FoodFutures invites you to Spring Into Action this April! From 20 April – 2 May 2026, FoodFutures is coordinating...
Rob Fenton, owner of Grow Kitchen in Morecambe and Wrap Ninjas Street Food, highlights the pros and cons of...
Self-confessed fruit geek and new Lancaster resident Viv Shaw reports back from the 4th annual Great Northern Fruit Moot...
Lune Valley Beekeepers plea for help against invader
Nick Lakin, , Closing Loops, February, Local Food Column, bees, Pots of Possibility, 0Dr Fred Ayres, Chair of Lune Valley Beekeepers, explains why Yellow Legged Asian hornets are a major threat to...
Public meeting in Lancaster will set out path towards Gold Award
Nick Lakin, , February, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0A public meeting in Lancaster this month will set out the path for North Lancashire to achieve a nationally...
Summerhouse Community Farm £30k Crowdfunder – how you can get involved
Nick Lakin, , February, Local Food Column, food economy, REconomy, summerhouse farm, 0Jo Haughton, communications coordinator for LESS, explains how a £30,000 Crowdfunder campaign will help bring the vision for a...
Landmatching service for farmers and growers launches in the North West
Nick Lakin, , Food Procurement & Economy, January, Local Food Column, Uncategorised, food economy, REconomy, 0Cordelia Hughes, NW Regional Coordinator for Landmatch England and working alongside the Lancaster Sustainable Living Centre, explains how a...
Landed Community Kitchen project features at national farming conference
Nick Lakin, , Food and Health, January, Local Food Column, food economy, REconomy, 0In this week’s column, Ellen Pearce reflects on the two farming conferences she attended in Oxford, where she was...
Winter feast to celebrate milestone year for North Lancashire food projects
Nick Lakin, , Events, Growing your own, January, Local food resources, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0A team of local food growers are inviting residents to join them for the annual FoodFriends Feast in Lancaster this...
Make a pledge to support North Lancashire’s Gold campaign!
Nick Lakin, , January, Local Food Column, North Lancs is Gold campaign, food, food economy, 0From shopping locally, to getting involved in events, networking, or growing your own food, there are loads of ways...
Lancaster’s annual Potato Day returns!
Nick Lakin, , Events, Growing your own, January, Local Food Column, food economy, 0Lancaster’s ‘Potato Day’ falls on January 31 2026 at the Friends Meeting House – the building next to the...
Setting Gold intentions in 2026
Nick Lakin, , January, Local Food Column, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0Anna Clayton shares what to expect from North Lancashire’s FoodFutures networks in 2026. The darker and colder months of...
Support available for people struggling to access food this winter
Nick Lakin, , December, Local food resources, Uncategorised, 0Support will be available for people struggling to access food in Lancaster and Morecambe between Christmas and New Year....
A land based design for Summerhouse Community Farm in Lancaster is now available to view online HERE. This has...
Funding secured for North Lancs Gold campaign communications role
Nick Lakin, , December, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0Lancaster Community Interest Company LESS has secured funding for one year for a communications coordinator to help cultivate North...
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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














