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Winter warmth and food support in the Lancaster district
Nick Lakin, , Events, Food and Health, Local Food Column, November, food, 0A Winter Community Support Programme between Christmas and New Year will be available for people struggling to access food,...
Food and the Climate Gap
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, November, Uncategorised, composting, food, 0As governments meet at COP 30 in Brazil, Anna Clayton shares findings from the recent Climate Gap Report with...
Whopper carrot grown after soil gets microbe supercharge
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Growing your own, allotment, composting, 0Diana McIntyre, who is Community Composting Coordinator for FoodFutures North Lancashire’s Closing Loops project, said she went from “I...
The simple pleasures of having your own allotment plot
Nick Lakin, , Allotments, Growing your own, Local Food Column, November, allotment, composting, food, 0Deborah Simmonds recently completed a review of all allotments in the Lancaster District on behalf of LESS and FoodFutures....
Lancaster District allotment review reveals value of growing spaces in communities
Nick Lakin, , Allotments, Food and Health, Growing your own, Local food resources, November, allotment, 0An independent review of allotment provision in the Lancaster district has revealed how valuable these green spaces are to...
Exciting time to join board of Lancaster CIC LESS
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, October, food economy, 0LESS director Lynne Carr explains why it’s an exciting time to join the board of Lancaster’s Community Interest Company…...
Global flavours, local friendships at Global Village Cafe
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, October, Uncategorised, 0Emma Foster talks us through the successes and challenges of Lancaster’s lively International Lunch Club… Global Village Café started...
Help us distribute £50,000 of Pots of Possibility grant funding
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Events, Pots of Possibility, REconomy, 0The latest round of Your Pots funding is giving grants of up to £10,000 to local projects that can...
Community farm ploughs forward with open day despite torrential rain
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, October, Uncategorised, REconomy, 0Nick Lakin from FoodFutures looks back at a wet and windy Saturday at Lancaster’s new community farm… More than...
One woman’s ‘ground up’ mission to understand the work of FoodFutures
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, October, Uncategorised, composting, food, food economy, 0New FoodFutures volunteer and FoodFriend Hilary Thomas is on a mission to understand the partnership and the people that...
Lancaster event to shine light on city’s work to tackle climate crisis
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Events, Food and Health, Gather North Lancs Food Hub, Growing your own, Local food resources, 0An event in Lancaster this month will showcase the work being done in the city to help tackle the...
All welcome at new community farm open day
Nick Lakin, , Growing your own, Local Food Column, September, Uncategorised, 0Anna Clayton from FoodFutures invites you to drop by and explore Summerhouse Farm on Saturday October 4 between 11am and...
Lancaster food justice partnership gets charity status as it launches winter campaign
Nick Lakin, , September, Uncategorised, food, food economy, 0The Lancaster District Food Justice Partnership (LDFJP) has been granted charitable status, making it better able to help people...
Ancient tradition makes comeback in Lancaster
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Events, Food and Health, Growing your own, Local Food Column, Local food resources, Share the Harvest, 0In this week’s column, FoodFutures’s communications coordinator Nick Lakin reflects on an ancient English tradition that’s making a comeback...
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