London grower Darren Springer reports back from his trip to US
Once upon a time Detroit was a thriving city centre and home to both the motor and music industries game changing players. During the 50’s and 60’s they dominated their specific fields of play. Nicknamed the Motor City and Motown, Detroit was the home to the “Big Three” US automobile companies Ford, General Motors and Chrysler and the music powerhouse Motown Records.
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‘Rising Up’ are a collective of activists that have halted development of a metro-bus only junction on a piece of strategic agricultural land in Frenchay, Bristol.
We put our support behind the action to protect Feed Bristol and the Stapleton allotments from the metro–bus only junction in Frenchay, Bristol. The land in question is of great significance due to its strategic importance in re-instating the historic market gardens of Bristol that could once again provide much of the city’s food. We are in no way opposed to public transport, but believe that it is possible to improving the city’s bus system whilst safeguarding habitats and agricultural land.…
We had a great meet up at Forty Hall Farm on Sunday with seven different groups represented plus a delightful dollop of sunshine.
Forty Hall Farm is an 170 acres council site leased out to Capel Manor College with about 8 acres currently set aside for the market garden. Beth, Matthew and Mary are doing the most amazing job of getting the growing spaces up and running.…
Kindly given permission to re-publish from Abundance Garden blog
This month’s Oxford Real Farming Conference (1) managed to bring together so many different groups and ideas that, at least for me, it is all still taking some time to take it all in. The Conference has sparked many vital conversations which are already crystallising into actions, and inspired in various ways.…