Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis spent a day on the farm this week to formally open Europe’s first kosher eco hotel.
Set in seven acres of Kent countryside, the Sadeh Farmhouse is a social enterprise run by Jewish environmental charity Sadeh. Profits from the hotel will go back into the charity.
The Chief Rabbi and other religious and civic leaders were shown around by Sadeh chief executive Talia Chain and Naomi Verber, its hospitality head, who designed and runs the hotel. They also visited the Lone Goat Brewery, the on-site microbrewery and pickling venture.
After a lunch prepared from organic farm ingredients, Rabbi Mirvis spoke of the importance of environmentalism, stressing the time had come to translate words of support into action.
