A survey and new series of events will help to shape the future of a new Lancaster community farm....
In this week’s column, Kathryn Bain explains why she joined the FoodFutures FoodFriends lottery scheme, and why you should...
The mid-August sun beats down on a small area of farmland near Lancaster as volunteers pull out weeds, pick...
In this week’s column, Ian Dewar makes the connection between The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, BBC Gardeners World and...
Olivia Grundy, from new schools project Where the Wildings Are! explores the successes, challenges and experiences during its first...
By Ellen Pearce, from The Plot. It’s an interesting question – who owns England, and perhaps more locally, who...
New Gather coordinator Michael Pymer explains why community work around food has captured his heart… Since arriving at Lancaster...
Or, as Patrick Holden from the Sustainable Food Trust put it, can we ‘make capitalism honest’? Ellen Pearce from...
In this week’s column Eggcup Trustee Rachel Marshall explores the transition from food aid to food sovereignty in North...
Food banks across the Lancaster District are seeing a ‘drastic drop’ in food donations despite record numbers of people...
Henry Russell considers whether bringing back traditional farming techniques could transform the local food system. Agroecology is a farming...
FoodFutures is working to support North Lancashire in winning a Gold Sustainable Food Places (SFP) Award by the end...
We’re aiming to put North Lancashire on the national map by becoming the first in the north-west to win...
New FarmStarter at The Plot Richard Gittins explains how communities can become more sustainable in a changing world… Over...
Katherine Radburn, from the team at the Plot, shares the importance and value in signing up as a crop...
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