Sunday 21 June 2009

Freegan Fud





The new eco village on land on the north side of Kew Bridge has strong guidelines - no drugs (including alcohol), no amplified music (alas, for me) and no dogs. In addition, they're, where possible, avoiding purchasing food, preferring products discarded & dumped by the local shops. This seems to be working well. My visits tend to be a few hours here and there, but I was around for an evening meal on one of my first visits, and very good it was too - a vegatable risotto, with pototoes (with mayonaise for the non-vegans), salad, and a bread roll (warmed over heat to soften slightly). Cooking is done using a 'rocket stove', although I didn't see it in action - it uses a controlled draft to burn smaller material quickly, to get a high temperature for cooking. The italians on site have built themselves a pizza oven, too. ;-)