As I’ve said before we often get surprises from FareShare. This week they have sent a box of bananas, Greek yoghurt, savoy cabbages, carrots and ostrich steaks! FareShare have also delivered some loaded potato skins for the freezer. We will also have our usual fantastic salmon from Farne, a range of bakery goods from Duns Co op and potatoes from Greenvale. The What Matters Hub will be at the cafe until 2pm tomorrow (Tuesday). And on another note please vote for the Food Bank at Tesco, Berwick. If we get the most votes we will receive £1,500 from the Tesco Stronger Starts programme. 

This week we have our last selection for this year from Toby at the Hugo Burge Foundation. It has been amazing to have such a variety of fresh local produce. Thank you. As you will see from the photos we have a big selection of other foods this week including some chicken breasts, macaroni and pizzas that have to go tomorrow. The kettle will be on, see you at Murray Street ☕️

Well it’s a real challenge this week. As you will see from the photos, we have a bumper amount of fresh fruit and vegetables. We need a bigger table! Also this week we have 24 tins of coffee on the extras table. The fridge has a distinctly Italian theme. Lots of macaroni and lasagne. A while ago I tried freezing ripe bananas. I can now report that it works and the loaf I made worked perfectly. Come along tomorrow and stop all this food going to landfill.

This week we thought it might be a good idea to explain where the food available comes from. As you will have probably guessed the frozen salmon comes from Farne in Duns. They have supported us from day one along with Greenvale from whom we collect bags of potatoes. Nearly all the bread and bakery goods come from Duns Coop. Marchmont House and Abundant Borders in Duns give us fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables. Eildon Housing bring food they obtain from FairShare in Edinburgh every fortnight, and this includes some fresh produce. FareShare also deliver directly to us each week. We complete an online request to FareShare the week before…

This week we have a lot of things on the extras table. Crisps, nuts and spice mixes. These do not count in the 10 items limit. We also have loads of fantastic fresh vegetables from Marchmont House. Claire from Abundant Borders deserves a special thank you for digging potatoes for us in the pouring rain last Wednesday. We really appreciate it. From the photos you will see we have 17 packs of sausages which need to go tomorrow and some new things in the freezer. Fingers crossed the weather improves. We will have the kettle on. Looking forward to seeing you at Duns Fair Share and thank you for your…

Well we never quite know what will arrive on Monday. This week we have a crate of tender stem broccoli. We also have lots of fresh produce from Marchmont House and will have more from Abundant Borders on Thursday. The potatoes have been delicious this year. As you will see from the photos the fridge is full. 24 Cornish Pastries must go tomorrow. We will also have bakery goods from Duns Co-op, salmon from Farne and potatoes from Greenvale. We are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Let’s stop all this food from going to landfill.

Well, we have a bumper selection of fresh produce this week including lemons grown in the hot houses at Marchmont. Lemons from the Borders! The challenge for Duns this week is a whole crate of peppers from FareShare. I’m not going to list everything just look at the pictures. Between Eildon, FareShare, Marchmont House and Abundant Borders the table is overflowing. Please remember the minimum donation of £1 for the larder helps pay for the delivery of all this produce. Thank you everyone for your continued support.

When does a courgette become a marrow? We have some huge courgettes from Marchmont House this week. I’m not sure if they should be called marrows or big courgettes. We also have runner beans, onions and a few rainbow carrots. The fridge has twelve tomato and mozzarella pasta bakes which need to go tomorrow, some tomatoes and just a couple of the fresh cucumbers. The freezer has salmon from Farne, spicy bean chilli, honey roast dinners and some more of the very popular rhubarb and custard pies. As always we will have bread and bakery goods from Duns  Co-op and potatoes from Greenvale. We will also have more fresh produce…

As you will see from the photographs we have had another fantastic donation of fresh vegetables from Marchmont House. You can’t get more local. We also have lemons, limes and tomatoes from FareShare. A fresh fruit and veg bonanza! On Thursday we will also have fresh produce from the Abundant Borders garden in Duns. The fresh soft fruit from Abundant Borders has been extremely popular. Last week local residents also dropped off home grown vegetables. The kale and lettuces disappeared within minutes. Thank you Kate and Lesley. Also last week the Co-op in Duns kindly donated lots of brioche rolls and buns. Their week in, week out, support is very…