After two years of looking for a suitable FarmStart site, this week LESS (a Lancaster based social enterprise) took...
Francesca de la Torre, a writer and researcher at Ethical Consumer Magazine, writes about how we can support wild...
The Covid-19 outbreak has brought the need for local, resilient food economies into sharper focus. In response LESS, a...
Lancaster resident – Andrew Hartley – urges readers to ‘support you local’. Support your local. Now when somebody says...
Julia Russel, a practising herbalist based at Dacrelands clinic, Lancaster, writes about her virtual forage walks. I love the...
Despite these strange Covid-19 times, Claver Hill community food project continues to run, albeit under stricter conditions. Its AGM...
One root cause of today’s environmental crises is our growing disconnection from nature. Our dominant economic system does not...
Gail Chapstick of LESS writes about a recent ‘women in the food industry’ event. At the end of January...
Ellen Pearce writes about LESS’s plans for hosting the first Northern Real Farming Conference. “The impact of the Covid-19...
As we enter our third week of physical distancing, Food Futures has collated information about schemes that are responding...
Following last week’s reflective blog on the importance of green space, I have summarised our (local) current thinking on...
Beccy Whittle reflects on the role of green spaces and community gardens during the coronavirus pandemic. With so much...
Every year the 8th March marks International Women’s day, a day for celebrating the achievements of women and the...
Dr Rachel Marshall, a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at Lancaster University, explores the role of procurement in growing sustainable local...
Dr Dennis Touliatos reflects on a recent trip to CAWR in this week’s column. In February I visited The...
Featured from The Archive: The Faces Behind Our Food
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Deborah takes on new allotment development role for North Lancashire 1 June 2026 -
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