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In September a group of composters from across Lancaster District, all keen to compost together with others, travelled to...
Feasibility work begins for a local food hub and community farm
Ellen Pearce, , Closing Loops, FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, food economy, procurement, REconomy, 0Feasibility work begins for a local food hub and community farm LESS (Lancaster District) CIC has secured UK Shared...
Fruitful gatherings: Our experience of sharing our apple harvest
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, Share the Harvest, 0By a gleaning host in Bowerham We first heard of gleaning in 2020 and asked Eggcup for help with...
Gleaners’ Cake
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local food recipes, Share the Harvest recipes, Share the Harvest, 0Recipe shared by a gleaning host from Bowerham Ingredients: Instructions: Soak the mixed dried fruits in the orange juice...
How can local communities decide together where money should be spent?
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, REconomy, 0Jez Hall from Shared Future explains what participatory budgeting is, and how it’s going to work in North Lancashire.
Reflections on a community composting workshop with Closing Loops in Warton
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, composting, 0Participant feedback compiled by Sue Brown from St Oswald’s Church, Warton In April 2023, Diana McIntyre led a composting...
Does your child’s fussy eating spoil family mealtimes?
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, 0By Claire Potter, author and adviser on children’s fussy eating When I look back at my own childhood, I...
Some great ideas on what to do with surplus fruit this autumn
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, Share the Harvest, 0By Nina Osswald, Closing Loops Engagement Coordinator If you have fruit trees in your garden, you may be familiar...
Joe Duirwyn from Filbert’s Bakery in Lancaster invites you to join them on an adventure. Exciting things are afoot...
Anna Clayton from FoodFutures shares reflections on North Lancashire’s Great Big Green Week activities. Over the past couple of...
Market Stories: Pay it forward with Supper by Sanah
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, markets, 0By Jay Godden, Closing Loops Gleaning Coordinator at Eggcup Last month Eggcup launched a new scheme with market traders...
Market Stories: Repairing Our Way to a Brighter Future
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, markets, REconomy, 0By Susan Gardener (LAMM member) On my desk, I have an adjustable lamp. It’s nearly fifty years old. It’s...
Closing Loops is a project launched by FoodFutures in 2022 to take forward the priorities of Our Food Futures,...
Pots of Possibility small grants fund launched
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Pots of Possibility, REconomy, 0How can we transition to a more regenerative economy where people, other beings and the environment flourish? Can community-led...
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- 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













