Please view Stephen Tarling's wonderful Blog on The Mill at the New Forest Food web site
Awards
Tourism South East 2009
Gold Winner - Sustainable Tourism Award
Highly Commended - Small Hotel / Townhouse of the Year
2009 Conde Nast Innovation in Sustainable Hospitality Award
&
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Award
Awards we have been shortlisted for
The New Forest Brilliance in Business Award for Best Use of Local Resources
Green Projects
We have a heat exchange unit (won’t bore you with all the details but it is fitted in the base of the river, somehow extracts the energy and pumps it into our existing central heating and hot water system-very green!!- it provides us with almost 80% of our hot water and central heating!
For the last 6 years we have been working closely with Southampton University to reinstate the wheel in the river to create our own electricity.
We have been lucky enough to get part funding from the New Forest National Park Authority's Sustainable Development Fund but we still have a long way to go. The work is all going slower than expected all to do with planning and environmental issues, some additional tests by the River Authorities as they are concerned about the effects of the Wheel on the Smalts (baby fish) - but work is in progress, final designs are in place, so we just have to be patient!
We have also installed 'Hippo' bags in all the loos to reduce water consumption and almost all the lights are energy efficient bulbs.
We have even commissioned recycled sculptures from Michael Turner for all our tables. They are absolutely gorgeous - mayflies, dragonflies, lilies and fish and are made from knives, forks, sieves etc.
Local and Organic
All of us are very proud of the fact that we make everything here ourselves, including bread, soups, sauces, ice creams and puddings.
We are determined to source, as much as possible, local and organic produce - from vegetables, free range eggs, cheese, new forest seasonal venison and pork. Karl and David our head chefs have been really suprised to find out how much brilliant produce we can buy in the surrounding area and are continuing to add to the list of local suppliers.
The planting of our herb garden and green house (to provide all our summer needs for tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, chillies and herbs) is almost complete.
We have been awarded the New Forest Marque – which is a recognition to show our commitment to local produce and doing our bit for the environment.
The flour for our brown bread is produced by Eling Tide Mill one of the only tide mills in the world producing flour New Forest Marque daily in a 900 year old tradition - Click here to find out more.
Beautiful pictures on the right taken in our garden by Fergus Cowhig
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