Ellen Pearce of LESS writes about the hopes and values underlying the Northern Real Farming Conference. Most of the...
The Lancaster Health Festival has finally arrived, with a range of exciting and thoughtful events taking place online and...
Martin Paley celebrates FoodFutures’ food-waste saving Gleaning Network with an upcoming online dinner party and surplus food giveaway. “In...
Rachel Marshall writes about ‘Tomatoes for Tomorrow’. Whilst at first sight the Tomatoes for Tomorrow project might not appear...
We are lucky to live in a city full of community food intiiatives whilst being surrounded by countryside that...
My exploration of ‘what would a regenerative food business look like for Lancaster?’ has not stopped. In fact I...
Late summer is a busy time for growers as gardens and allotments begin to heave with the weight of...
On Sunday 22nd September from 10:00-17:00 Lancaster’s market square will be bustling with local food producers, community food projects,...
The Feeding Body and Soul exhibition is currently on display in four venues across Lancaster (The Storey, The Radish,...
Transition City Lancaster is hosting a Great Harvest Feast on Saturday 29th September from 6pm to 10pm at Friends...
Lancaster’s Harvest Market returns to Lancaster’s central market square on the 21st of September from 10am – 5pm. It...
This new scheme seeks partners and land for aspiring local farmers! During the last five months, LESS have been...
I recently read the Pesticide Action Network UK’s (PAN) report ‘Food For Thought’ which claims that a “daily cost...
Over the next month a number of exciting local food and health events are being held in Lancaster and...
The Faces Behind Our Food (FBOF) exhibition has now stopped touring and we are taking a few months to...
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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














