GLASS IN BACK

Glass is back DAN Dawson and Richard Eckersley were frustrated at not being able to find a plant milk that was zero waste and good quality. So they founded ReRooted and began delivering plant milks in their electric van to Totnes and the surrounding area. Even during lockdown ReRooted continued to supply their milks. ReRooted is a great example of how new local businesses should be thinking, creating something needed with a regenerative business model that created from greener thinking. Dan explains more…

WE are ReRooted. We are pioneering the Refillution with our mission to ‘ditch disposable, create a truly ethical alternative to dairy, and inspire positive change in the business world’. We deliver in glass bottles to local doorsteps across the South Hams (see our postcode checker at www.rerootedorganic.co.uk to check if we deliver in your area), then pick up the empties, wash and refill right here in Totnes. You’ll also find us in local stores and cafes across Totnes and surrounding towns, Exeter, Plymouth and now as far up as Bristol. All of our Plantmilks are organic, and always will be. Each one has been blended to find the perfect balance of flavour to bring another level of deliciousness to your breakfast, your hot drink, or just a straight glass of milk. Our whole business is powered with renewable energy and we currently source our ingredients from an ethical food coop. We’re growing into our regenerative vision to connect directly with the producers of our ingredients; many of which will be sourced from the UK, all with the highest standards of ecological awareness and biodiversity reinvigoration. Why ReRooted? ReRoot – create a deeper, more reciprocal relationship with the earth, and reroute the conventional business practices away from destructive towards regenerative. ReRooted was seeded from a sense of frustration with tetra pak waste. We looked at the recycling bags bulging outside of our houses, and saw even bigger ones next to cafes. We found out that only around 30% of tetra paks really get recycled. Given that recycling itself is inefficient, we decided to create something to solve this issue. We also felt that the quality of the plant based milks on offer needed improvement. With only 1% almonds in the leading brand’s almond milks, many of them not being organic, and all of them being UHT, we didn’t trust those milks enough to keep giving them to our kids - we needed to make something better. Many of the tetra pak milks are made overseas in huge factories and only branded in the UK. We wanted to have a connection with every step of the process, from growing the ingredients, to the delivering of the bottles, and everything in between. Come join the journey to truly ethical milk. We have crate expectations. l If you have any questions or ideas, or would just like to say hi, drop us a line on hello@ rerootedorganic.co.uk - we would love to hear from you!

ORGANICGARDENING

Resident gardening expert JOA GROWER offers seasonal advice for gardeners as we approach autumn.

Time to think of winter vegetables

WELL it won’t be long instructions (it is possible to before autumn is here over do it and kill young plants and you will be busy harvesting your crops such as onions and potatoes to store and use over the winter months. this way). With brassica plants give the plants a good distance between each one approximately 30-44cm (12-18”) for the larger When beds or rows become cleared, that’s not it for the year. This a great time to plant your beds or plot with some winter vegetables such as leeks and brassicas varieties and 25-30cm (10-12”) for cabbages, now this might seem quite a big distance but when fully grown they will need it! I like to interplant so that’s anything that the space in the cabbage isn’t wasted; family like lettuces and quick Kale, Brussels, growing salad Cauliflowers leaves are always and of course everybody’s winter favourite and certainly good for this. Do you have a lot of squashes one of our best and pumpkins sellers at Growers Organics, Purple Time for a dibber growing in your veg plot? Now is Sprouting Broccoli! good time to remove some of the Make sure you rotate your crops, larger leaves that are covering for instance don’t plant your leeks the fruits to allow them to ripen. in the same area as the onions If the weather is particularly wet, were growing as they are all in it may be worth popping a piece the same family. If this is your first time growing leeks, read on as they are planted differently to most other veg plants. Using a large wooden dibber or broom handle make a series of holes approx. 10cm deep and 10cm of wooden board or an old roof slate under the fruits to stop them from rotting. Make sure they have no damage on them before you store them for use over the winter months. apart. Trim the roots of your leeks Lastly spend some time just to about 2cm and then drop them down into the holes so that only the tops of the leeks are showing. Now fill the hole with water and the job is complete! Before planting, the soil will probably benefit from a bit of a feed, use a general fertiliser enjoying the garden whist we still have some sunny days and warm evenings. It’s amazing how many good ideas and garden plans come to you as you relax in a chair amongst your beautifully home grown vegetables and fruits. such as seaweed meal or chicken I hope you’ve all had a wonderful manure pellets, take care to and productive year in your always follow the manufactures garden in this strangest of years!

