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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...
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...
THRIVE Magazine and Citizen Journalism
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, food economy, local food economy, markets, REconomy, 0THRIVE is North Lancashire’s community food magazine, published by the Closing Loops project and written by local citizen journalists....
Your Pots, Your Say: Pots of Possibility voting day
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, food economy, local food economy, 0Since November 2023, Closing Loops has hosted three community voting events as part of the ‘Pots of Possibility’ fund....
In collaboration with Sewing Cafe Lancaster and the Textile Dynamics Lab, Closing Loops commissioned local researcher and activist Victoria...
Dining with a chef in Morecambe’s West End
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, Local Food Column, local food economy, 0A couple of weeks ago the North Lancashire Chef Network hosted a social at Rebel Waltz in Morecambe. It...
Lancaster’s Seasonal Markets
Nina Osswald, , Closing Loops, food economy, local food economy, markets, REconomy, 0Lancaster’s Seasonal Markets happen in Lancaster market square every three months, always on a Friday around the equinoxes and...
Gather North Lancs Food Hub Launch
Jo Gadsden, , food economy, food hub, local food economy, markets, seasonal, 0Join us in-person, at The Gregson Community Centre in Lancaster for the launch of the new North Lancs Food Hub,...
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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








