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Matt Dunwell is returning to North Lancashire for two days of workshops all about working with local native microbes...
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...
FarmStarter Chris inspired by Grandad and River Cottage
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, Growing your own, North Lancs is Gold campaign, community growing, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, growing, local food economy, organic, The Plot, 0Introducing FarmStarter Chris who tells us how his passion for growing organic food was fired up… Inspired by early...
You are what you eat – Elliot tells us why he’s a FarmStarter
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food and Health, Food Procurement & Economy, Growing your own, June, The Plot, FarmStart, FoodFriends, growing, 0Introducing Elliot, one of the 2025 cohort of FarmStarters at the Plot. Elliot tells us about his motivation to...
Community Growing Talk with Steve Jenkins: “No dig, just grow”
Nina Osswald, , community growing, growing, organic, 0Friends of Lancaster Library are hosting two talks on community growing with experienced growers from Claver Hill community food...
Community Growing Talk with Kathy Barton: “Claver Hill Community Farm”
Nina Osswald, , community growing, growing, organic, 0Friends of Lancaster Library are hosting two talks on community growing with experienced growers from Claver Hill community 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