Joa’s A-Z of Organic Gardening Q is for Quassia Chips. These are small chips of the wood (they can be purchased from wholefood shops as they are used in some natural head lice treatments). Simmer 30g in 150ml of water, add more water as it boils away. Strain and add 30g of soft soap or eco washing up liquid. Dilute the mixture 3 parts water to 1 part Quassia and soap mix. This is very effective against all types of aphids and gooseberry sawfly, but is bee and ladybird friendly. R is for Raised Beds. I think most people know what these are, as they have become very popular over the last 30 years. When I built my first raised beds back in the mid 80’s, it caused a great deal of conversation on the allotment site where I gardened. Now they are a very common site. My advice is to make them no more than 1.2mt (4ft) wide and 2.4-3mt (8-10Ft) long. This is so you are able to reach the middle of the bed from both sides and the beds are short enough to easily walk around and you are not tempted to take a shortcut across the soil. Your beds can then be filled with a mixture of soil and homemade or bought compost. Don’ forget that you beds will need a yearly top up to keep them productive. Just to let you know that Growers Organics will be closing for the winter season in mid September. We look forward to seeing you all again when we reopen in mid February 2021.

Reconnect’s Organic Gardening column is written by Joa Grower of Growers Organics. Visit www.growersorganics.com for the online shop, or call 01752 881180.

Help for our struggling insect pollinators

WE all know that pollinating insects like bees are crucial to our survival. An ambitious plan to help our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects has been launched by Buglife. The Devon B-Lines mapping, funded by Defra, aims to connect some of the county’s best remaining wildlife sites through targeted wildflower habitat creation, linking the moors to the coast and towns to the countryside. Working with partners including our local authorities Buglife have mapped out a network of potential wildflower habitat – called B-Lines, and inviting farmers, landowners and the public to get involved in creating new pollinator habitat, and practically restoring wildflower-rich grasslands. Bees and other pollinators are disappearing from our countryside because of a lack of wildflower-rich habitats. Three million hectares, 97%, of the UK’s wildflower-rich grasslands have been lost since the 1930s. Creating rivers of wildflower pollinator habitat will help wildlife move across our countryside, saving threatened species and making sure that there are plenty of pollinators out there to help us grow crops and pollinate wildflowers and enable them respond to threats such as climate change. Sarah Jennings, County Ecologist at Devon County Council said: “We all rely on pollinators and know that we need to take urgent action to help restore their habitats across Devon. B-lines help us take forward the Get Devon Buzzing initiative as part of a network of action across England. B-lines will also form part of the wider Devon nature recovery network map which is being developed by the Devon Local Nature Partnership.” Ed Parr Ferris, Conservation Manager at Devon Wildlife Trust added: “B-Lines identifies key networks where wildflower-rich restoration will be beneficial and is one part of a wider network being developed to restore nature, called the Devon Nature Recovery Network. I would encourage everyone to get out and restore existing wildlife habitats and create new native wildlife habitat.” Richard Knott, Ecologist at Dartmoor National Park said: “The project demonstrates how Dartmoor’s wildflower-rich grassland habitats, already the focus for local projects such as ‘Moor Meadows’, are contributing as part of this wider network through Devon and beyond.” l If you have land which you are interested in restoring to wildflower-rich grassland, or if you would like to get involved in other ways, please get in touch with Buglife – www.buglife.org.uk Yealm solar farms offer Covid funds

