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20 Years On at Steenbergs

29 May 2024

20 Years On at Steenbergs

20 years of Steenbergs and what we are all about.

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Steenbergs Carbon Footprint - Drilling into the Data

08 April 2024

Steenbergs Carbon Footprint - Drilling into the Data

In 2016, Steenbergs began on its plan to reduce its controllable carbon impacts. Here, we discuss how we've reduced the direct impacts by over -90% (before carbon offsets) since then..

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Meet the Team - Kristina

02 April 2024

Meet the Team - Kristina

Meet our lovely team member Kristina, who's in charge of the beautifully packaged parcels you receive

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STEENBERGS IMPACT REPORT 2024

15 March 2024

STEENBERGS IMPACT REPORT 2024

2023 has been a better year than 2022 in terms of sales which have recovered, but costs remain high and difficult. Steenbergs has reduced its environmental impact, by cutting water use and waste and eliminating electricity from fossil fuels. We are c...

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Steenbergs Rebranding - How We Created Our New Branding

01 December 2023

Steenbergs Rebranding - How We Created Our New Branding

It’s been an exciting 20 years since we started out on the Steenbergs journey. Our mission to provide ethically-sourced, flavour-packed herbs, spices, teas and cooking ingredients still burns as strong as ever. 

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Coed Olaf - Climate and Climate Change

14 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Climate and Climate Change

Having discussed the history of Coed Olaf, we now move onto the nitty-gritty of its environment, so here we discuss its current climate and the likely impact of climate change.

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Coed Olaf - Industrial Heritage of Amman Valley

07 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Industrial Heritage of Amman Valley

Coed Olaf is not only on former farmland but is a landscape shaped by its industrial heritage. Amman Valley was a mining valley and the towns between Ammanford and Brynamman were created when the railway came and opened stations.

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Coed Olaf - History of the Woodland

24 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Woodland

Coed Olaf is a newly planted wood with parcels of new and old woodland. Here, we discuss the baseline of how much was covered with trees in the past and if there is any evidence of previous woodland within the landscape.

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Coed Olaf - History of the Farmland

17 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Farmland

Coed Olaf comprises old, established woods and newly planted wood. The new trees have been planted on former farmland, and here we explain what we know of the farming history of the land.

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Steenbergs Sustainability & Impact Report 2022

08 March 2023

Steenbergs Sustainability & Impact Report 2022

2022 has been a tough year for sales and costs. Steenbergs has reduced its environmental impact, by cutting water use and waste and eliminating electricity from fossil fuels. We are carbon neutral and zero waste to landfill.

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The Mystery Of The Lost Kingdom of Rheged

20 February 2023

The Mystery Of The Lost Kingdom of Rheged

Reading Taliesin's Heroic Poems unlocked a new way of seeing the space around here. Through them, I have come up with a possible landscape for the Old North, Rheged and the realm where Urien lived in the sixth and seventh centuries.

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The Leaning Poplar – Is It A Hybrid Or A Native Black Poplar?

17 November 2022

The Leaning Poplar – Is It A Hybrid Or A Native Black Poplar?

There's a poplar trees leaning over from our boundary hedge onto a neighbour's land and it needs to come down for safety. We were concerned it could be a black poplar, so ran some DNA tests to determine whether it was. It is a hybrid poplar.

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Axel and Sophie's Visit To Allerton Park Waste Recovery Park - 2022

03 November 2022

Axel and Sophie's Visit To Allerton Park Waste Recovery Park - 2022

Axel and Sophie visited the Allerton Park Waste Recovery Site to start our journey to understanding what happens to our rubbish - at Steenbergs and at home. The plant diverts almost all local waste from landfill (93%) through energy recovery.

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Axel and Sophie's Visit to Yorwaste's Harewood Whin Waste Transfer Facility - 2022

27 October 2022

Axel and Sophie's Visit to Yorwaste's Harewood Whin Waste Transfer Facility - 2022

Axel and Sophie visited the recycling and general waste sorting site at Harewood Whin for Steenbergs' mapping of its recycling and waste. It was great to see how the raw recyclate was sorted into corrugated, metals, plastics, and compost.

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Meet the Team: Kasia

26 September 2022

Meet the Team: Kasia

Meet our lovely team member Kasia

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Steenbergs Sustainability & BCorp Impact Report 2021

15 July 2022

Steenbergs Sustainability & BCorp Impact Report 2021

Steenbergs first impact report since we achieve B Corp covers the sustainability areas at the core of Steenbergs' ethics.

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Meet the Team: Ellie

27 June 2022

Meet the Team: Ellie

Meet the youngest member of the team, Ellie

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Olaf Wood - Tree, Plant and Bird Surveys in April 2022

03 June 2022

Olaf Wood - Tree, Plant and Bird Surveys in April 2022

Axel and Sophie went down to Olaf Wood in April to hunt for spring colours and found lots of bluebells, an indicator of ancient woodland. We took more soil samples and did some basic tree, plant and bird surveys.

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Meet the Team: Lucy

01 June 2022

Meet the Team: Lucy

Meet the team - Lucy the accountant - one of the longest serving members of staff, Lucy shares her favourite spice blend and the tea that she can't do without in the mornings.

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