New FoodFutures volunteer and FoodFriend Hilary Thomas is on a mission to understand the partnership and the people that...
In preparation for Leighton Hall apple day in October, the North Lancashire Gleaning Network is going for an apple...
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...
Joining FoodFriends scheme a ‘no brainer’ for Kathryn
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, food, food economy, The Plot, 0In this week’s column, Kathryn Bain explains why she joined the FoodFutures FoodFriends lottery scheme, and why you should...
Allotment Open Day and Hanging Gardens
Nick Lakin, , August, Events, Food and Health, Growing your own, Local Food Column, Local food resources, allotment, food, 0In this week’s column, Ian Dewar makes the connection between The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, BBC Gardeners World and...
Passivity not an option for Farmstarter Tommy
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food and Health, Food Procurement & Economy, Growing your own, July, North Lancs is Gold campaign, The Faces Behind Our Food, The Plot, community growing, FarmStart, food, food economy, FoodFriends, growing, organic, 0When new FarmStarter Tommy moved to Lancaster last year, he found out about the FarmStart course after he got...
Market Stories: JP Bakery
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, food, food economy, local food economy, markets, 0Hi, we’re Joanna and Pav, a husband-and-wife team behind JP Bakery, which we started last year. Pav arrived in...
Cuisine Zine launch & Good Things Collective Open House
Nina Osswald, , cooking, food, Pots of Possibility, REconomy, 0The creative outcomes of the Cuisine Zine workshops during 2024 and January 2025 have now been collected in the...
Stuart’s food story: Going vegan in the 1980s
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, food, 0I sometimes hear people saying that they can’t go vegan because it’s too expensive. This has not been my...
Lancaster Vegan Feast is a monthly vegan potluck which takes place the last Friday of every month (except in...
The Morecambe Community Riso Press was awarded Pots of Possibility funding to run a food inspired Zine making project...
Leighton Hall is inviting all foragers, fruit and folklore lovers to celebrate the heritage of historic orchards, apples and traditional...
A workshop making absorbing & vibrant risograph printed zines filled with food stories with a focus on the principles...
A workshop making absorbing & vibrant risograph printed zines filled with food stories with a focus on the principles...
A workshop making absorbing & vibrant risograph printed zines filled with food stories with a focus on the principles...
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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