IN these uncertain times local initiatives are always seeking financial support to help tackle the coronavirus emergency. Local group Yealm Community Energy (YCE) has made available £48,000 from the Community Benefit Funds of the solar farms it manages, Newton Downs and Creacombe, near Yealmpton, to support local initiatives. £10,000 has been made available immediately with £2,000 allocated to each of the five parishes of Brixton, Holbeton, Newton & Noss, Wembury, and Yealmpton supported by YCE. Applications for these funds are invited now via the YCE website. So far funds have been allocated to Holbeton Covid-19 Emergency Food Welfare Group, and Newton and Noss Coronavirus Emergency Fund. As efforts to overcome the virus continue, a further £20,000 will be made available for additional support measures as needed. A third tranche of £18,000 can also be made available if it’s needed. If these funds are not required for coronavirus mitigation they will be used to support other local community projects with an emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainability. Andrew Moore, Director, Yealm Community Energy, said: “This pandemic is the biggest national emergency most of us are likely to see in our lifetimes, and it has been inspiring to see the local community come together to support one another. We know that even a small amount of money can make a big difference in the hands of local people, and we hope that these community funds generated by our solar projects will not only be used where they are most needed to provide immediate assistance, but also help with the longer-term recovery in the Yealm community area.” YCE expects to launch the first community solar investment offers this summer, allowing local people to have a stake in their local green energy generating assets, and resulting in additional community benefit funds over the lifetime of the two solar farms of £3 million. l See www.yealmenergy.co.uk/service/community-fund for more information.

Slow progress in a time for solace

TRANSITION Homes Community Land Trustee Ruth sends this update on the small charity run by volunteers and their housing scheme at Clay Park in Totnes.

WE hope you have all been managing to stay well and getting all the support you need during this time of COVID pandemic restrictions. I have so much gratitude at this time for the solace and beauty of our little corner of the world with nature’s abundance on our doorsteps. The Transition Home Community Land Trust team has been continuing to meet online and things progress, if a little slowly. More Funding Success! We have been awarded some “blended” funding – half loan and half grant - from CAF Venturesome in collaboration with Power to Change. This will fund the new planning application and include some other pre-development costs. CAF Venturesome is the social investment arm of the Charities Aid Foundation who have been active supporters of Transition Homes with a £30K pre-development loan in the early years, agreeing £400k social investment for the build and now this new funding too – Hooray for CAF! Latest Planning Application Our new plan to include 8 more homes is in pre-application phase with South Hams, but of course has been delayed due to COVID restrictions. We are in regular contact with them to keep the ball rolling and hoping to hear something soon. For those of you unaware of the new plans more information on this application and feedback from the community consultation we held in February can be found on our website. Working with local charities to deliver flats in two of our affordable houses The CLT is working with local organisations Young Devon and Robert Owen Communities (now part of United Response) to deliver some of the affordable rental units specifically for young people with support needs and adults with learning disabilities, to create an inclusive community at Clay Park. Both these organizations felt that their clients would be best served by having small self contained spaces rather than having to share facilities. We have now had our planning approved to convert two of the affordable houses into flats in order to accommodate this need. More info and plans can be found on our website. Funding for TRESOC Solar Energy Feasibility study We have had the fabulous news that local community owned social business TRESOC (Totnes Renewable Energy Society) has been awarded a Rural Community Energy Fund grant of almost £30,000. This funding will be used to carry out a feasibility study into the development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) array plus on-site battery storage and electric vehicle charging points at the Transition Homes site Clay Park. If the study proves successful, a micro-grid will be set up to supply the site, taking renewable solar energy direct to residents at a below-market rate. It is estimated that the PV array could generate 180,000 kWh of energy on which residents will save approximately 10%. As well as improving local energy resilience, this would save an estimated 45 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere annually. Sally Murrall-Smith, TRESOC’s Operations Manager said, “The grant, worth £29,156, will be used to evaluate the economic viability of the scheme, design the system, determine the best technology mix, and cover organisational and legal costs, community engagement and project management.” TRESOC intends to raise the capital to install the solar PV panels, microgrid, and operating system, estimated to cost £180,000, thorough a community share-offer. Clay Park residents will be able to purchase shares in the scheme if they so wish. There are also plans to develop an on going renewable energy education programme in partnership with local schools and Clay Park residents. l More information about Transition Homes can be found on the Transition Town Totnes website: https://www. transitiontowntotnes.org/transitionhomes/

