The UK Food Sovereignty Movement gathering is in Hebdon Bridge on 23 – 26 October 2015.
The group organising the event has been working on a survey to find out what people want from the gathering in an effort to make the process as participatory as possible- reflecting the needs, desires and ideas of a diverse group of people.
Filling in the survey linked here is one way you can do this!
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CFGN has lost food-growing projects in Tottenham Marshes, the Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle, and in Brixton, in the last years.
Coincidence that community food land is being snatched away in areas of rapid gentrification?
Community Food Growers Network will be joining communities standing up and fighting gentrification at ‘Reclaim Brixton’ on Saturday 25th of April.
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Ever wondered how to contact your nearest community food project to see if they run beginner courses?
Ever wanted to contact other growing sites in your area to borrow tools, exchange seeds, catch up on this season’s slug infestations?
For some months CFGN has been meeting community food growing projects finding out how volunteers can get involved, what kind of activities the sites run, what they produce and where it goes.
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Message from the UK Food Sovereignty Movement Gathering Core Group:
We’ve found a great venue for the national food sovereignty gathering in Hebden Bridge. The date has been changed to 23-26 October due to availability. This is a couple of weeks later than we originally planned and we hope that this will still work for everyone.
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