Juice extraction equipment to maximise harvest yields
Background - The Opportunity
PACT was formed in recognition of the environmental challenges posed by the advent of global warming, the arrival of peak oil, and how these might affect the way individuals might wish to approach the future as part of a self-reliant community.
As the 2010 fruit harvest has shown, a lot of fruit can be unwillingly and unwittingly wasted by not having to hand facilities to preserve it. A certain amount can be frozen, and - given sufficient space - apples and pears can be stored traditionally, but nevertheless it is a time consuming process.
Large quantities of fruit and time shortage call for dramatic action. Cider and perry are not merely tasty alcoholic beverages but effective ways of storing the goodness stored in apples and pears. Juice extraction by steaming also provides home produced goodness and tasty drinks and jellies throughout the year at modest cost and with simple equipment.
Project Proposal
To provide capital equipment which can then be loaned out to individuals and groups locally wishing to extract juice from fruit.
Benefits / Deliverables
Key benefits of this project would include:
- encouragement of community involvement
- provide focus for harvesting fruit
- provide opportunities for co-operation, exchange of ideas, knowledge, expertise, tools etc.
focus attention on what fruits are available and what they can produce - provide “Harvest Supper” opportunities for cementing relationships between users and user groups
Projected Costs
| 2 apple mills/ fruit crushers @ £245 each | £490 |
| 2 x 20 litre apple presses @ £345 each | £690 |
| 4 Mehu Liisa steam juicers @ £139 each | £556 |
| 2 stainless steel fruit pasturisers @ £195 each | £390 |
| Total: | £2,126 |
Potential Partners
- Gardeners
- Fruit growers
- Foragers
- Orchard groups, including NCOG
December 2010
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 Juice Extraction - PACT Project Proposal (as PDF) | 140.29 KB |