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Charity goes digital

HOSPISCARE, the hospice charity for Exeter, Mid and East Devon, has launched a series of new digital services to increase access to its specialist end-of-life care during the coronavirus pandemic. They launched a new website which makes it much easier for users to navigate and provides vital resources and advice for healthcare professionals, patients and their families, and anyone in need of support and advice during the pandemic. The charity also launched a free digital service for care home staff that offers virtual clinic appointments and multidisciplinary team meetings with Hospiscare’s specialist palliative medicine and end-of-life care teams. The service also provides a telephone advice line to support care home staff in the area, staffed by a specialist nursing team offering expert advice on end-of-life care for people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Hospiscare’s use of digital communication has meant that almost 1,000 local people have been supported during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Tina Naldrett, Director of Clinical Services at Hospiscare, said: “We really want to encourage people to use our digital platforms as a way of reaching us, as well as coming to our clinics and ward or having visits at home. Using these platforms allows us to support our community safely in many different ways. It is instant, confidential and effective; we look forward to growing the number of people we support in this way.” Recent technical upgrades have also enabled the hospice’s specialist doctors and nurses to communicate face-to-face with patients and carers without risk of spreading the virus. Due to the generous donation of an iPad, they have been able to use video calling software to ensure in-patients can stay in touch with their loved ones. l To access Hospiscare’s resources, support and advice on end-of-life care during COVID-19, as well as bereavement support visit: https://www.hospiscare.co.uk. REGULAR contributor and Write to Freedom founder CASPAR WALSH considers how we connect.

MUCH of how I’ve moved through and view the world has been based on having what I believed was good judgement about people. Which could also be called cynicism, scepticism and at times, downright mistrust and suspicion. Growing up in 70’s/80’s London, this was sometimes a life-saving approach. It took a while to start to question this debilitating way of looking at life. Moving to Dartmoor helped. Rutger Bregman has been opening my eyes (and confirming a quietly held belief) to a wider angle view on human beings. The central message of his book, Humankind challenges what research and history try to tell us about the nature of being human. At our core, we aren’t evil and dark but kind and empathic. That our woes began when we moved from nomadic tribes to putting down roots. Bregman backs this idea up with a mountain of research and examining the existing ‘bad human’ evidence and turning it on its head. I noticed some years ago that I often felt uncomfortable and struggled to find my ground with people, saying to myself, ‘we don’t click’ and often looked for a quick exit. After god knows how long, I noticed a pattern: when I thought the thought about not connecting to a person, my discomfort and feeling of separation would intensify. And who I was with also seemed to become more uncomfortable. I tried a thought experiment. When I was feeling uncomfortable in someone’s presence, I’d catch the judgment and turn it on its head, saying internally, ‘we are connected.’

Almost immediately I noticed myself relaxing. And to my surprise, who I was with also seemed to relax. With this telepathic process in mind (!), I started exploring my judgments of people and situations in the wider world. When confronted with another challenging individual I repeated the mantra, ‘you’re good, doing your best, any difficulty is a call for connection’. My mistrust is all too often based on wounds and lifelong patterns begun at school and crafted, over time, into weapons of defence and isolation. I chose the same internal connection technique in the wider world, telling myself that whoever I had the Lidless Eye of Mordor on this time, I’d say (pray), ‘you are a good person. If I Struggle with your behaviour, where possible, I’ll challenge it, but I choose to believe you are kind at heart’. I’m choosing not to right people off because of something they say or do, because at heart I believe (and this has taken a long time) people are good; pain and suffering arise from pain and suffering. The road ahead seems perilous and uncertain for sure (doesn’t it always?) but choosing to see the good in all, people, however deep it may be buried beneath hurt and frightening behaviour, eases my system and opens my heart. A risky but essential step. l Caspar is founder of the award-winning addiction and trauma recovery charity, Write to Freedom. www.writetofreedom.org.uk

BEACH GUIDE Responsible The Socially

STAY SEA SAFE

Follow Government advice:

Follow Governments social distancing advice at all times.

Beach Bound

Check the water quality

Download and check the Safer Seas Service App for water pollution alerts.

