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Experimenting with Biofertilisers
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, composting, growing, 0What am I hoping for? A soil packed with “life”, seedlings that grow strongly, plants that are given the...
Market Stories: Here’s to 50 years of local produce
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, markets, REconomy, 0Packing fruit and vegetable boxes for home delivery is a delight at present, the only difficulty being deciding what...
Mollie’s Apple Pie: The Joy of Baking with Apples Fresh from the Garden
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, Local food recipes, Share the Harvest recipes, Share the Harvest, 0Once the autumn harvest comes round, you’ll find me flinging out fresh apple pies and cakes daily. The pies...
From windfall worries to homemade cider
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, Share the Harvest, 0For nine months now, it has sat on a shelf and today I decanted it into bottles. Nothing but...
Cut waste, feed soil – the power of bokashi
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, composting, 0Diana McIntyre goes through the benefits of an Asian method of composting that’s growing in popularity… Imagine being able...
Final Community Pots grants awarded to eight organisations across Lancaster District
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, REconomy, 0The final round of Community Pots grant funding has just concluded and eight community groups and social enterprises across...
New ‘swift city’ push to halt dramatic decline of iconic birds in Lancaster
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Pots of Possibility, 0Lancaster Swift City “Taking Flight” is a project supported by the Pots of Possibility fund. Fifteen handmade nest boxes,...
A cross-cultural pizza romance, made in Lancaster
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, markets, 0Chris runs Aquila Pizzeria on Penny Street, so pizza has been part of our world for a while now....
BayShare Library of Things opens in Lancaster
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Pots of Possibility, REconomy, 0The library sees itself as part of a global sharing and repairing community and is one of a growing...
Growing Sustainability at Greenfingers, Heysham
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, composting, REconomy, 0One 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....
SEED: five artists create an experimental Morecambe feast
Rachel Marshall, , Closing Loops, cooking, 0Jwllrs takes us inside a memorable night where local food and art come together. Under the gales of Storm...
Little Book of Local Food launches in North Lancashire
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, Local food resources, May, food, food economy, 0Rachel Marshall introduces a handy new guide to all things food locally… When you’re out and about in North...
In a two-hour cooking session with Chef Marina Tcaci, her assistant Endar and four other culinary students surrounding a...
Recent Posts
- The Plot is getting closer to organic conversion
- How should we distribute the last £50,000 of Pots of Possibility grant funding?
- Building a regenerative economy from the ground up
- Allotments – why we (as plot holders) have them…
- Lancaster’s Harvest Feast brings sense of community and purpose around food
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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














