Menu Listen The label is a flexible creative outlet for him and other artists to create music With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records the sophomore album from the endearing Brighton duo is a jolt of punk-rock beauty The NYC-based project’s second album delights in its confident sense of chaos with vocalist Cole Haden knowing full well there’s no way we’re going to avert our gaze for a single moment Channeling Ziggy Stardust’s glam transcendence Will Toledo resurrects the album as a grandiose narrative vehicle while marking his valiant stride into the rock canon Since the release of his 2020 album græ, Moses Sumney has been building something the Asheville-based musician unveiled his creative label Tuntum—a recording outlet The label’s first release is Sumney’s inventive cover of T-Pain’s “Can’t Believe It” featuring saxophonist Sam Gendel Tuntum-produced video that takes place in the Appalachian Mountains T-Pain’s ‘Can’t Believe It’ was one of the first songs I heard on the radio,” Sumney said of the song “Sitting in a vast Wal-Mart parking lot I wondered at how everything was bigger in America I learned to associate T-Pain with newness half because his music soundtracked a transitional point in my life half because his sonic exploration was so fresh T-Pain has remained an aesthetic beacon for me as I’ve explored the ever-thinning boundary between the human voice and technological augmentation of it As I enter yet another life transition with my new label Tuntum a tribute to T-Pain felt like the most fitting beginning of a new era.” Paul and Upper Midwest Food Magazine // Feasting on the Bounty of the Upper Midwest James Raymond puts down his matcha and picks up a pitchfork. He plods out to the middle of the paddock in beige Vessi sneakers his five wooly cows casting a peculiar gaze Watching Raymond fork hay back onto the feeding pile is indeed an odd sight It’s not just his Caribou order or the toeless Muscovy duck in the barn or even the lanky turkey chick that lives in his breezeway Raymond is an exception in almost every facet of Midwestern farming.  Located on a 40-acre former corn-and-soybean farm in Webster, Raymond’s farm TünTüm Black Hill is a challenge to the single-crop agribusiness model of farming that is eminent in Minnesota All the animals are fed organic seed and raised on pasture Raymond is sharply focused on producing food that’s Michelin Star-quality for home chefs As one of the less than 2% of farmers in America are Black Raymond is simultaneously spurring agriculture forward while also bringing it back to its foundations “We haven’t grown for taste and nutrition in 100 years,” Raymond says we grow for how much we can produce and how quickly we can produce it.” Raymond dropped out of Minnesota State University in 2010 to pursue a full-time career at US Bank After being offered a branch manager position he caught some existential whiplash and quit an activity his farmer mother taught him to love from an early age He worked a few stages around town and quickly developed an appreciation for fine dining He saw a Craigslist ad for Best Chef Midwest finalist Jamie Malone “Jamie would get a lot of really good product and I found myself developing a better palate,” Raymond says “All the ingredients that came from small sustainable farms tasted better ‘Why is it better?’ So I started doing research.” But Raymond’s friction with banks would not end there He spent the next three years scheming a convoluted farm-to-table enterprise that would Raymond’s vision was to run a boutique hotel with a tasting menu restaurant He put all his savings into a down payment on a residential property near Loring Park with a plan to fully renovate and re-zone He took up a job at Hotel Ivy to begin to learn high-end hospitality demonstrations were erupting across the city over the killing of George Floyd and I was wanting to protest,” Raymond says It felt like I was really getting the hit.” That’s when the depression set in his wife suggested they purchase some ducks He bought 120 ducklings and filled their Richfield home which he sold in October to finance some acreage the plan was to eventually have a farm like in 5 years so we could get most of our produce locally sourced,” Raymond says ‘I guess I’ll just flip it.’ Sold the house Raymond makes it seem like he didn’t know what he was doing but he wasn’t coming into the farm life totally unprepared He has cousins who are still actively farming The name “TünTüm” is Guyanese for “Black Hill,” and it’s Raymond’s way of saying I’ve tried to really embrace more of my Black heritage,” Raymond says My mom has some of the land that we were slaves on.” It’s a bucolic Saturday afternoon at Dual Citizen Brewing in St and you can hear the chirping from the moment you round the corner onto Raymond Ave elbow deep in a 170-gallon stock tank teeming with 5-day-old chicks “Do you want to hold a baby chicken?” he says it’s a difficult transition from boneless skinless chicken to the product that TünTüm is offering freak breeds that grow to full size in 5 weeks and often die of heart attacks from the growth rate and they supersede the sheer marketing of “organic” and “free range.” These are true pasture-raised birds that Raymond basically cohabitates with before he processes them by hand.  “We’re a community-focused brewery, so having another piece to that was awesome,” says Bradley Zimmerman, head brewer of Dual Citizen. Dual Citizen is a Craft Malt Certified brewery so it was “a no brainer” for them to step in as a CSA sales and pickup spot The brewer also donates spent grain to feed the chickens “It’s nice having it go from brewery to farm back to table and to complete that circle with a local vendor.” Dual Citizen is one of a handful of places where you can find Raymond with his steel tub full of peeping chicks he’ll be at Bauhaus Brew Labs from noon to 4 p.m. Breweries also serve as go-to pickup locations for CSA boxes TünTüm’s business model is varied, but 60% of the money comes from CSA shares which is what Raymond is hawking at Dual Citizen $679 gets a customer 24 weekly packages of heritage chicken meat with eggs and freshly baked bread available to add on which features chickens fed spent grain from places like Dual Citizen but Raymond recognizes it’s an enormous departure from the $3.99 lb factory farmed cuts available at Whole Foods Selling the story of what he’s doing is just as important as the product for Raymond “Even if you go to [the co-op] and you get the organic chicken “They’re still Cornish Crosses going from zero to 60 in two seconds and you’re paying this premium for buzzwords.” The other problem with poultry farms are often monocultures Farmers are paid by chicken corporations to only produce quick-growing His chickens share their pastures with Peking ducks all fertilizing the soil for vegetables as they graze Raymond’s ambition is to raise rare and specialty livestock As a veteran of fine dining, Raymond knows how difficult it can be to source a local pheasant or farm-raised goose liver terrine. He wants to be a go-to resource for chefs who want to bring a new, exotic, farm-raised ingredient to their menu. He’s already sold one of his highland steer to pitmaster Elliott Jones of BBQ by Elliott Want a chicken that’s fed paprika and lays red-yolked eggs “I want to work with restaurants and be like do you have something that you can’t get around here that you want?,’” Raymond says Not a lot of people are willing to do that.” Raymond is about to tell me about his grandest plans for TünTüm Black Hill and Raymond lays out his dreams for the farm TünTüm is a way for Raymond to reclaim his hospitality dream He’s getting quotes for cabins to be built on the back acreage He has designs for a hyper-local take on Hello Fresh An educational program for grade-school kids Whatever it takes to make a 30-something Black man tending cattle in shoes he bought on TikTok seem like everyday farming It starts with normalizing that antecedent—everyday farming—in the minds of the brewery-going public Once folks are coaxed in with the promise of a well-raised they can start understanding where the agriculture has gone wrong “So much of farming as we do it now hasn’t been around for a long time,” Raymond says Subscribe to our newsletters on Substack. East Midlands housing association Tuntum has regained its G1 governance status from the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) the English regulator said it had received “responsive engagement” from Tuntum which was originally downgraded from G1 to G2 in September 2021 RSH said it had observed the board of the 1,600-home landlord reviewed documents and had discussions with the executive team which showed the housing association had strengthened its governance Changes in leadership and development of Tuntum’s board have “added organisational capacity” and improved the oversight and management of risks The Black and minority ethnic housing association appointed Charmaine Simei RSH said that Tuntum had shown improvement in managing health and safety risks to its tenants and understanding of the quality of its homes Tuntum has invested in improving the use and presentation of data on its tenants and homes as well as in the quality of reporting to its board “These improvements mean the board can make better informed decisions about risks and the future of the organisation,” RSH said The regulator also said it had seen improvements in how board members “proactively challenge” the executive team and seek assurance over Tuntum’s approach to managing key risks Further planned improvements in the association’s governance include delivering remaining actions from its external assurance reports and ensuring that board recruitment aligns with future skills and experience requirements Tuntum’s V2 financial viability rating remained unchanged based on RSH’s most recent stability check in November 2023 the regulator said Tuntum had an “adequately funded” business plan but noted that it was “operating with a low level of financial headroom” and planned to increase debt to fund development The landlord welcomed its governance upgrade saying although its rating has always been compliant Ms Simei said: “We are really encouraged that our hard work and renewed focus has resulted in a strengthened governance framework which has been reflected in our re-grading the responsive engagement process with the regulator over the last few months has been an invaluable experience “At Tuntum we look forward to launching our new corporate strategy in the coming weeks; a strategy that has been co-created by many voices and informed by the experience of our journey back to G1.” said: “We are very pleased that Tuntum has regained its G1 rating and I would like to personally thank the board senior leadership team and involved customers for their contributions and support “We remain focused on continuing improvement and delivering our new corporate strategy.” Inside Housing spoke to Ms Simei earlier this year following her appointment as chief executive she said a lot of headway had been made on the way back to a G1 rating and that she was working closely with staff and the regulator New to Inside Housing? 