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Lancaster food justice partnership gets charity status as it launches winter campaign
Nick Lakin, , September, Uncategorised, food, food economy, 0The Lancaster District Food Justice Partnership (LDFJP) has been granted charitable status, making it better able to help people...
Who owns our land? And how can we access more of it?
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, Uncategorised, 0By Ellen Pearce, from The Plot. It’s an interesting question – who owns England, and perhaps more locally, who...
Amazing things happening at grassroots level
Nick Lakin, , July, Local Food Column, The Faces Behind Our Food, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0New Gather coordinator Michael Pymer explains why community work around food has captured his heart… Since arriving at Lancaster...
Carbon Calling: Can we collaborate to provide better access to regeneratively produced food?
Nick Lakin, , July, Local Food Column, Local food resources, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0Or, as Patrick Holden from the Sustainable Food Trust put it, can we ‘make capitalism honest’? Ellen Pearce from...
Food ladders approach key to everyone being well fed
Nick Lakin, , July, Local Food Column, Uncategorised, 0In this week’s column Eggcup Trustee Rachel Marshall explores the transition from food aid to food sovereignty in North...
Can nature-friendly farming feed North Lancashire?
Nick Lakin, , June, Local Food Column, Uncategorised, 0Henry Russell considers whether bringing back traditional farming techniques could transform the local food system. Agroecology is a farming...
North Lancs is Golden: Ways to get involved
Nick Lakin, , June, Local Food Column, North Lancs is Gold campaign, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0FoodFutures is working to support North Lancashire in winning a Gold Sustainable Food Places (SFP) Award by the end...
FoodFutures bids for national recognition with top award
Nick Lakin, , June, Local Food Column, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0We’re aiming to put North Lancashire on the national map by becoming the first in the north-west to win...
Adapting community is key to resilience in a changing world
Nick Lakin, , FarmStart, Growing your own, Local Food Column, May, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0New FarmStarter at The Plot Richard Gittins explains how communities can become more sustainable in a changing world… Over...
The Plot’s crop-share season is about to start – join now!
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, May, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0Katherine Radburn, from the team at the Plot, shares the importance and value in signing up as a crop...
More than 350 people attend ‘fabulous’ Spring Into Action week
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, Uncategorised, 0FoodFutures Coordinator Anna Clayton reflects on Spring Into Action activities… Spring Into Action week (April 27 – May 2),...
Why I’m a crop-sharer: reconnecting with local food producers
Grace Russell, , April, Local Food Column, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0Jay Fletcher, a crop-sharer with the Plot, shares her food-growing journey and connection with local food producers, encouraging others...
LESS buys Summerhouse Farm in Lancaster!
Nick Lakin, , April, Food Procurement & Economy, Uncategorised, 0We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have purchased a three acre plot of land just outside Lancaster...
North Lancs is golden – let’s prove it!
Grace Russell, , April, Local Food Column, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Uncategorised, 0FoodFutures is supporting North Lancashire to work towards a Gold Sustainable Food Places Award. Anna Clayton shares what this...
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