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London Community Food Map >> Launch << 19.09.15

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London Community Food Map Launch!
Date: Saturday 19th September 2015
Time: 2-5pm
Location: Calthorpe Project, 258-274 Gray’s Inn Rd, London WC1X 8LH, United Kingdom
Contact: cfgn@riseup.net

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Community gardens are everywhere in London- spaces in the city where people learn new skills, spend time with neighbours, complete trainings and qualifications, and enjoy wildlife and plants in an ever increasing built-up urban environment.  They show the potential and need for food systems in the city that work with people and nature to produce fresh, nutritious food for all!

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Register + Propose Workshops for UK Food Sovereignty Gathering

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Another food system is possible!

National gathering to build a stronger movement for food sovereignty in the UK, 23-26 October 2015

Eventbrite - UK food sovereignty gathering 2015 - registration

The food sovereignty movement in the UK has grown with hundreds of projects thriving across the UK. It is time to gather again, share the progress we have made over the past few years and plan for the future.

Join us for all, or part of, the four days of discussions, organising, skill sharing and action planning. There will be amazing food, visits to local projects and a chance to connect with people from all of the UK that share a passion for transforming our food systems.
When: 23-26 October 2015
Where: Hebden Bridge – Birchcliffe Centre, HX7 8DG (see accommodation and travel below)

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International Reclaim the Fields Action Camp

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When: Friday 6pm 28th August  – Wednesday 2nd September 2015

Where: Borras Community Protection Camp, Wales

About:
Reclaim the Fields UK (RTF) was born in 2011, as a star in a wider constellation of food and land struggles that reaches around the globe. Since 2011, camps and other RTF gatherings have helped support local communities in struggle, share skills, developed networks, and strengthened the resistance to exploitation, in Bristol, west London, Gloucestershire, Nottingham and Fife among other locations.

Every two years there is also an international camp, where people from around Europe and beyond meet together to support a local struggle (from gold mining in Romania to open cast coal mining in Germany, for example). People share stories and ideas about resistance and reclaiming our food system beyond national borders. This year, an international gathering will be held in the Wrexham, UK.

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