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Holidays for Hounds – the launch of a new local business
The Riverford food magic Nicholas Rudd-Jones became an instant believer in a different way of sourcing and enjoying food after a visit to Riverford at Sacrewell Farm We were lucky enough to be invited for a walk around the farm followed by lunch by the Riverford team. There is no quicker way to becoming a convert! Riverford sources its organic vegetables from the farm in Sacrewell and sister farms in the surrounding area that grow to the same organic principles. Your choice of box each week is incredibly flexible – ranging from the small veg box, through the salad box and combi boxes to meat, cheese, even milk and special seasonal boxes. Riverford boxes will make you more adventurous with food, but at the same time you have complete control over the order each week and you can tailor it in exactly the way that suits you – if no-one likes swedes, if you have guests for the weekend, if you are planning a dinner party or perhaps you are going away for a while etc. etc. And where Riverford stands out is that they are keen to engage with the customers at a food level – recipes, recipe books, apps, suggestions to bring the veg box to life each week. Not sure what to do with salsify – just put it into the Riverford app and it will come up with a delicious recipe! Just for the record, we had a divine vegetable tart for our lunch, with roasted parsnips sprinkled with harissa and yoghurt, roasted beetroot, potato gratin and black kale stir fried with garlic; I never knew curly kale could taste so good! We loved the meal so much we signed up for a weekly organic box there and then! We sat next to a couple who were on their 400th box. They told us with huge enthusiasm: “We love the experimentation, the freshness, the fact that the produce is always in season, the flexibility of the ordering…in fact just about everything. We couldn’t dream of living without it. And our sons, who have left home and are married now, order their regular weekly boxes where they live!” • To do the same, just visit www.riverford.co.uk Check out the wonderful Christmas selection
A lifelong animal lover, whilst studying for her degree and working part time, Anna Bowen was asked on several occasions to look after the dogs of her friends and family. She was more than happy to help and even stayed at their houses with the dogs while their owners were away. However all this got her thinking, surely if the dog owners she knew needed their dogs looking after then others must be in the same boat too. Anna has now set up a pet sitting agency from her home in Peakirk and named it Your Pet’s Paradise! Calling on an old school friend to take some professional photos and two other school friends from Newborough to create her website she was soon up and running. She is currently recruiting ‘Holiday Homes’ who are dog lovers prepared to take a dog into their home and care for them while their owner is away. Anna will match a dog and owners needs to the best Holiday Homes and then offer the owner the choice of who they would like their dog to stay with while they are away. Anna knows herself the enjoyment and fun you can gain from looking after dogs and knowing that they’re having a great time while their owners’ minds are able to be at rest, safe in the knowledge their beloved pet is being well looked after. If you think you like the idea of becoming a Holiday Home then she is still looking for people who would enjoy having dogs stay with them for holidays or even just for day care. • If you think it’s something that you would like to do then you can contact Anna at anna@yourpetsparadise.co.uk and visit her website www.yourpetsparadise.co.uk for more information.
Cell Regeneration Do you know anyone with aches and pain? Do you know anyone with Arthritis? Does a family member suffer from Osteoporosis? Imagine if you could give someone the gift of being pain free! Cell Regeneration uses MBST therapy to non-invasively regenerate cartilage and increase bone density to help people suffering from these problems. MBST has been used to treat over 180,000 people worldwide. If you know somebody who this year couldn’t do something they wanted to because of their pains and lack of mobility then this is the Christmas present for them. With MBST treatment, they can look forward to the possibility of a much more active 2014. This Christmas give a loved one the gift of a more comfortable life and book them in for MBST at Tinwell. • Please visit www.mbst-therapy.co.uk for further information on how MBST can help a loved one. Call Liz Clare at Cell Regeneration on 01780 238084 or email liz@cell-regeneration. co.uk with any questions you may have. STAMFORD LIVING DECEMBER 2013
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