Beccy Whittle celebrates the region’s success in the national Sustainable Food Places Awards and invites you to join in...
News from the Plot: April 2023
Ellen Pearce, , April, FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0A personal account by Shona, FarmStart trainee I recently enjoyed an evening watering newly planted salad leaves, herbs, spinach,...
Increase in Organic Food Sales in 2020
FoodFutures, , April, Food Procurement & Economy, Local Food Column, food, food economy, organic, 0Melanie Fryer, an engaged Food Citizen and active member of FoodFutures, reports on the growth of the UK organic...
Despite these strange Covid-19 times, Claver Hill community food project continues to run, albeit under stricter conditions. Its AGM...
One root cause of today’s environmental crises is our growing disconnection from nature. Our dominant economic system does not...
Gail Chapstick of LESS writes about a recent ‘women in the food industry’ event. At the end of January...
Ellen Pearce writes about LESS’s plans for hosting the first Northern Real Farming Conference. “The impact of the Covid-19...
As we enter our third week of physical distancing, Food Futures has collated information about schemes that are responding...
I recently wrote a guide to supermarkets for Ethical Consumer Magazine. In doing so, it became clear that despite...
Over the past couple of months a group of us have been writing a bronze award application for Sustainable...
Climate change is a complex topic, with its causes and effects being completely interlinked with a range of social...
One root cause of today’s environmental crises is our growing disconnection from nature, and with this ways of living...
Wild garlic has returned to the Lune’s wooded banks, plum trees are starting to blossom and rhubarb is back...
Today I came across an advert for fake lawns and could not hold back my worries- hence this column!...
I have become increasingly aware of changing weather patterns and the impacts that these are starting to have on...
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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











