News
TIO supports the Highland Hospice. - April 2011
TIO are helping the Highland Hospice with a unique fundraising and food package. The fundraising campaign will light up the journey for travellers on the A96 who will see iconic sunflowers planted alongside a field on the Inverness to Aberdeen route. Banners and signs will be put up alongside the sunflowers which is the symbol linked to Highland Hospice. The aim of the campaign is to help raise awareness of the work of the Highland Hospice and encourage people to donate.
TIO have also agreed to donate a weekly supply of fresh organic vegetables to use in the kitchen, the vegetables will be delivered free by the Williamson Group. The vegetables including carrots, swede, parsnips and potatoes will help provide a variety of seasonal organic fresh vegetable for patients at the Hospice.
Big Switch off Week at TIO, November 2010
Fun events were oragnised for the week to highlight how individuals can help improve energy use both at work and at home.
Sophie Hogg said: During the week we assessed our own energy use and we are delighted to announce that after much number crunching we saved 1.8 tonnes of CO2 emissions equal to 11 double decker buses and 4250 kilowatt hours of electricity. As a company we are committed to saving energy and aim to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2013. Now our staff are more aware of energy use we can work as an informed team to achieve our targets together.
Winners in the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards October 2010
Our Prepared Organic Crunchy Carrot Bites have won in the Healthy Eating/ Healthy Choices in this years Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards
Nick Nairn, Scotland’s top chef and a champion of local produce, congratulated TIO on winning the Healthier Food and Drink Award, at an awards dinner, which featured top food producers located throughout the Highlands and Islands.
Tio supply to the entire UK, 365 days a year, from our £5m bespoke pack house in Forres, with organic crops (carrots, parsnips, swede) packed for Tesco and grown by their farm, Mid Coul Farm in Dalcross and their other growing partners in Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire and further afield.
In late 2009, as part of Tio’s diversification plan and business expansion into prepared and ready to eat organic vegetable products, Tio now supply 650,000 school children every week with Scottish organic carrots portions as part of the NHS 5-a-Day Schools (free) fruit and vegetable scheme (SFVS).
See the media release by clicking on the following link.
Carbon Footprint
Kenny MacFadyen a student on work placement has been working a Tio on a carbon footprint reduction exercise and has set up an ECO Warrior team of champions at Tio to promote the reduction in energy waste and other green initiatives.
In recognition for the work at Tio Kenny won the Environmental Placement Programme National Final at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Congratulations Kenny!
Food Glorious Food Exhibition - 13th July
TIO are exhibiting in an exhibition entitled "food glorious food" at the Falconer Museum in Forres. The exhibition is being opened by Richard Lochhead MSP, cabinet secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment on Tuesday 13 July 2010.
TIO joins Organics UK campaign Sep 2009
Mid Coul Farms hosts Soil Association event Aug 2009