The LORN Community Producers Market is going all PINK this week (6th October 2011) and are looking for your support, all in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness. Stall holders are creating all sorts of special PINK goodies and fancy dress and pink silliness will be all about.. expect lots of inappropriate bras, fluff, and frippery.

A very special guest for this market is Michael C.M Riemenschneider who has recently taken over Barcaldine House Hotel from the previous owners. He is a remarkable young chef, using very modern techniques and coming from a proving ground of working in and managing some of the best establishments down south, including those with several Michelin Stars !! He even has his own cookery book.

The Swiss chef has been described as “inspirational”, his food as “cooking of the very highest order, combining sublime ingredients with cutting edge technical innovation.” and acclaimed as a chef “destined for the top.” He shares a passion for local produce “I love the local produce – so therefore I will be using everything local as much as I can”. Michael will be there from 12 noon.

The market has a lot of new members, and some old friends, joining them over the next few months : felting, textiles; Boafrosh jewellry ; Hebridean knitting from Colonsay; Cruachan Bakery; Painting with Parkinsons; recycled art.

The full list of stallholders and up to date news can be found on http://lorncommunity.ning.com/– all free to register and join in.

List of upcoming markets:

• October 6th 2011 : PINK! Breast Cancer awareness, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch
• October 20th 2011: 3rd Argyll Apple Day with Scottish National Apple Collection and Oban Beekeepers, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch
• November 3rd 2011: Sausage Sizzle : 10 -2pm, Kintaline Farm, Benderloch
• November 17th 2011 : Children in Need – 10 -2pm village hall, Benderloch
• December 1st 2011 : Christmas Fayre – village hall, Benderloch (10 am to 3 pm and 5.30pm to 8 pm)
• December 15th 2011 : Christmas Fayre – village hall, Benderloch, 10 am through to 7pm (some stallholders will have to leave earlier) followed by ceilidh for all.

The http://lorncommunity.ning.com/ is also place to share your interests and hobbies, as well as your business … wild harvest, farming, woolly crafts, family history, health, natural history, gardening …

For example:

• There is a woolly craft circle afternoon every Sunday afternoon in Benderloch : all skills and all fibre foibles : carding, spinning, lucet, knitting, crochet, tapestry, weaving.
• October 7th – Viewpoint production and presentation and local consultation at Victory Hall, Benderloch. 01631 720247
• October 11th – Glen Lonan Wind Farm consultation, Glencruitten Church centre.
• October 14th – the Kelp Industry – talk organised by Lorn Archealogy and Historical Society
• October 19th – Fruitful Skills workshop – with John Hancox of Scottish Orchards, 2pm – 4pm at the Walled Garden, of Glencruitten House, Glencruitten, Oban Argyll, PA34 4QB. This will include a tour of the orchard – and will cover basic orchard design, selection of suitable varieties for West coast of Scotland, pruning dos and donts and answering fruitful questions. John has also worked a lot with schools in developing school and community orchards – so if teachers or parens are interested in finding out about the benefits of school orchards – then please come along. This will be October week – and children are also very welcome. Important to RSVP : 0778 606 3918, john@scottishfruittrees.com www.scottishfruittrees.com
• October 26th – Lorn Family History Group get together – Benderloch. lornfamilyhistory@gmail.com

Full details of these and much more are on the http://lorncommunity.ning.com/

LORN also have an active facebook and twitter presence and welcome you to join in : www.facebook.com/lornargyll   http://twitter.com/#!/lorntweets

Secretary ~ Local Origins Rural Network www.lorn.org.uk
c/o Kintaline Farm, Benderloch, OBAN, Argyll PA37 1QS admin@lorn.org.uk 01631 720223