For a number of years, Rachel, Martin, Keith and Lindsay have been producing apple juice and cider for their own consumption and have offered the use of their equipment to others to make their own too. Many of the apples have been collected from local trees and orchards, many that would just have gone to waste. Rachel will continue to do this and as well as having the juice and cider available to members, she can also offer to process any fruit on behalf of those who have apples and don't want to waste them.
More details on this will be available by September 2010, but please get in touch if this is something you would be interested in.
Rachel also works with Ripon Community Link and The Walled Garden Scheme in Ripon, who have members with learning difficulties. In 2009 they worked together on 'Fruit to Juice' where they went out collecting apples from people who had an excess and utilised the apples from the Walled Garden orchard to make apple juice. This will be an annual project, so if you have spare apples and would like them collecting, again, please get in touch .
