Update from The Food Equality Projects July 24th Session
By Lisa Howard ” Thank you to everyone who came to Union Corner yesterday and participated in the latest Food Equality session, in particular to Barbara Hampson of Stonehouse Timebank. We…
Plymouth Food Equality Project – Opportunity to Engage
The Plymouth Food Equality Project will be at Southway Library 14th August 10 am to 1 pm for Lunch at the Library. We will have lots of creative activities and…
CATERed – Ed’s Big Summer Food Tour 5
CATERed are key, longstanding partners of Food Plymouth feeding into our Sustainable City goal through the use of fresh, seasonal, local and organic ingredients in their school menu choices, they…
Food Plymouth Partnership and Network Meeting
The latest Food Plymouth partnership and network meeting took place at the East End Development Trust, Cattedown on 17th July. In addition to updates from partners and Food Plymouth CIC,…
Bioregional Learning Centre in South Devon
Food Plymouth’s work in the Devon New Economies movement creates numerous lines of connectivity and generates some fascinating opportunities. The latest manifestation of this comes from our collaborative partnership working…
Meat Free Monday – News
Thousands take part in ‘mass lobby’ of MPs to save planet It isn’t often that Britons get to meet their MPs in person – typically only when they’re on the…
Royal Geographical Society – Conference
The 2019 Annual International Conference will be held at the Society in London, from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 August 2019. The chair’s theme is Geographies of trouble / geographies of hope, and has been selected…
Food Research Collaboration News
NEW FOOD VOICES BLOG – Brexit Briefing Update series Pesticides and SIs: the devil in the detail In the latest blog in our Brexit Briefing Update series, Josie Cohen and her colleagues…
Sustainable Food Cities Network – Nutritional Standards
What should be the nutritional standards for school, prison and hospital food? All central government departments and their agencies must comply with the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering…
Food Research Collaboration News
It seems self-evident that a primary objective of farming would be to support human health. Farmers’ choices about what they produce and the methods they use, and the policies that…
OUR FUTURE IN THE LAND AND NATIONAL FOOD STRATEGY
Food Plymouth has been involved in the RSA Food Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) from its pre-engagement phase, through to the subsequent launch, the round Britain cycle tour (we hosted…
Livewell Southwest News
Have you had your free NHS Health Check in the past 5 years? If not, why not come and see our practitioner Chris at our WellPoint Kiosk at the Cumberland…
Become a member of Nudge
The Nudge Community Builders membership webpage is now live! If you love the difference that Nudge is making on the street and would like to support us to grow and…
Introduction to Mayflower Maker volunteers.
Our Plymouth are looking for passionate people to become Mayflower Makers. Initially an ambassadorial role, spreading knowledge & positivity in the city and your communities, then during 2020 assisting our visitors…
Mayflower 400 – News
Marking 400 years of history One ship that links four nations, spans 400 years of history and connects millions of people. From November 2019, an ambitious year-long commemoration will mark the 400th…
Transition Plymouth
Transition Plymouth is a community led initiative aiming to manage resources in an increasingly sustainable manner, empowering us, the citizens of Plymouth to improve our quality of life and community.…
Farming and Climate Change Conference
4th July 2019, Gloucestershire In furtherance of our endeavours around reducing the eco-footprint of the food system, Food Plymouth’s Fairfax Luxmoore and Ian Smith travelled to rural Gloucestershire to take part…
Food Plymouth engaging with the Climate Emergency
As reported in edition #74 of this e-bulletin, Food Plymouth has been supporting and delivering activities around reducing the eco-footprint of the food system since 2010 and engaging in the…
Food research Collaboration – News
NEW FRC FOOD BREXIT BRIEFING Brexit and Grow It Yourself (GIY): A golden opportunity for sustainable farming This exciting newly released policy briefing on ‘Grow It Yourself’ (GIY) food production…
Dig for Devonport Community Explorers – Update
During the past couple of weeks the Dig for Devonport Community Explorers have enjoyed two fabulous outings up in the Tamar Valley. Right: Cherry Orchard, Relaxing While Learning On Friday 28th June…
Grow Stonehouse
Lily Urbanska of Grow Stonehouse has begun her maternity leave this week and has sent a message of thanks for all of your support with the project so far: “Thank…
Growing Community Abundance – Community Gardens Update
By Tess Wilmot We enjoyed three fabulous open community garden events last week: the Horticultural Therapy Trust; Plymouth Permaculture Allotment; and Stonehall Flats Community Garden and Orchard. The Horticultural…
Tamara Landscapes
As this e-bulletin prepares for publication, Food Plymouth core team members are hard at work with our partners at Tamar Grow Local, developing proposals around the possibility of an even…
Food Plymouth and POP+ Collaboration – Latest!
Plymouth Octopus Project (POP+) is the City’s voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisation. POP+ is managing funding awarded to Plymouth by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation to extend the radical transformation…
Food Plymouth Takeover Success!
Co-operation & Collaboration Co-op Fortnight, launched in 2010, is organised and sponsored by some of the UK’s most successful co-operatives and has gone from strength to strength. In Plymouth there…
Mayflower 400
Marking 400 years of history One ship that links four nations, spans 400 years of history and connects millions of people. From November 2019, an ambitious year-long commemoration will mark the 400th…
Become a member of Nudge
The Nudge Community Builders membership webpage is now live! If you love the difference that Nudge is making on the street and would like to support us to grow and…
Food Is Fun and Pro-Active Coaching Plymouth – ‘Hunger for Sport’
By Tami Skelton Food is Fun CIC have been working in partnership with Pro-Active Coaching to deliver an exciting new programme for schools called Hunger for Sports, thanks to…
Livewell Southwest – News
Health Improvement Annual Impact Report 2018-2019 Plymouth City Council commission Livewell Southwest to deliver the health improvement service for the city. The health improvement service is made up of One…
Healthy Start – Healthy City
By Gemma Scott Recent data shows that around 40% of eligible people in Plymouth are under-subscribing to the Healthy Start Scheme. This means that local families could be missing out on around £300 per year in fruit and…
BAKED – Artisan Baker
By Jon Denley With over 15 years experience working in the food industry, the skills and knowledge I’ve gained around the world in various restaurants, enables me to offer educational…
Compassion and Social Change
Food Plymouth is a keen supporter of the Compassionate Plymouth agenda. Here are some excellent opportunities to join us in this … Uniting Plymouth to celebrate, embrace and model Compassionate action…
Growing Community Abundance – July Open Community Gardens
By Tess Wilmot Food Plymouth’s Growing Community Abundance project is supporting many of the amazing community gardens and growing spaces across Plymouth. In July, some of these projects are opening…