What am I hoping for? A soil packed with “life”, seedlings that grow strongly, plants that are given the...
Packing fruit and vegetable boxes for home delivery is a delight at present, the only difficulty being deciding what...
Once the autumn harvest comes round, you’ll find me flinging out fresh apple pies and cakes daily. The pies...
For nine months now, it has sat on a shelf and today I decanted it into bottles. Nothing but...
The final round of Community Pots grant funding has just concluded and eight community groups and social enterprises across...
Lancaster Swift City “Taking Flight” is a project supported by the Pots of Possibility fund. Fifteen handmade nest boxes,...
Chris runs Aquila Pizzeria on Penny Street, so pizza has been part of our world for a while now....
The library sees itself as part of a global sharing and repairing community and is one of a growing...
One of North Lancashire’s community composting initiatives at Greenfingers in Heysham was recently featured in the Allotment and Leisure...
We live in a world of fast-paced doing. Convenience seems built into society so that we can do more....
In a two-hour cooking session with Chef Marina Tcaci, her assistant Endar and four other culinary students surrounding a...
During Spring into Action 2026, a group of people gathered at Claver Hill on a Thursday around lunchtime, eager...
Cork Road allotments and local surplus food charity Eggcup have teamed up on a new circular composting project. Eight...
For many of us, food is simply part of the daily routine. For Jane Cottam, it has always been...
2025 was an absolute bumper year for fruit. Did you notice? “This wasn’t just the case in the UK,...
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