This week’s column is written by Abbey James, a Food Citizen and Barista trainer for The National Trust Whether...
In this week’s column we hear Helena’s food story and how she ended up joining the FarmStart organic growers...
Over the past year I have learnt about many fantastic projects that are trying to cultivate food whilst nourishing...
Rachel Marshall is one of 21 people participating on this year’s FarmStart organic growers support course. In this week’s...
In this week’s column Andrea introduces us to Project Serenity- a new Lancashire based food project. There’s nothing quite...
Walter Lewis’s Feeding Body and Soul exhibition is coming to Lancaster in September (10 September – 1 October), with...
Pick a cabbage. Any will do: white, red, cavolo nero, whatever you can find. Shred it. Massage salt into...
Last week Sustainable Food City Lancaster hosted a couple of themed meetings to develop outcomes from its June REFRESH...
Dennis Touliatos, coordinator of Lancaster Seed library, discusses the Seed Sovereignty network sprouting across Northern England. Earlier this summer...
Last week Starhawk (an American writer, activist, Permaculture teacher and prominent voice in the Ecofeminist movement), came to Claver...
Late summer is a busy time for growers as gardens and allotments begin to heave with the weight of...
In this week’s column I write about some of the local food businesses attending Lancaster’s Harvest Market on Friday...
We spoke to Bruce Crowther, Executive Director of the The FIG Tree, in this week’s column. The Fig Tree’s...
We spoke to Sharon Peacock of Cockerham Boers in this week’s column, as their locally reared goat meat will...
Laura Atkinson from LESS explores the benefits of buying local food. Where does our food come from? Believe it...
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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












