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Sunday 22nd March
1.30pm meet for 2pm start
Dizzy Dairy - Sheep’s Cheese - Tour and Tasting
This DASH event is only open to members.
£2.50pp
Rob and Katie are based at Dizzard Farm, Dizzard, Bude, in North Cornwall.
Rob has been a sheep farmer all his life and Katie for 10 years.
In September 2023 they decided to diversify, breeding their milking sheep, so they could milk the sheep and produce Sheep’s Cheese.
They have started to mature their first batch of cheeses and have just released their range of soft, semi-soft and hard Sheep’s Cheeses, available to purchase.
Katie and Rob have kindly offered to give us a tour of the farm in it’s idyllic setting and of their small dairy. We can meet the sheep, see the milking parlour, view the cheese production room where Katie will explain the cheesemaking process, and hear all about their journey.
Due to regulations set by the Food Standards Agency we will not be able to see actual cheese making in progress. There will also be a brief health questionnaire to fill out on arrival.
Cheeses will be available to taste and purchase!
Sunday 17th May
Orchard Farm Visit/Tour and Picnic - Mothceombe, PL8 1LB
This DASH event is only open to members.
Time tbc
Joe has kindly offered to host a DASH visit. He will take us around the farm and we can finish off with a bring your own picnic. Children welcome.
Joe and Jess run the 34 acre farm alongside their NHS roles. The farm is managed regeneratively to boost biodiversity and they run flocks of Coloured Ryeland, Poll Dorset and Dutch Spotted Sheep, producing wool and meat. Since taking over the farm in 2022, they have embarked on a long project of restoration, including wetlands and wildflower meadows. They have also planted heritage orchards and over 5,000 trees. They hold open days and welcome schools and home education groups as well as the general public, to explore the farm.
Thursday 20th August
2.30pm or meet in the Springer Spaniel from 12
Tamar Organic Seeds - Tour/Talk
This DASH event is only open to members.
Tamar Organics have kindly agreed to give us a tour of their site and talk/demonstrate to us about seed collection.
Seeds will also be available for sale should anyone wish to purchase some.
https://tamarorganics.co.uk/
Tamar Organics started as a small organic market garden in 1994. They have been registered as producers with the soil association since that time and added their processor license in 2000, when they became one of the first UK companies to offer organic seeds. All their vegetable, herb and flower seeds are organic as are their onions, shallots, garlic, seed potatoes and plant material that they sell. They do not support the development of genetically modified seeds and none of their seeds are GMs.
The tour will start at Tamar Organics at 2.30pm and should last no more than approx 2 hrs.
For those that wish, we will meet at The Springer Spaniel pub from 12 for lunch. The pub is sited opposite the turning to Rezare on the main Launceston/Callington road (A388)
There is no charge for the visit but please advise if you wish to attend the pub/visit by emailing training@devonsmallholders.co.uk
Children U18 welcome - if accompanied by an adult(s)
Tamar Organics, Carthamartha Farm, Rezare, Launceston, PL15 9NX
The postcode will take you to the site - it is at the end of a narrow, single track lane.
Saturday 12th September
40th Birthday Party for DASH
This DASH event is only open to members.
SAVE THE DATE!
Hatherleigh Community Centre - Bowling Green Lane - EX20 3HB
Details to be confirmed - a chance to get together and celebrate 40 years of DASH!