Starkholmes Allotments We've grown plants aplenty. To allow them to flourish into abundant crops, they find homes in gardens. If there are more gardens there is more food, if there's more plants, can there be more gardens? Not quite. There are obstacles in the way of that. There are scarce few funds to enable agroecological … Continue reading Plenty of food, we just need places to grow it!
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Regenerative farming – a comment piece from Andy Cato
Andy Cato of Wildfarmed has published a comment piece in the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/05/diverse-farming-climate-wildfarmed-groove-armada There are some eloquently expressed truths about our current dominant food system. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6VNPfIrsc/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Andy Cato is co-founder of Wildfarmed. He is also one half of Groove Armada So it’s up to us to create field-to-plate networks whereby citizens can, through their food … Continue reading Regenerative farming – a comment piece from Andy Cato
Perennial edibles – get to know more plants
Thursday 2 June, 11-12.30 in our garden at Belper Lane End. Join us for a detailed overview of some of our plants. Vegetables, salad leaves, fruit - see the plants, hear how we grow them, and how we use them. Food plants that are reliably there, with zero food miles. We'd like to invite you … Continue reading Perennial edibles – get to know more plants
Hyssop – An Easter Tale
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus … Continue reading Hyssop – An Easter Tale
Peat free – the importance of keeping peat in the ground.
Ryan, a founding member of Earthed Up! is a signatory on a joint statement from hundreds of organisations and individuals. You can read the full statement at: https://peatfree.org.uk/2022/03/joint-statement Switch to peat free compost to save peat bogs & combat climate change. And push for others to do the same. The statement starts: "Continuing to extract, … Continue reading Peat free – the importance of keeping peat in the ground.
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