Gift ideas to get away consumer spending, and towards a delicious, convivial and sustainable Christmas
Subscribe to a better world: memberships to last all year
LOGO membership
£10/year
Membership of Lincolnshire Organic Gardeners Organisation gets you entry to lots of excellent events, tours, talks, seeds swaps, the famous Apple Day, and contact with some very knowledgable growers.
Also opportunity to sell your produce on their popular Lincoln market stall.
Be part of a wonderful, home-grown foodie community!
Cheese Society Subscription
£408/year (12 boxes)
The Cheese Society specialises in unpasteurised, farmhouse, handmade cheese.
Their thoughtfully curated cheese subscription is an introduction to a diversity of varieties and flavours from small cheese producers.
We especially love their Taste of Lincolnshire selection of cheeses from the county.
A good foodie read
Independent bookshop, Lark Books on Guildhall Street, has a great selection of foodie books of all kinds.
Here are a few that we have been reading this year.
£ Pay as you feel
Duncan Catchpole describes in detail how a better food system might look – and how it is being put into practice in Cambridge. If you’re wondering how this model might apply to Lincoln, check out what Catchpole has to say here.
Small is beautiful – and also good for Christmas stockings
Hidden Food Tours
£75
A culinary walking tour of Lincoln.
Learn about our city through food stories and tasty treats!
Fair Trade Chocolate
£3.20
Profits are shared fairly with producers.
You can buy these from your local Oxfam or order them online here.
Real Seeds
from £2.50/packet
Open pollinated seeds (that means you can save seeds yourself for the following year).
Vegetables, herbs, flowers and more, with really helpful growing guides, and irresistibly beautiful packets!
Gift vouchers available
Pay it forward: gifts for a kinder world
Don’t send a card
£ by donation
Send a festive e-card and donate to the Trussell Trust (foodbank charity) – all for the cost of a card and a stamp!
Friends of the Food Partnership
From £1/month
Support our important work and show your commitment to good food for all. In return, you will receive special invitations, our regular mailer always full of interesting news and updates, and know that you are helping to support food producers and access to good food in Lincolnshire.
A family day out
Miller for a day
£180 for 4 people
Enjoy a unique and exciting experience as you become an ‘Apprentice for an Afternoon’ at Cogglesford watermill.
You’ll have the mill to yourself and be guided by an expert miller as you explore the inner workings of the mill, operate the machinery yourself, producing your very own bags of white and wholemeal flour.
Within your day, you’ll learn how to:
- Check the stones, engage the wheel and prepare for milling
- Start the wheel – open the sluice gates and get the wheel turning
- Mill – watch grain turn to flour, monitor production and take newly milled flour to be bagged.
- Use the boulter to produce white flour
- Bag and pack the flour
You’ll also enjoy several (crucial) tea breaks, as well as freshly baked scones.
Connect with farmers
An online ticket to Oxford Real Farming Conference is a lovely gift: a meaningful, lasting experience that can help to grow passions and livelihoods. There is something for everyone in ORFC’s online programme; from the chef in your life who is interested in farm to fork cooking, to the budding forager or gardener, the friend who you share deep discussions about land justice with, or the uncle who is fascinated by soil science.
Book a ticket on ORFC website, then write a little card to say ‘You’re joining ORFC 2026!’. You could highlight a couple of sessions that you know they’ll love, or encourage them to browse the programme and find sessions that spark something.
Lincolnshire contributions to the ORFC include:
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