REAL @ Inverness High School

School like you've never seen it before!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Media attention



It is also encouraging to know that REAL is coming to that attention of not only the local media, but also the national media as well. Along with hosting the Soil Association Organic Burns Supper (where we supplied the potatoes!), we have also had a write-up in the BBC Good Food Magazine along with a feature on the Radio 4 Farming Today programme. Good listening for those of you stirring early enough to hear it! We'll tell you when it will be braodcast...

Soil Association Organic Burns Supper

MSP's visit us and buy some veggies!

Charlies Angels... eat your heart out!



Do you like our new boiler suits..... Kerry was off ill the day we took the pic!

Look what just arrived!



One 66 foot polytunnel! Yippeeeeeee!

Iain....our new farm manager



Iain Findlay is the new REAL ORGANICS farm manager. He comes to us from a varied horticultural background via business management and a masters in Environmental Studies. No argument for him as to what are the most important issues facing us today… global warming and its relations!
He comes to us from Glasgow where he ran a local box scheme on a push bike. He is very much an ideas man.. in fact there is going to be one about every minute!
Iain’s primary role will be to mature the business, through the further development of the school site along with the disused training garden behind Hawthorn Drive. He sees great potential here with much of the garden infrastructure already in place. The compost heaps are still there from years ago, as are many fruit plants and green fertilisers. There is also a small area in King Street, tucked in at the back of the Methodist Church, where we have had it on good authority that judging by the size of the weeds, the soil must be amazingly fertile!
How can we sum up Iain then? Committed to environmental issues: YES! Keen for others to know about things green: YES! Has a natural enthusiasm to work with young people: YES! Wanting to work with the community: YES! Has got an email address that says it all: Its ‘Captain Organic’! ‘Nuff said!

Happy Christmas to all our readers!



The lead up to Christmas was really busy with selling, producing and training.
In terms of selling, we have almost reached the £3000 mark. Over the months we have built up a solid customer base, with a lot of people very interested in what we are doing. Many love that fact that we are growing the crops ourselves. Others are happy in that the food is truly local. The older folk tell us of when they were taught farming skills when they were at school. The Christmas stall was really busy. We sold out of just about everything! Running up to Christmas, we also made and sold a range of holly wreaths.