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The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL)

the museum of english rural life (the merl)

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Reading

The Museum of English Rural Life is owned and managed by the University of Reading. We use our diverse and surprising collection to explore how the skills and experiences of farmers and craftspeople, past and present, can help shape our lives now and into the future. We work alongside rural people, local communities and specialist researchers to create displays and activities that engage with important debates about the future of food and the ongoing relevance of the countryside to all our lives. We were established by academics in the Department of Agriculture in 1951 to capture and record the rapidly changing countryside following World War II. The Museum is based on Redlands Road in a building originally designed by Sir Alfred Waterhouse in 1880 for local businessman Alfred Palmer, of the Huntley & Palmer biscuit company. The house then became St Andrews Hall of Residence in 1911, and in 2005 a modern extension was built onto the house for the Museum. The Museum was awarded £1.8million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in 2014 for the redevelopment of the galleries, reopening in October 2016. The redevelopment strengthens and renews our links with agriculture as well as enhancing our position in supporting engagement opportunities for students and academics across a wide variety of disciplines, nationally and internationally. The MERL and Reading Museum are currently in a strategic partnership as part of the Arts Council England National Portfolio 2018-2022. As Museums Partnership Reading we work together to provide cultural opportunities for Reading’s young people and diverse communities, through schools, volunteering, digital engagement and exhibitions. PLANS AND POLICIES

Filthy Fit Nut Butters

filthy fit nut butters

My name is Evelin and I co-founded Filthy Fit with my husband. In a nutshell, we are a health conscious brand, not only for health conscious people. Short story long: Just like most of you, we like luscious food. Thinking here about a banging cake, or a proper wellington. You choose! If it is fit and healthy, that’s just the cherry on the top. We are also nuts about nuts and big adventurers of spicy dishes. This is how we happened to make a batch of filthy delicious spicy peanut butter using our favorite spice, a ground paprika straight from our home town. From that day we started testing this nut butter on every kind of food, from a piece of toast through meaty dishes and vegan stuff, even on cookies - no judgment please. We spent quite a bit of time perfecting this nut butter recipe to make it as unique as possible for you. Then we had this other idea: The Ultimate Cinnamon Vanilla Peanut Butter - Filthy Fit [https://filthyfit.co.uk/products/peanut-butter-with-cinnamon-and-vanilla]. Cinnamon and vanilla goes better with cookies, doesn't it? Ideas came and went since, but the enthusiasm stayed and the persistence to improve our products (leave feedback on our product pages). These are our own original recipes that make us unique and special. Either you are following a healthy lifestyle, or just want some healthier alternatives without giving up the joy of a delicious meal, we are here for you. We chose to work with spices like no other brands do, because spices can provide all the flavors a dish would need, so cooking and baking with our nut butters is easy and won’t require lots of other ingredients. This is why chefs love to work with our products and restaurants and gym’s cafes have items on their menus using Filthy Fit nut butters. Our products are equally suitable for food junkies and plant-based diet followers too, as they go equally well with a juicy meat, or with an oatmeal making them exceptionally flavourful and diverse. One of our missions is to spread the ideas to avoid only spreading them on toast.