Thanet Earth

14/06/2026

Happy National Cucumber Day! 🥒🌎🌱

10/06/2026

Continuing our British Tomato Fortnight recipes, here's one to try when the weather gets hotter next week!

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
Approximately 30 British cherry tomatoes
3tbsp toasted sesame oil
2tbsp light soy sauce
2tbsp rice or white wine vinegar
15g fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/4tsp dried chilli flakes
4 spring onions, trimmed and sliced
Pinch of salt, pepper and sugar
Toasted sesame seeds, spring onions and lime wedges, to garnish

Tomato Chilli Sauce:

300g British classic tomatoes, finely chopped
1 shallot, very finely chopped
1tsp finely chopped fresh red chilli
1tbsp rice or white wine vinegar
2tbsp chopped fresh coriander

Method
These amazing chicken and British cherry tomato kebabs are given a fabulous flavour of Korea – perfect served with a spicy tomato chilli sauce

Serves 4
Prep time: 10 minutes, plus marinating
Cook time: 15 minutes

1. Thread the chunks of chicken onto soaked wooden kebab sticks, alternating the pieces with the cherry tomatoes.
2. In a shallow dish, mix the sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, garlic, chilli flakes and spring onions. Season with a pinch of salt, pepper and sugar. Add the kebabs, turning to coat. Cover and marinate for 30-40 minutes, turning occasionally.
3. Meanwhile, mix together the sauce ingredients. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar.
4. Grill the kebabs for 8-10 minutes, turning often. Serve with the tomato chilli sauce, garnished with toasted sesame seeds, spring onions and lime wedges.

08/06/2026

This month we have donated to Monkton Nature Reserve and the Thanet Countryside Trust, the charity that owns and manages the reserve.

In recent years, they have faced major issues maintaining their policy of ‘pocket money’ pricing for all trips and activities at the reserve. Schools are finding it increasingly hard to cover rising costs of transport to take children outside for hands-on learning.

The trust have relied on local businesses to donate towards these transport costs, enabling many more children to enjoy and outdoor classroom and enhance their education.

If you are a local business and able to support this worth cause, please do get in contact with the reserve, they are still looking for donations.

08/06/2026

Oven roast tomato salad with asparagus, thyme, olives & watercress

This recipe involves a few clever tricks: cooking your tomatoes in the preheating oven means they cook more slowly so get time to get sweet before you add the asparagus. And pricking your tomatoes with a knife means they slowly deflate rather than burst in the oven.

Serves 4

500g baby tomatoes
4 garlic cloves, peeled
A few sprigs of thyme
A few sprigs of rosemary
4 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
500g British asparagus, tough ends discarded
4 tbsp pitted black olives,
160g watercress
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Mozzarella, to serve

Place the tomatoes in a large baking tray, making sure there’s plenty of space for the asparagus later. Prick each one with the tip of your knife. Use the side of the knife to gently flatten the garlic, then throw into the tray with the herbs and 3 tablespoons of oil. Season lightly and toss everything with your hands.

Place in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Leave in the oven until your oven reaches temperature (you want them in there for at least 15-20 minutes). Meanwhile, toads the asparagus in the remaining tablespoon of oil and put to one side.

Remove the tomatoes from the oven, gently press them down with a potato masher or big spoon ro release some of their juices. Sit the asparagus on top of the tomatoes and scatter around the olives. Return to the hot oven for another 12-15 minutes until the asparagus is just coloured and tender.

Meanwhile, lightly dress the watercress with the extra-virgin olive oil, a small squeeze of lemon and some seasoning. Toss and spread out on a platter.

Remove the tomatoes and asparagus, and spoon everything over the leaves. Drizzle over any pan juices (this should dress the salad a bit more) and serve immediately with mozzarella and fresh bread.

Thanks to British Tomatoes for this recipe!

05/06/2026

How’s your British Tomato Fortnight coming along? We have enjoyed watching our seventh glasshouse being built over the last year, and in April we saw our first tomato harvest from the 6.5ha structure. Here’s a few facts 🍅🍅🇬🇧🌱

04/06/2026

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We’re delighted to have received a £500 donation from Thanet Earth's Community Champions scheme! This money will help to fund transport to the reserve for school visits.

We're grateful to have such a great relationship with Thanet Earth - the free vegetables every Thursday keeps us smiling 💚🍅

01/06/2026

It's British Tomato Fortnight 2026!

Two weeks of tomato chatter coming up, and we will be bringing you some wonderful recipes courtesy of British Tomatoes.

Keep your eyes peeled for more tips and tricks for when it comes to snacking on tomatoes!

22/05/2026

Help champion wellbeing in Kent

Following our awards last year, we are proud to be a sponsor of this years' Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards, with our Head of People, Emma Bullock, joining the judging panel.

"We are so happy to be a sponsor of the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards for 2026. We spend so much of our lives working, we need to nurture wellbeing culture in the workplace to ensure the health and work-life balance of all colleagues is invested in and held in the highest regard." - Emma Bullock

The Kent Mental Wellbeing Award’s three themes are: mental health; wellbeing; and kindness and compassion.

Whether it is in your school, business, community or family, so many of us have been lucky to have people and organisations with ideas, tips and tactics to help us cope – it is time to celebrate those mental health and wellbeing champions in our community and share this best practice.

The awards are staged annually in October by the mental health charity Mind in Bexley and East Kent in collaboration with a range of wellbeing and mental health organisations including Thanet Earth.

Nominations can be linked to a simple act of kindness that lifted the spirits, a business that has improved staff wellbeing, through to a targeted initiative delivered by a charity or statutory organisation to support a mental health issue.

Follow the awards on Facebook Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards

Nominations are accepted from the Kent, Medway, Bexley and Bromley areas and can be submitted until noon on 1 September 2026. Visit www.kentmentalwellbeingawards.org.uk

06/05/2026

For our May Community Champion, we are supporting the Opal Play Scheme at Bromstone Primary School 🥳🎓🍎🌎🌱

‘The impact of OPAL play across our school has been significant. Through the OPAL approach, we have seen improvements in pupils’ physical health, confidence, and resilience. Children are more willing to take positive risks, collaborate with peers of different ages, and engage in imaginative and creative play. Behaviour incidents during playtimes have reduced, social relationships have strengthened, and pupils are returning to class more settled, ready to learn, and are emotionally regulated. The increased physical activity has also contributed to better overall wellbeing and supports healthy lifestyle habits. The funding will be used to provide the children within our school suitable clothing for example waterproof clothing, puddle suits, wellington boots and welly racks. Your support will enhance the children’s play further as they will be able to play comfortably in all weathers.’

If you are part of, or know a small charity, initiative, school or community group that has helping other people at it's heart, get in contact with our Community Team and let us know about it.

Email us at [email protected] 📧