Archive for category: April

Lancaster’s Spring Market may now have passed, but the wintery weather is still hanging around. A couple of local...

As the growing season begins, now is the perfect time to consider getting an allotment, attempting to grow some...

As I am sure you are aware, a General Election will be held on 8th June 2017. This election...

Easter, the time of year when the shelves of shops are lined with chocolate eggs of all shapes and...

 Last Friday Lancaster’s market square was full of  community art projects, local food producers and  community groups that are...

The John Muir conservation group talk about the food found on their nature trail in this week’s column.  After...

 Last week I joined spud club members from the Claver Hill Community Food  project on a visit to Growing...

In this week’s local food column I went and spoke to the Soup Dragon ladies, Alison and Liz, whilst they...

Just before Easter LESS, a Lancaster based Community Interest Company, finished writing a  Community Economic Development (CED) plan for...

Lancaster People’s Cafe has now served delicious and nutritious food in a variety of settings: from a  place of...

 2016’s Fairtrade fortnight came to an end on the 13th March 2016, but this is by no means a...

Last Saturday I attended the ‘Zero Carbon Lancaster’ conference at Cumbria University.  The conference was organised by Kevin Frea...

Dennis Touliatos, a plant scientist at Lancaster Environment centre, talks about an exciting new seed saving project coming to...

At Growing with Grace we strive to  produce food organically  People tend to think organic food is  expensive. But...