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Greater Manchester joins Big Dig!

Date:

16 May, 2012

Big Dig is a national project developed by Sustain (a London-based sustainable food organisation)
and inspired by their project 'Capital Growth', in which they helped create 2012 food growing
projects across London.

Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming said:
"We were thrilled to receive funding from the Social Action Fund to support the Big Dig. This
project supports volunteering at community food growing spaces. With the help of the SocialRead more

Lessons from across Spain.

Date:

9 April, 2012

Kindling co-founder Helen Woodcock, via a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship, recently spent eight weeks on a tour of sustainable food projects across Spain.

Read Helen’s report, filled with case studies, lessons learned and ideas gained from her time spent with organisations and communities in Spain.Read more

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9th FeedingManchester.

Date:

29 March, 2012

Last week's FeedingManchester #9 focused on growing and developing FeedingManchester by engaging with and receiving feedback from individuals and groups located around Greater Manchester as part of the sustainable food movement.

Attendees ranged from Manchester City Council, The Kitchen Co-op in Bolton and businesses from within Greater Manchester such as Unicorn grocery & Cracking Good Food, with over 20 attending in total.Read more

Hard Graft.

Date:

25 March, 2012

We had a glorious weekend in the sunshine at Hulme Community Garden Centre on 24th and 25th of March learning how to graft apple trees.Read more

Growing More Veg People.

Date:

15 March, 2012

Local food System partners came together once again at a bespoke seminar held in Manchester’s Centre for Sustainable Living on Thursday 15th March to learn more about The Manchester Veg People (MVP).

Helen Woodcock from the Kindling Trust and Rob Alderson from Moss Brook Growers delivered an overview of what Kindling have being doing and how the idea for MVP developed.Read more

Don't Eat That!

Date:

10 March, 2012

Kindling has benefited from MMU Business School students over the last few months, exploring and identifying non-food crops that can be grown by local farmers and sold in products on the local market.

The report (see below) aims to produce a set of recommendations for Kindling to take forward in our vision for a sustainable society.Read more

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Celebrating Food History.

Date:

9 March, 2012

Kindling’s Forgotten Fields project was enthusiastically received at the biannual Manchester Histories Festival by many visitors, young and old, (7 - 87) who popped in to see the food heritage work that has been researched and illustrated over the last two years.

On the Celebration Day (3rd March 2012) at Manchester Town Hall there were a fantastic mix of interested people...Read more

Tomorrow’s Farmers.

Date:

7 March, 2012

Twelve of us spent today (Wednesday 7th March) on a day-long horticulture course run by Jenny Griggs of Climate Friendly Food. It was the first day of four consecutive Wednesdays as part Kindling’s work to encourage more people to consider commercial-scale food growing in the North West.Read more

Fields Remembered.

Date:

4 March, 2012

Our Forgotten Fields project will be showcasing its work and findings from the last two years at this year’s Manchester Histories Festival (MHF); a celebration of Greater Manchester’s unique history and heritage through a packed ten day programme of events and activities. Read more

Are you a Veg Person?

Date:

3 March, 2012

Want to help bring the freshest, most local organic produce to Manchester? Do you have a passion for good food, a business mind and want to support local farmers? Then Manchester Veg People may be for you.Read more

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