Be prepared

Check the weather forecast and remember your refillable water bottle, ocean friendly sun cream and some warm clothes.

Tell someone

Let someone know where you’re going and when you’ll be back.

Stay local

Walk or drive to your nearest beach where possible, not your favourite beach.

At the beach

Be aware

Obey all signage and if available, be sure to follow lifeguard’s advice at all times. Remember, the tides and wind can rapidly change.

Keep your distance

Observe social distancing and keep 2m apart from others, including when you’re in the water. If it’s too busy, come back later.

Know your limits

We aren’t all pro’s, so swim, surf and enjoy the water within your abilities and let’s help protect our emergency services.

Enjoy it

The water is great for mind and body so enjoy it, be thankful for it and help look after it.

Do a mini beach clean

Take everything you came with home and if you see rubbish please pick it up. Every piece of plastic pollution removed from the beach is a victory for the ocean.

Heading home

Home time

Avoid gathering in groups and head home as soon as you’re done. Don’t forget to wash your hands and gear, as soon as possible.

Rowing around the UK for charity

IN the wee small hours of July 5 four young men from Exeter set off on a nautical charity challenge that, if successful, would make them the youngest team ever to row non-stop, unsupported around the UK. The Exe Endurow Team consisting of Harry Lidgley, Oliver Dawe-Lane, Arthur Chatto and Charles Bromhead endured a tough few months training during lockdown, self-isolating as a team, training at Exeter Rowing Club gym, for the challenge that has only ever seen four boats complete it. it has become very exciting, but also quite nerve-racking as we realise how much of a challenge we have taken on, but we can’t wait to get The team who had no prior rowing experience, left Tower Bridge in London at around 2:30am to start the 2,000-mile GB Row Challenge 2020, known as one of the toughest races in the world. The challenge is started,” said Arthur. Just One Ocean is a UK-based marine conservation charity that raises global awareness of the issues facing marine and coastal a non-stop, unsupported rowing race environments in order to protect and around the UK mainland, setting off conserve them for future generations. from Tower Bridge in London. It’s a formidable race that will see the team face all manner of dangers and obstacles such as shipping lanes, 2,000 miles of open water, bad weather and strong tides. They estimate it will take them at least 30 days to complete, in order to raise money for marine conservation charity Just One Ocean, and the David Jones, who is the Founder and CEO of Just One Ocean, as well as a researcher at the University of Portsmouth, added: “The team have put in an incredible amount of work in a relatively short space of time. We are extremely grateful for the support they are giving to Just One Ocean and wish them the best of luck.” British Red Cross, in support of l To support the Exe Endurow team, their COVID-19 response. “We are visit their Just Giving page and see raising money for two charities that mean a lot to us,” said Charles. their progress go to exeendurow. com and follow them on facebook. “With all the preparations completed com/exeendurow.

Landscape and our food chain

NOW more than ever we using a range of organic, are appreciating and permaculture and natural understanding the value of our connection with our local landscape and food chains both for our own food security but also for our own mental agriculture techniques. They grow organic vegetables, flowers and plants, and create wildlife sanctuaries and resilient gardens that work with nature rather and physical health. than against. Zoe added: At Foxhole Garden their fifth year looked to be packed with horticulture courses and gardening days and events but this came to a swift stop in March. “We’ll be harvesting herbs, vegetables and flowers and building soil health as we mulch, weed and feed the soil with microbe and fungi preparations. “ One of the founders Zoe Jong said: “During the lockdown we focused on supplying organic vegetable plants to the local community. And since June we’ve cautiously started to open up the garden again. And our Thursday volunteers have been working (at a social distance) to tend the garden, providing herbs and plants to our local fresh produce food banks. We have spaces available if you’d like to join us do get in touch for more details.” And you’d like to grow your own food or start a gardening business, there are limited spaces available on the City and Guilds Practical This course fills up very quickly and there is also a course running on Thursdays at their neighbour School Farm CSA. The course costs £260 but is free if you are on low income or in receipt of certain benefits. If you’d like to find out more about the course call Zoe (details below)or Bicton College 03301 232 523 for details of fees and enrolment. Many events are on hold but do sign up to their newsletter, follow them on Instagram or Facebook and check their website as they hope to be able to offer events again. Zoe said: “We hope to resume our series of training workshops run by horticulture therapy training Horticulture level 1 course organisation Thrive which will which is starting in September focus on working with specific running every Tuesday from clients with additional needs 9:30 to 3pm for 10 weeks. in a garden setting. These Foxhole garden organically include people with dementia using no-dig methods that build and cognitive impairment, biodiversity, working with the mental health recovery and environment. Students learn also working with children and how to garden holistically young people.“

