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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...
Bringing people together to create value for local communities
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Pots of Possibility, REconomy, 0The Pots of Possibility Fund was created to enable projects that make our cities, towns and villages in North...
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...
After a successful first year, the day will bring even more apples and activities, including tastings, demonstrations, talks, orchard...
Ellie Ralston is the founder of Baked by Ell. You can order her bespoke treats by messaging her on...
By Ben Ruth I turn fruit like apples into booze so that it doesn’t go to waste. It increases...
Master composters visit new communal composting project at Lancaster’s Storey Gardens
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, community composting, composting, 0The second demonstration site visited was Claver Hill Community Farm. This community growing project, located on six acres of...
Spring Foraging with The Bay: Journey into Nature, Nourishment and New Friendships
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Food and Health, Local Food Column, Local food recipes, Pots of Possibility, 0By Alannah Jeanne Williams from Heysham, Lancashire. Alannah participated in the Spring Foraging & Outdoor Cooking Programme and shares...
A Taste of Home recipe booklet
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local food recipes, cooking, Pots of Possibility, 0Global Link ran a series of weekly food growing, preservation and cooking/recipe creation sessions for asylum seekers and refugees,...
The recommendations for the Community Pots 2025 grants are…
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, REconomy, 0The latest round of Community Pots grant funding has just concluded and seven community groups and social enterprises across...
Celebrate nature and connect with your wild roots
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Food and Health, markets, REconomy, 0Wild Roots Nature Fest is coming to Lancaster from 13-15 June A new festival celebrating nature in and around...
Market Stories: JP Bakery
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, food, food economy, local food economy, markets, 0Hi, we’re Joanna and Pav, a husband-and-wife team behind JP Bakery, which we started last year. Pav arrived in...
Your Community Compost Needs You!
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, community composting, composting, 0…says Sara Lavis, one of the compost monitors at Uggle Lane community composting demo site. Three new compost bins...
Did you know you can test soil health simply by burying a pair of cotton pants, waiting for at...
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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














