A Winter Community Support Programme between Christmas and New Year will be available for people struggling to access food,...
Food and the Climate Gap
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, November, Uncategorised, composting, food, 0As governments meet at COP 30 in Brazil, Anna Clayton shares findings from the recent Climate Gap Report with...
2025 – The magic of community in growing veg
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, North Lancs is Gold campaign, November, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0Reflections on a year at the Plot 2025 Ellen Pearce, Coordinator, shares from a review of the year with...
The simple pleasures of having your own allotment plot
Nick Lakin, , Allotments, Growing your own, Local Food Column, November, allotment, composting, food, 0Deborah Simmonds recently completed a review of all allotments in the Lancaster District on behalf of LESS and FoodFutures....
Lancaster District allotment review reveals value of growing spaces in communities
Nick Lakin, , Allotments, Food and Health, Growing your own, Local food resources, November, allotment, 0An independent review of allotment provision in the Lancaster district has revealed how valuable these green spaces are to...
Join the FarmStart Training Programme 2025: Transforming North Lancashire’s Food System
Grace Russell, , FarmStart, Local Food Column, November, The Faces Behind Our Food, The Plot, 0Grace Russell, from FoodFutures, shares what people can expect from the 2025 FarmStart Training and why they should sign...
Grace Russell, the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at FoodFutures, invites people to join this year’s FoodFriends Autumn Feast. Come...
Food Club by Julie Seaton My name is Julieann Seaton. I have been running ‘Food For ALL’ Melbourne food...
Lancaster District Food Hub
Grace Russell, , Food and Health, Food Procurement & Economy, Local Food Column, November, Uncategorised, 0Have you ever wondered how you could buy more local food? Do you have an interest in where your...
FarmStart 2024 – applications open!
Ellen Pearce, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, Local Food Column, November, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0The Plot opens applications for FarmStart 2024 Are you interested in growing food on a commercial scale, or setting...
Lucy reflects on her experiences since the FarmStart programme in 2021
Ellen Pearce, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, November, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0A personal account by Lucy, FarmStarter (2021) and Seasonal Grower/Packer Sam, Paula, Jess and I were the first cohort...
Waste free Christmas gifting with a difference
Grace Russell, , Local Food Column, November, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0Fariha Blockley, Network Builder at FoodFutures, looks at how alternative gifting can help support our local economy. As the...
November 2021: News from The Plot
Ellen Pearce, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, November, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0A personal account by Sam, one of our FarmStart trainees This year at The Plot, for me, was a...
North Lancashire’s Sustainable Food Partnership, FoodFutures, is running a midwinter campaign to support local food producers whilst simultaneously raising...
Procuring food for the future: what does this look like for us locally?
Anna Clayton, , Local Food Column, November, procurement, 0North Lancashire’s FoodFutures has published a new report that explores how local institutions in Lancashire and Leeds are spending...
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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