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Read our policy Trusted media brand of the Chartered Institute of Housing By Olivia Barber2024-06-27T11:25:00+01:00 Tuntum Housing Association’s governance grading has returned to G1 after it was downgraded in 2021 The Regulator of Social Housing has upgraded Nottingham-based Tuntum Housing Association’s governance grading from G2 to G1 This follows a downgrade in September 2021 due to “governance weaknesses” The regulator’s assessment found that Tuntum’s board has added organisational capacity and improved its oversight and management of risks The report highlights that Tuntum has shown improvements particularly in areas such as managing health and safety risks to tenants and understanding the quality of its homes The regulator noted that Tuntum has also invested in improving the use and presentation of data on its tenants and homes and in the quality of reporting to its board It added that the board has also improved its approach to “proactively challenge the executive team and seek assurance over Tuntum’s approach to managing key risks” Tuntum’s financial viability grading remains at V2 based on the regulator’s stability check from November last year The regulator stated that Tuntum has the capacity to deal with a reasonable range of adverse scenarios but that it has “a low level of financial headroom” and plans to increase debt to fund its ongoing development projects >> See also: Regulator of Social Housing upgrades South Liverpool Homes’ governance rating >> See also: North Yorkshire Council refers itself to Regulator of Social Housing Tuntum owns and manages around 1,600 properties with the remainder including affordable rent supported housing and low-cost home ownership properties The housing association operates in 12 local authority areas across the East Midlands with two-thirds of its properties located in Nottingham Regulator highlights ‘serious issues’ with local authorities in Tower Hamlets CEO Patrick Franco says he is confident landlord now has a “pragmatic and achievable” plan Deal goes through two years after Berkley named preferred bidder on £2bn scheme  DESNZ will boost green skills under its Warm Homes Plan through financial awards  Developer also wins grant funding from London mayor  Site powered by Webvision Cloud The new project will arrive on August 2 via Sumney’s own Tuntum label Sumney said: “Sophcore explores the meeting points between sensuality and intuition…esotericism and populism…deep feeling and fun and making music for the hips as well as the heart.” Check out the lyric video for “Gold Coast” below, and pre-order Sophcore here Sign up here for your daily business digest direct to your inbox Sign Up Discover our talented editorial team and the principles that drive them This week’s round up of National appointments includes The City Recruiter Tuntum Housing Association and EN:Able Futures CIC (L - R): Danielle Finney and Melissa Smart Manchester based recruitment firm The City Recruiter which is hoping to quadruple its headcount by year end is reshaping the landscape of recruitment with the appointment of Melissa Smart as the new head of operations and Danielle Finney as head of recruitment who are based at the company’s new HQ in Cardinal House are experienced professionals who are determined to create a more supportive and inclusive industry as part of the firm’s gender equality strategy Melissa assumed her role as head of operations in July and brings with her an impressive track record in recruitment spanning over 12 years Her career includes stints at renowned firms like Robert Walters Group and global recruitment consultancy where she notably spearheaded the transformation of the EMEA direct sourcing function She commented: “I’m really looking forward to helping the company in its next phase of growth With a strategic emphasis on operational excellence my role is to ensure our organisation is strategically positioned for success and establish ourselves as the premier recruitment firm in Manchester has stepped up from her previous Talent Acquisition Manager role at the company and brings 14 years of recruitment experience to the table Danielle will now play more of a strategic role at The City Recruiter and determine new processes systems and KPIs for the business’ ambitious goals She added: “I’m delighted to be recognised for my hard work and commitment to the company I am also proud to see more women in leadership positions Recruitment has historically been a male dominated industry but my stance has always been getting the right person for the job Charmaine Simei will be the new chief executive of Tuntum Housing Association succeeding Richard Renwick MBE who is due to retire in the autumn after almost three decades in the post Charmaine is currently director of customer experience and communities at Longhurst Group and brings more than 25 years of experience in social housing and related fields including 12 years in senior leadership roles Voted Professional of the Year at the Women in Housing Awards 2021 she is a board member for Communities that Work the national voice of housing providers who support residents and communities into employment She is also a former chair of the Centre of Excellence Community Investment East of England network and co-chair of HACT’s Racial Equality Group having been a long-serving mentor for the Housing Diversity Network Charmaine Simei commented: “It is an honour to be appointed to lead Tuntum The association has a strong reputation as a community-based social housing provider with a proven ability to explore and generate new partnerships rooted in diversity “This reflects my own career background and skill set coupled with my deep personal commitment to uniting people and making a positive difference to everyday lives I feel privileged to follow in Richard’s footsteps He has done so much for Tuntum and the communities it serves.” Tasked with championing the next generation of built environment specialists EN:Able Futures CIC has appointed former apprentice Daniel Simpkins as recruitment coordinator for its construction apprenticeships which takes on individuals in Northern England and the north