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From drought to downpour, the slugs persist!
Jo Gadsden, , September, Summerhouse Community Farm, The Plot, Uncategorised, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0Ellen Pearce and Dennis Touliatos reflect on late summer at the Plot. After an exceptionally hot summer, in August...
New community allotment at Old Holly Farm
Nick Lakin, , Growing your own, July, Local Food Column, The Plot, The Plot, 0For five years, the Plot ran its market garden from Old Holly farm. As the Plot relocates to Summerhouse...
Exciting new chapter for The Plot
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, North Lancs is Gold campaign, The Plot, Uncategorised, food economy, The Plot, 0Dennis Touliatos, an organic grower at The Plot, reports on the relocation to Summerhouse Community Farm and the start...
Big thanks go out to everyone involved in pioneering growing project
Nick Lakin, , Local Food Column, May, The Plot, 0In this week’s FoodFutures column, Ellen Pearce, coordinator of The Plot, says a big thanks to everyone involved in...
Celebrating five years of the Plot at Old Holly Farm
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, North Lancs is Gold campaign, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0Ellen Pearce, Coordinator of the Plot, reflects on the last few years We recently hosted a celebration event to...
£30k Crowdfunder campaign launched for new Lancaster community farm
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, North Lancs is Gold campaign, Summerhouse Community Farm, The Plot, Uncategorised, food, food economy, The Plot, 0The team behind the purchase of Summerhouse Community Farm in Lancaster has launched a £30,000 Crowdfunding campaign to bring...
Winter feast to celebrate milestone year for North Lancashire food projects
Nick Lakin, , Events, Growing your own, January, Local food resources, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, FoodFriends, The Plot, 0A 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....
2025 – The magic of community in growing veg
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, Food Procurement & Economy, North Lancs is Gold campaign, November, The Plot, Uncategorised, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0Reflections on a year at the Plot 2025 Ellen Pearce, Coordinator, shares from a review of the year with...
Our local produce has a history of migration
Jo Gadsden, , FarmStart, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, Share the Harvest, The Plot, 0With migration being a hot topic in the news recently, Comms Coordinator Jo has been catching up with the...
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...
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...
News from the Plot: April 2025
Ellen Pearce, , April, FarmStart, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0A personal account by Dennis, Grower and FarmStart Trainer at the Plot, April 2025 I’ve always had the feeling...
Crop-sharer April shares what she loves about the weekly veg share!
Ellen Pearce, , FarmStart, The Plot, FarmStart, food economy, The Plot, 0Written by The Plot crop-share member April Haxby. Are you getting your 30 different vegetable varieties a week? The...
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