PROTEIN

'Warmth' sums up Uncle Sid's Zero Waste Store. You get a warm welcome. It's somehow cosy and on a human scale. And you get a warm feeling because what you buy helps the community and helps the planet.

For many years my visits to the High Street were mainly driven by beer. Late nights in the infamous Crown Rotundra (sic), strange Country and Western bands in The Falcon, and endless important conversations in the back bar of the Triangle. Happy days.

It is a farm, but it’s also a place that provides a caring, healthy and therapeutic environment. Pathways Care Farm gives vulnerable people the opportunity to learn, re-build and grow through a range of hands-on farming activities.

for those wishing to top up on staple ingredients and those cutting down on plastic usage.