Local food security - local

food and growing

 

Group contact - samagita@phonecoop.coop

Local allotment produce

We are a very active bunch of folks with a lot of projects taking shape. 'Fruity Corners' has seen the planting of the first fruit trees at three sites across the City. Click here for more info. A new site at Scotch Quarry Park is in process having just received a substantial grant from the Lottery. . . .

 

We have a 'Garden Share' project in the making for shared food growing space. Please drop a line to samagita@phonecoop.coop if you are interested in any way . . . .

 

Tony, Cathy and Tim are forging ahead with the food preserving project - 'preserving the future'. Their 'swap stall' at the launch event was hugely succesfull as have been many stalls at various summer fairs etc.

At the end of Sep[tember 2010 we coordinated a 'local food fortnight' which went really well - we have also taken on 'potato day' at the end of Jan . . . which also went really well and will be happening again on Jan 28th 2012.

 

Please see 'whats on' page for info on our next meeting and come and join us . . . our meetings are open to all those interested. There are lots of potential projects to be involved in if you want - but you can just come and see what is happening.

 

Notes of recent meetings are listed at the bottom of this page. Keep scrolling . . . .

 

WHY bother???

Just pause and think for a moment about the food you've eaten today - this week . . . . . . how much of it was produced anywhere near Lancaster? How much was shipped, flown and trucked in from around europe and around the world?

 

Not a very secure situation at all given finite fossil fuel reserves . . . .rising fuel costs and not very good news for CO2 emissions either.

 

The more local food we buy and eat - and the less dependent that production is on fossil fuel - the more local resilience we, as a community, will have when fuel shocks hit the system. This is in everyones interest - producers and consumers.

 

For more info on why eating local matters please click here - there is also the start of a list of local organic producers. We need more contacts for this list so please send them along to info@transitioncitylancaster.org and please do use your purse power to build up local food security.

 

The events page lists the next date and time for our food group meetings . . . please do give us a call, drop us a line or just come along . . you will be very welcome.

 

TheTCL food group has a number of projects already that need your involvement

Local solutions must include: supporting our local and more sustainable producers; urban edible gardens; community supported agriculture; more allotments; community allotments; planting fruit and nut trees, leasing land from local farmers; and garden sharing.

 

See the wonderful Action Plan for creating an Edible Urban Landscape that was drawn up in the meeting and completed by Mike Hallam - thanks Mike

It's in PDF format here

We expect to be announcing details of local variety Apple tree purchasing and planting scheme very soon - so keep looking.

a bit of biodiversity in bloom by Iris Woodford

Do join us at the next meeting. Details on the What's On page

Food - Web Resources/links page

 

Meeting Notes

 

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