Sister OOOOBY group - Carraig Dulra

Visit our sister OOOOBY group

Take a visit to our sister OOOOBY group in Glenealy, Wicklow and see what local food magic they get up too!! Met with and had a great and very useful chat with Mike Cahn of Wicklow OOOOBY at the Community Supported Agriculture Conference at the weekend in Cloughjordan Eco-Village(more about that to follow!!), got some useful, practical tips, but mainly great to meet people doing similar things just across the hills. We also made a promise to try and stay better linked, share ideas and make sure we're not re-creating the wheel in our attmepts to keep our local oooby going.

Check out: http://www.ooooby.ie/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ooooby-Out-Of-Our-Own-Back-Yard-Glenealy/133373533398528

and

http://www.bettertogether.ie/content/building-community-health-through-local-food

New Apple Press for NOOOBY - Inaugural journey

Community Fruit Press

Inaugural apple pressing session with food co-op's new fruit press, delicious juice! Mairtin our chairman managed to get a LA21 grant for the press and for a grain mill. So, if anyone has apples or grapes or any other fruits for pressing, the fruit press is there for use by the community.

Local Producer Profile: Kilbeggan Organic Oats

NOOOOBY have only recently discovered Kilbeggan Organic Porridge Oats in the last few months, and since then we haven't looked back. Delicious creamy oatflakes, have made me fall in love with porridge on a winters morning all over again!

About:

Kilbeggan Organic Foods was established in January 2011. This is a family business run by the Tom Lalor and his family to produce and market Organic food products based on the organic oat crop grown on the family farm, Ballard Organic Farm in Westmeath.

The Products:
Porridge oats comes in two distinct types, porridge oatlets also called fine or creamy porridge and jumbo oats. Both products are exactly the same as they both come from the oat grain, but the jumbo is the whole oat and the oatlet is the jumbo oat cut up into three or four pieces.

Both types of oats come in four different sizes; 500gr, 1kg, 3kg and 25kg.

If you visit Ballard Organic Farm web site on www.ballardorganicfarm.ie you will see how crop is grown and the care that is given to creating a soil that is full of the life that nature intended. 

Health Benefits:
Eat more oats is a web site which explains the health benefits of eating oats. You may also down load a PDF which gives a copy of a current certificate of analysis of Kilbeggan Organic Porridge. It is interesting to compare the results with other brands and especially the very high level of soluble fibre contained in Kilbeggan Organic Porridge.

Check them out on: http://www.kilbegganorganicfoods.com
Kilbeggan Organic Foods, Ballard Farm, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. TEL: 087 2557679

NOOOOBY Venue - The Lifeflow Centre

NOOOOBY Venue - The Lifeflow Centre

Newbridge OOOOBY is lucky to be hosted by the beautiful Lifeflow Centre, right in the iddle of Newbridge Town. The Lifeflow Centre is passionate about empowering individuals to embrace true health of body, mind & heart using natural medicines that are ancient & cutting edge, mixing Eastern & Western natural medicine with the best that modern technology has to offer. Lifeflow Centre offers a variety of therapies, from homeopathy to TCM Acupuncture and Time Wave.

Check them out on:

http://www.lifeflowcentre.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lifeflow-Centre

The Lifeflow Centre, Baywood Villa, Moorefield Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Enquiries +353 (0)86 1034808 Bookings +353 (0)45 433302 health@lifeflowcentre.com www.lifeflowcentre.com

NOOOOBY February Orders Due - Saturday 5th February

*******NEW SET UP - CHANGE IN ORDER AND PICK UP NIGHTS**********

Orders are due in by Saturday 4th February. Pick up goods on Wednesday 8th February at The Lifeflow Centre, from 8pm.

NEW orders night - 4th Wednesday of every month
On this night, you are welcome to come to the Lifeflow Centre and place and pay for your order for the month. There will also be a small shop with goods we have in stock for sale. If you can't make this night. You can return your order form via email, it is in word and excel format (which automatically adds up your total). please save your name into the file when making your order, and include it at the top of the order sheet, including your total.

NEW goods pick up night - 2nd Wednesday of every month
On this night, the goods you have ordered including local fresh food, e.g. veg box, eggs and cheese will be available for pick up. You can also pay on this night if you sent your form via email, cash only.

Dates for Feb order:
NEW Order Night: Wednesday 25th January
NEW goods pick up night: Wednesday 8th February

Welcome to Newbridge OOOOBY, Newbridge's Local Food co-op. 

Founded in November 2010. Newbridge OOOOBY is a local Food co-op, standing for ‘Out of Our Own Back Yard’ the OOOOBY group is based on the Food Co-op ideals of sourcing local producers and suppliers of local, tasty, affordable and if possible, organic food. NOOOOBY also encourages members to bring in their own produce, and most of our goods are now coming from members of the co-op. NOOOOBY is a not for profit, voluntary group, run by a group of interested locals, who feel strongly about where their food comes from.

At the moment, we’re sourcing our whole food locally, prioritising Irish and organic produce, so we’ve been enjoying tasty delights such as coffee roasted in Cork, and homemade Irish chocolate. We also get local Kildare honey, Kildare raised organic chickens, and Kildare apple juice and organic cheese from Carlow, all supplied by members. Since June 2011, we have been trialling a local organic vegetable box scheme, and feedback has been glowingly positive!

 If you’re interested in getting involved in the NOOOOBY group, and buying your food locally, you can contact us via email at newbridgeooooby@gmail.com or phone our chairman Mairtín Lane on 087 4169582.

 We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month, in The Lifeflow Centre, on Moorefield Road, Newbridge at 8pm. The first meeting is for placing your order and the second meeting is for collection of goods. We also tend to have a ‘shop’ there on the night with goods for sale that isn’t on the order form, so you’re welcome to call in and say hello and see how things work.