Our friend Simon Long from Newcastle BC Community Management will be showing how recycled containers can be used as propagators for plants. | Newcastle BC Community Management |