In this week’s column Andrea introduces us to Project Serenity- a new Lancashire based food project. There’s nothing quite...
Apis mellifera, otherwise known as the honey bee, is the only insect that produces food eaten by humans on...
In this week’s column we hear Liz’s food story and how she ended up joining Lancaster’s FarmStart organic growers...
Dennis Touliatos, coordinator of Lancaster Seed Library, provides us with a short project update in this week’s column. In...
A couple of months ago a local 14 year old – Blythe- contacted me asking about local sustainability projects...
Two week’s ago a group of representatives from Lancaster’s FoodFutures partnership attended the national Sustainable Food City (SFC) gathering...
Ellen Pearce provides a FarmStart update in this week’s column. ‘On the last day of April, twenty would-be organic...
Sustainable Food City Lancaster (now known as FoodFutures) is excited to announce 2019’s seasonal market dates. On Friday 21...
Cockerham Boers writes about their upcoming Open Farm Sunday event in this week’s column. ‘On 9th June hundreds of...
A week ago I helped organize the Lush Spring Prize final skill sharing event and awards ceremony, during which...
In this week’s column Martin Paley discusses opportunities for a local gleaning network. One third of all food is...
After co-running a session on ‘tackling climate change through food’ at Lancaster’s recent Climate Emergency summit, I started seeking...
Julia Russel, a qualified local herbalist, writes about foraging. What better way of enjoying the verdant growth of...
I recently wrote a guide to supermarkets for Ethical Consumer Magazine. In doing so, it became clear that despite...
Over the past couple of months a group of us have been writing a bronze award application for Sustainable...
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