A message from a pledger
Anna Clayton, , July, Local food pledge stories, 0Doing the food pledge…. I was initially worried that I would struggle to find the time to do this but in...
A Seed Library and its Response to a Pandemic
Anna Clayton, , July, Local Food Column, 0Local food citizen -Sean Chew – writes about Lancaster’s seed library and how it responded to the pandemic. It’s...
More than 300 children from North Lancashire take part in Summerhouse Community Farm visits
Nick Lakin, , July, Local Food Column, Summerhouse Community Farm, 0In this week’s FoodFutures column, Olivia Grundy reflects on the first set of school visits at Summerhouse Community Farm...
Let’s talk about bananas
Anna Clayton, , July, Local Food Column, 0In this week’s column Sam, from Transition City Lancaster, talks about bananas. A strange thing to be writing about...
Creating a legacy of regenerative farms for future generations
Anna Clayton, , July, Local Food Column, 0Rod Everett, a farmer from Roeburndale in North Lancashire, talks about the importance of ‘real farming’ in the North...
Single Step News
Anna Clayton, , July, Local Food Column, 0Emily House, a worker at Single Step, shares their wholesome news... Single Step is a wholefood shop run co-operatively...
Food growers against fracking
Anna Clayton, , July, Local Food Column, 0This July a whole series of demonstrations and actions are planned at the Preston New Road fracking site with...
An introduction from Mara a 2024 FarmStarter
Grace Russell, , FarmStart, July, The Plot, Uncategorised, 0Hi my name is Mara, I’m currently part of the FarmStart programme at The Plot. My journey towards working...
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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 -
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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 -
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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