East Midlands for either their full training or part of it Daniel has been brought on board to support people in securing those roles and host businesses in filling their vacancies A former level two and level three Business Admin apprentice Daniel later moved into recruitment in healthcare and spent five years staffing new facilities Daniel commented: “There’s been a marked increase in people entering the construction sector via apprenticeships rather than university or alternative routes It means people are not only able to get started on their careers faster as they’re learning on the job but it’s really boosting the skills gap that is affecting the entire industry.” “Having gone through the apprenticeship process myself I was attracted to the role at EN:Able Futures as I felt I could not only relate to those that I’ll be supporting but bring my expertise I’m able to add real value to their time as apprentices “There is never a bad time to get into a construction career quantity surveying and project management will always be needed – artificial intelligence (AI) can’t take those jobs.” Appointments are published entirely at the discretion of the Bdaily team By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent Sign up to receive our popular morning National email for free Contracts have been signed in a deal that will see Pelham services from NCHA (Nottingham Community Housing Association) deliver 68 new homes for Tuntum Housing Association these homes will be developed across Nottinghamshire in the next five years project management and development services to bring forward the schemes Plans are already underway for a third of the new homes with all 68 due to be complete by March 2028 chief executive of Tuntum Housing Association said: “We have worked on and off in partnership with NCHA since we were established 35 years ago This is the latest phase of our development programme through the Blue Skies Consortium and NCHA We look forward to these new homes being completed to match the criteria laid out in our Development Strategy.” these homes will contribute to NCHA’s new homes delivery quota as part of their SP2 Strategic Partnership to deliver new affordable homes across the East Midlands and East of England director of development and assets at NCHA said: “As members of the Blue Skies Consortium NCHA and Tuntum have been working together on affordable home development for many years This new contract cements Tuntum as a trusted delivery partner under our Strategic Partnership with Homes England I look forward to seeing the new homes complete and providing much needed affordable accommodation for people in need across the county.” A Nottingham-based housing association has appointed a new chief executive as the current incumbent is retiring after nearly 30 years in the role To continue reading this article pleaseLogin or Register has added five new Vauxhall vans to its fleet comprised of three Vivaro and two Movano models The new vans will be used as mobile workshops by Tuntum’s field-based engineers on an everyday basis the Vivaro and Movano vans are all equipped with remote ultra-sonic alarms To transform the vehicles into true on-the-road workshops each of them has been fitted with equipment such as racking WISA deck flooring and hand wash dispensers Safestow systems and 3.0m lockable pipe tubes help to transport goods and materials while Thatcham deadlocks ensure maximum security all vehicles are equipped with a first aid kit and fire extinguisher Tuntum Housing Association opted for the Limited Edition Nav 1.6-litre CDTi BiTurbo (125PS) model which features a Navi 50 IntelliLink infotainment system automatic lighting control and FLEXDOCK docking station for smartphones Tuntum choose the L2H2 2.3-litre (130PS) CDTi BiTurbo model which features Bluetooth connectivity and USB for smartphones easy access nearside sliding side-access door and a full-height steel bulkhead The Vauxhall vans were supplied by local dealership Pentagon Nottingham while custom liveries were delivered by Blueprint Nottingham and accessories and racking by AutoRoofs Automotive “After exploring many different options we are very happy with the decision to upgrade our vans to the Vivaro and Movano models,” said Richard Renwick “Their operational efficiency will enable us to provide the best possible service to our customers and the wider community.” Tuntum is a black and minority ethnic-led housing association based in Nottingham the company is an independent social business that provides quality homes and services to support people and communities in need It currently manages over 1,400 properties and provides homes for over 3,000 people in 11 local authority areas “We’re delighted that Tuntum Housing Association has chosen two of our class-leading vans to support their work across the community,” said Derek Wilson Vauxhall’s light commercial vehicle director “Both the Vivaro and Movano are practical and efficient vans that are certain to be great partners for the organisation’s field engineers.” Gareth has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist having started his career in local newspapers in the 1990s he worked in the public sector as a media advisor and is currently news editor at Fleet News Register to receive our range of digital content By submitting any material to us you are confirming that the material is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use the material and to authorise Bauer Consumer Media to use it as described in this paragraph You also promise that you have permission from anyone featured or referred to in the submitted material to it being used by Bauer Consumer Media If Bauer Consumer Media receives a claim from a copyright owner or a person 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