And at the time of publication their popular parent and toddler group Fox Tots is still on hold as guidance is still unclear as to what and how they can safely run. This group is desperately missed – again do sign up for email updates or visit the webpage for news as Reconnect are sure they will be up and running again as soon as it’s safe. l For further details visit www. foxholecommunitygarden. org.uk or contact Zoe Jong 07505 805111 zoe@ foxholecommunitygarden.org.uk

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The changing face of cycling – what does it look like post-lockdown?

CYCLING has become more popular than ever during lockdown. Now, with people returning to work, increasing numbers of are planning to commute by bike. This is great to avoid using public transport or the car. But how is cycling likely to change going forward? We asked cycling expert CATHERINE BEDFORD, founder of Dashel cycle helmets which are manufactured right here in Devon.

IT’S vital to be safe but this doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Cyclists should ensure they’re legal and as safe as they can be while sticking within their budgets. For example, you don’t have to be clad head-to-foot in day-glow – a high-visibility sash, costing as little as £8, will still ensure you’re seen. Helmets are extremely important for safety. If you’re not a fan of the traditional helmet shapes, there are some nice stylish ones out there these days! New cyclists may discover that there are more routes than they’d have imagined where they can cycle away from cars. These cycle lanes really help keep you safe! I think, as people cycle more, there’ll be a move towards more natural fibres. This will help ensure that they don’t arrive at their destination hot and sweaty. People will be keener to wear cotton than polyester, for example. I’d always go for comfort over fashion but, if you want to be a fashionable cyclist, there’s plenty of great, stylish fashion-wear out there and I think as people get more used to cycling as a way of life, they’ll find their own cycling style. I think once people realise the benefits of cycling, they’ll want to continue. If you’re cycling to work, you’re getting your daily exercise in the time when you’d previously have been sat on a bus or train. This, in turn, saves you time going to the gym in the evening, freeing up time for you to spend with loved ones. Secondly, people are happier in their locality when cycling. As they move more slowly through their commute; they can learn more about the local area, spy shops and cafes that they might like to visit or find a green spot that they might like to go to with family at the weekend. Certainly over the last few months there’s been an ever increasing number of cyclists enjoying the Devon countryside. There’s never been a better time to enjoy getting on Catherine Bedford is your bike. Enjoy! Founder of Dashel. l Dashel’s slim, ventilated, lightweight cycle helmets are made from recyclable materials. The helmets are sold packaged in a handy rucksack so no superfluous packaging - www.dashel.co.uk

Bike reuse and repair schemes IF you have an old bike that is in need of repair or want to buy a bike but are put off by the cost, there are a number of bike reuse, repair and hire initiatives happening across Reconnectland. Community bike reuse schemes include Ride On (rideoncycling.org) a social enterprise that take unwanted bikes and restore them to ensure they are roadworthy, and then sell them at a reduced price. Exeter’s The Bike Bank (bikebank.eci.org. uk/) teaches practical bike repair skills to vulnerable adults and, at the same time, refurbishes bikes and increases the supply of affordable bikes. Other repair and hire schemes include Devon Cycle Hire (www. devoncyclehire.co.uk), Bike Shed UK in Crediton, Exmouth Cycle Hire, Partridge Cycles in Kenford, Hot Pursuit Cycles in Kingsteignton and Totnes, Torbay’s Baycycles and Fish BikesTorquay, and Exeter’s Cycle Surgery, Saddles and Paddles, Exeter Cycles, Richards Bikes, and The Bikeshed. Find out more at tinyurl.com/yajjyb7d