Cork is a brilliant material. It is soft to touch, complex and rich aesthetically, as strong a high quality leather, and fantastically sustainable as well, making it a perfect alternative to leather to make wallets or purses from. During a recent trip to Portugal we stumbled across a selection of cork wallets in a local […]
We’re really excited about Series 2 of Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast that kicks off tonight. The series will focus on the issues around waste in the food industry with tonight’s programme looking at the issue of “Wonky Vegetables” and the amount of vegetables that are wasted as they don’t conform to certain shapes […]
This September Ecotricity, the world’s first Green Electricity company, is running Sustainable Food Month! In Britain Energy, Transport and Food account for 80% of all our personal carbon footprints. Ecotricity kick-started the now global Green Electricity movement and use their customers’ energy bills to fund the building of new sources of Green Energy. Here at […]
When we heard about the plight of the Southern Oyster Mushroom Beetle from Charlotte at The Species Recovery Trust, we wanted to do something to raise awareness of the need for responsible foraging and allow you to be able to support their projects by donating as this is an issue close to our hearts, and […]
During Zero Waste Week I read about the shocking statistics that world wide over 40% of fruit and vegetables will go to waste before the reach consumers – some of this is due to inefficient production methods and poor infrastructure, however according to the Soil Association between 20 – 40% of UK grown produce is […]
The Espresso Mushroom Company is delighted to announce our new partnership with Ecotricity. Britain’s first and foremost green energy supplier has just one simple tariff – 100% Green Electricity. Oh, and you can switch to their Green Gas too. When you switch to Ecotricity, we’ll send you a free Kitchen Garden AND two additional gift […]
We’ve found the Kitchen Gardens make a fantastic gift especially for people who love good food, care about where it comes from, and want to indulge their taste buds while supporting an independent enterprise. That’s why we’re delighted to partner with award winning coffee company Cafédirect to be giving away a free taster pack of their new Full Roast […]
At Espresso Mushroom Company, reusing waste is central to the way we work. We grow oyster mushrooms in used coffee grounds, collecting waste coffee from Brighton cafes. Whilst using waste to create a product is our business, we also create a by-product of our own – after we’ve harvested our fresh mushrooms from we’re left […]
We’re super excited about what January holds for us – not just because we can’t wait to find out how you all get on with your Kitchen Garden Christmas presents, but also because we’re lucky enough to be participating in Brighton’s Second ever Good For Nothing event on 18th – 20th January. Good for Nothing […]
We were delighted to contribute a few kilos of our fresh oyster mushrooms to the FareShare Feast in Brighton where three of Brighton & Hove’s leading food organisations are joined forces to celebrate the 10th anniversary of local charity FareShare Brighton & Hove: City College, FareShare and the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival. […]
