Summerhouse Community Farm is being set up. If you haven’t yet visited the site, join us for a short...
Jo Haughton from LESS CIC explains how you can help build community resilience and connection to the land through...
Ellen Pearce and Dennis Touliatos reflect on late summer at the Plot. After an exceptionally hot summer, in August...
A team of local food growers are inviting residents to join them for the annual FoodFriends Feast in Lancaster this...
Join us for the annual FoodFriends Feast to celebrate the impact of FoodFriends members in supporting local food projects....
When new FarmStarter Tommy moved to Lancaster last year, he found out about the FarmStart course after he got...
Introducing FarmStarter Chris who tells us how his passion for growing organic food was fired up… Inspired by early...
Introducing Elliot, one of the 2025 cohort of FarmStarters at the Plot. Elliot tells us about his motivation to...
A personal account, written by Shona, on behalf of the 2023 FarmStarters Our time as FarmStarters has drawn to...
The Plot opens applications for FarmStart 2024 Are you interested in growing food on a commercial scale, or setting...
A personal account by Andi, FarmStart Trainee We’re now six months in with our training as organic growers so...
A personal account by Finn, FarmStart trainee I am Finn Payne, one of this year’s FarmStarters. I started this...
A personal account by Shona, FarmStart trainee I recently enjoyed an evening watering newly planted salad leaves, herbs, spinach,...
A personal account by Sam, one of our FarmStart trainees This year at The Plot, for me, was a...
An update by Ellen, FarmStart and the Plot coordinator The last month felt transitional – from summer to autumn,...
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