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Foundation studies learners at @wiltscoll making sustainable Apple related products

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Great to see our apple products in the new Undressed shop in #Trowbridge

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We are selling our apple juice and Christmas tree decorations which we are selling for @savechildrenuk #ChristmasJumperDay

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@WiltsColl The two groups together raised an amazing £68.30 for @savechildrenuk #ChristmasJumperDay appeal with their freshly made food and bear sale.

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@WiltsColl Well done Access to Employment year 1 and Progression year 1 today who continued the sale for another day.

[Wiltshire College & University Centre @WiltsColl]

Foundation Studies students at our Trowbridge campus have got into the Christmas spirit.

They have been holding a Christmas Sale of Apple Project produce as well as sausage rolls, mince pies, cakes and cookies, with proceeds going to the Christmas Jumper Appeal.

#WeAreGenerous

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We’ve been making Apple Chilli jelly this week in preparation for the Christmas markets coming up. https://t.co/zdSDRLzwvC

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Bea (one of our staff team) is presenting a breakout session on sustainability at #SETConf21! The full agenda and tickets are available here https://t.co/SZxRbcSIwK. Hope to see you there!

[Students Organising for Sustainability🌍 @sosukcharity]

Exploring ways of preserving food is a great way to reconnect with the food we eat, extend the availability of local produce and reduce food waste.

Check out our Preserve to Sell Handbook to get started! https://t.co/20C9DxIkhx @OBrightFuture @growhampton @AppleWiltscoll

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We are all set up at the @WeaversMarket in #Trowbridge excited to be back.

[Wiltshire College & University Centre @WiltsColl]

Calling all Foundation Studies applicants!

Meet lecturer Farida as she talks about what you’ll be doing during your first few weeks and the types of skill you’ll be learning on this fantastic course.

#WeAreGainingSkills #FoundationStudies

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Probably the fiddliest job we have to do is pop the labels on our bottles. Not only do we have to make sure we have all the correct information on them, they are also really hard to get on straight!

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All our apple juice then gets stored together in a dark cupboard ready to be sold. Each apple pressing session we make roughly 25 large bottles.
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All our Apple Juice gets pasteurised once it has been bottled, we then have a year in which to drink it.
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We have to bottle the juice, we have two different sizes of bottles are small ones which are 200ml and our large bottles with are 750ml.
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Once we have our freshly pressed juice we then have to strain it through twice before it goes into a bottle to make sure we have got the best juice we can in our bottles.
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Step 6 is to actually press the juice. The apple pulp from the scratter gets either tipped into our big beast or carefully put into our rack and cloth press. Either way we have to have buckets at the ready to collect the juice that pours out. #wiltscoll #studenteats #appleproject

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Step 5 is the noisy stage! We add all our cut apples to the scratter so they can be turned into pulp. This is a three people job - one to tip apples into the scratter, one to ensure the apple pulp goes into the trug and one to stop apples from hitting anyone! #wiltscoll

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We now need to cut the apples, most apples just get cut in half however sometimes they are just so big that we have to cut them into four. Each press we use roughly 50kg of apples so this is the longest part of the process. #wiltscoll #studenteats #appleproject #trowbridge

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Next, when we are making our apple juice, we have to make sure all our apples are sterilised. We add the sterilising solution to our bottles and leave them for 30 minutes so this is a very time sensitive task. #wiltscoll #studenteats #appleproject #trowbridge #sustainable #SEN

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Once our apples have been sorted we have to make sure they are all washed and clean ready to be turned into juice. What do you think is our third step? #wiltscoll #studenteats #appleproject #trowbridge #sustainable #SEN #wiltshire