And in a flash August is over! With summer holidays and scorching temperatures, it’s been a quieter month but now the season is shifting. As summer winds down and autumn begins, it’s time for school to start and leaves to fall. Before we dive into autumn, let’s take a look at what Greetwell has been serving up this month.

We were delighted to be apart of this month’s Care Home Magazine through our sponsorship of Care Home of the Month! Congratulations to Holbeach Meadows, part of the Tanglewood Care Homes! The home has some state of the art facilities like a vintage style kitchen and music for their dementia unit as well as a cinema, a sensory room and a in-house rabbits!

After a long and dedicated process, we are happy to say we’re B Corp Certified! This means we met the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. We celebrated with a trip to the International Bomber Command Centre for the best jacket potatoes Lincolnshire has to offer! Managing Director, Steve Gibson says:

“This certification is more than a title but a statement of how we want to do business. Being a B Corp™ is just another step in our on-going commitment to people and the planet. We want to raise awareness that business can be a force for good and inspire others to follow suit.”

Keeping inline with the green theme, we also renewed our carbon neutral certification with the neutral carbon zone silver award. This certification just amplifies our commitment and we are pleased to have renewed!

Key Dates for August!

As the summer holidays end and school starts again, September rolls around with new key dates! It marks organic month which celebrates looking after gut, soil and all-round health! Check out some of the key dates happening this month:

September 1st – 5th: Zero Waste Week – The aim is to help businesses, schools and restaurants increase recycling efforts, reduce landfill waste and participate in the circular economy

September 5th: Day of Charity – A global reminder of the importance of giving back

September 22nd: Recycle Week – A chance to spotlight recycling and sustainable living

September 26th: British Food Fortnight – Celebrating British food! Have some classics on the menu like bangers and mash or a Sunday roast.

Industry news

Our recent news article highlights gives a run down of our B-Corp status and explains a little more as to why we are registered as one. We hope that our commitment to the planet pushes others to follow suit and will impact purchasing decisions across the industry.Click here to read more!

Some good news stories!

💻 A recent project led by a Warwick University professor looks at how the use of AI could transform screening for breast cancer. Although it is early days the results are promising as the project is freeing up radiologists’ time by doing some of the precise analysis needed, and potentially improving detection rates.

📈  With school results being release , there has been a shift in results as the grade gender gap has shrunk! Almost one fifth of boys (19.4%) achieved at least a grade 7 (A), compared with nearly a quarter (24.5%) of girls – the closest the gap has been since 2000, when the earliest data is available.

🌺  The loss of wildflower habitats has caused a decline in honeybees as they are struggling to feed. But scientists are creating a super food to combat the issue. “Using precision fermentation, we are now able to provide bees with a tailor-made feed that is nutritionally complete at the molecular level,” said lead researcher Prof Geraldine Wright. However, it does not solve the problem of biodiversity loss or widespread pesticide use, both leading drivers of declining bee numbers.

Stay tuned for more updates next month!