Tag: land

The Elephant in the middle of the room… threatens to fill it

(Why the Elephant is becoming obese whilst dying for sugar)

by Mama D – Community Centred Knowledge

We are gathered here today…activists by definition because we have been called to witness the desecration of the countryside. Those could have been the words of the Rev Billy Talen who accompanies us on this protest march, in spirit and in song.

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‘Reclaim our food system’, British Sugar factory April 29th 2015

THE PLOT Issue 4 call-out

The Community Food Growers Network will be printing the fourth issue of ‘The Plot’ newsletter collating community food-growing articles, news, and artwork at the end of June 2015.

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Issue 3 of The Plot

 

Do you have a story from your food project/ experiences?

Practical tips on garden tasks?

Ideas around the long-term vision for community food?

Feed into the UK Food Sovereignty gathering / Oct 2015

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!