Written by Julia Russell, herbalist and forager The common nettle (which botanists call Urtica dioica) is the most versatile...
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Have you ever eaten bladderwrack seaweed, also known as Fucus vesiculosus?
Nina Osswald, , Local Food Column, Local food recipes, Local food resources, 0Written by Vasiliki Makri. This article is adapted with permission from Vasiliki’s (Fer)mental Greens blog. Bladderwrack is a seaweed...
Lancaster District’s Food Growing Hope Spots
FoodFutures, , Local Food Column, Local food resources, 0Written by Researcher Dr Rachel Marshall (a food systems researcher and a member of Claver Hill Community Food Project)...
Written for us by Julia Russell, a local Herbalist and Forager, who is well worth following on Instagram (@juliarussellherbalist)...
Gleaning locally available produce in our area
FoodFutures, , June, Local Food Column, Local food resources, 0Abundance Morecambe is a volunteer-led project set up by Jessica Holmes in May 2021, inspired by the Abundance Sheffield...
The Plot for More Locally-Grown Veg – Paula’s story
FoodFutures, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, Local Food Column, Local food resources, May, The Plot, FarmStart, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0We’re plotting to grow more organic food locally! This year marks the first growing season of a newly established...
Otherwise known as a Community Economic Development (CED) plan, LESS’s CED plan builds on more than a years worth...
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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







