by Fanny Malinen This article has been published first on contributoria.com Most of us buy our food in supermarkets: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASDA and Morrisons control 75% of the grocery market in the UK. Spanish tomatoes and peppers come wrapped in plastic, so do green beans and fresh herbs from Kenya. Whether we want lemongrass, sushi…
In May this year CFGN went to meet KMT who lives and works at ‘May Project Gardens’ in the suburbs of Morden in South London. We’d heard a lot about the project as KMT, a freedom teacher with a background in music, has turned his house and garden into a living permaculture space. May Project…
by Wren Ray Since early Spring ‘Grow Heathrow’ community garden has been hosting a monthly growing course guiding a mixed group of people through the basic principles and practices of organic growing. The last session is coming up this July and reflections are flowing on the format, style and content of the course. Born out…
On June 17th the UK Food Sovereignty Movement and the Community Food Growers Network teamed up to run a session called ‘Community Food Now! – our land our cities’. With nearly 80% of the UK population living in an urban environment the Food Sovereignty Movement UK and the Community Food Growers Network will explore how…