Depden Care Farm wins Green Small Business at the Suffolk Creating the Greenest County Awards 2023.Depden Care Farm is delighted that our commitment to the environment was celebrated at Suffolk County Council’s Creating The Greenest County 2023 Awards. The Care Farm won the Green Small Business Award and was also Highly Commended in the Green Secondary School category.
The judges said:
“They ticked every possible box to win this award. It is run with the ethos of an organic farm but with incredible benefits for both the education and community aspects. The Care Farm also helps with biodiversity by growing unusual strains of vegetables and a wide range of trees in the orchard. They also have a well thought out and ambitious strategic plan to move forward over the next few years.”
The awards were presented on Wednesday 8 March at an event at The Hold in Ipswich, hosted by Mark Murphy from BBC Radio Suffolk, with guest speaker Christine Luxton, Chief Executive Officer at Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
The Creating the Greenest County Awards have a long history of celebrating environmental excellence across Suffolk. They recognise achievements of businesses, individuals, communities, organisations and schools, in areas such as reducing carbon emissions, being more sustainable and enhancing biodiversity. The focus across the eight categories in 2023 is to encourage everyone across the county to collaborate in taking steps to meet the climate change challenge. For details of the awards and past winners visit www.greensuffolk.org/creating-the-greenest-county-awards/
Councillor Richard Rout, Suffolk County Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Environment, said:
“With over 100 nominations for all our awards, and 2,200 votes cast for our Green Hero, there is so much energy and passion in Suffolk to care for our local environment.
Huge congratulations to all our award winners, but all our nominees should feel proud for inspiring others around them. They help us all to understand the changes that we need to make in our lives, to protect our natural environment, reduce carbon emissions, make our homes more efficient, and reduce our energy and water use.”
Congratulations to everyone at Depden Care Farm!
