Last Monday saw an inspirational local food conference take place at the Friends Meeting House in Lancaster. Facilitated by...
Mike Hallam from the Ethical Small Traders Association (ESTA), talks about his latest scheme for supporting local food businesses:...
Clare Hymer challenges the common belief that local food is more expensive than food bought from the supermarket. There...
Robin Eyre from Fork to Fork (a volunteer-led project for people with learning difficulties), talks about the plant lives...
Doing the food pledge…. I was initially worried that I would struggle to find the time to do this but in...
Joy Warren, a local food pledger, talks about where she sources her local food. I am someone who loves...
Ruth Ainsworth talks about the upcoming Arnside and Silverdale AONB Local Food Festival The Arnside and Silverdale Area of...
I recently attended a very inspiring training day in Manchester, organised by the Kindling Trust. If you haven’t heard...
Jack, from Independent Lancaster, talks about the Independent Lancaster loyalty card scheme. Independent Lancaster was set up at...
The summer may be slow in coming, but Lancaster’s food growers and community food projects are not dampened by...
I am starting my 6th week of the challenge on Friday. I had done quite a lot of my...
Dennis Touliatos announces the official launch date of Lancaster’s seed library, and discusses what the launch will involve. ...
LESS’s ‘Growing Our Local Food Economy’ (GOLFE) project is now running the Local Food Pledge challenge. The Local Food...
Featured from The Archive: The Faces Behind Our Food
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Become a FoodFriend to help grow Lancaster market gardens 18 August 2025 -
Love Local Honey: Bee Pro-active 1 August 2025 -
Passivity not an option for Farmstarter Tommy 21 July 2025 -
Amazing things happening at grassroots level 17 July 2025 -
Join the FarmStart Training Programme 2025: Transforming North Lancashire’s Food System 28 November 2024 -
News from the Plot: September 2024 7 October 2024 -
A year of inspiration 18 January 2024 -
Our Food Stories: Andy Parkinson FarmStart Trainee 19 May 2022 -
William Beadon – Thornton Meadow Mushrooms 17 October 2016 -
Spud Club – Claver Hill 17 October 2016 -
Felicity (Fil) Duirwyn – Filbert’s Bakery 17 October 2016 -
William Howard – Billy’s Eggs 17 October 2016 -
Bruce Crowther – The FIG Tree 17 October 2016 -
Alan Schofield – Growing With Nature 17 October 2016 -
Gary Troughton – Dolphinholme Honey 17 October 2016 -
Amanda Gorton – Mansergh Hall Farm 17 October 2016 -
Sharon Peacock – Cockerham Boers 17 October 2016 -
Ray Edmondson – Edmondsons Fresh Fish 17 October 2016 -
Steph Stephenson – Stephensons Dairy 17 October 2016