Taste seasonally-inspired recipes, meet local food producers, and discover Lancaster’s bubbling local food and crafts scene. On Friday the...
The Faces Behind Our Food exhibition is moving again, and from the 2nd December it will form an art...
This time last year I suggested that your New Year’s resolution could be a pledge to source more local and...
Nearly everyone loves chocolate. So much so that a typical western adult eats their own body weight in chocolate...
Lancaster’s recent floods are a timely reminder of the impacts that a changing climate will bring. Similar extreme weather...
The Café that makes a difference: The Whaletail Café in Lancaster
Anna Clayton, , December, Local Food Column, 0Theresa Ertl, a student at Lancaster University and a LESS volunteer, talks to Tricia from the Whaletail Café. ...
Last weekend a good friend of mine got married in the Lake District. Perhaps stupidly I agreed to pick...
This year Christmas dinner will be a festive meal with a twist. I’ve set myself the challenge of serving...
Looking back at Fork to Fork’s achievements during 2014
Anna Clayton, , December, Local Food Column, 0Robin Eyer looks back at Fork to Fork’s 2014 growing season. Fork to Fork is a food growing project...
This week Niyati Burde, from Lancaster University Students’ Union, talks about the Edible Campus project. When you think of...
In early 2014 LESS invited local people to take part in “The LESS is MORE” game. Each day contestants...
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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











