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Lancaster (UK) not-for-profit promoting sustainable living. #FarmStart and Food Economy work @FoodFuturesLanc @FarmingReal

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Want to learn the skills to be a successful organic grower? Join our one-year #FarmStart programme in #Lancaster District. Apply by 15 Dec: foodfutures.org.uk/the-plot/ @LandworkersUK @OldHollyFarm @FoodFuturesLanc @LancasterESTA @lancasterhour
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Local farmers learning from each other, building a network that makes sense for our region is a part of our vision for a resilient future. With @lessuk and @Orfc we're proud to present the Northern Real Farming Conference - Join us for the FIRST annual, less than a month away!
Northern Real Farming Conference@FarmingReal2 Sep 2020
Tickets are on sale for the first annual Northern Real Farming Conference, representing the unique needs, experiences and opportunities for #farming in #northernuk #NorthernEngland and #scotland. Access 60+ sessions for £25! northernrealfarming.org #nrfc2020
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Grower/trainer opportunity! To set up our new 1 acre market garden near #lancaster... deadline extended to 10 September: foodfutures.org.uk/grower-an… @OldHollyFarm @MyerscoughColl @OGAgrowers @FoodFuturesLanc @SoilAssociation

Grower and trainer wanted - FoodFutures

On 1 June LESS took over a small one-acre site at Old Holly Farm – an organic dairy farm south of Lancaster near Garstang. They are now looking for a grower and trainer to support the project’s...

foodfutures.org.uk
LESS CIC@lessuk28 Jul 2020
Great opportunity for a grower/trainer to set up our new 1 acre market garden at @OldHollyFarm 👇 Applications by 9 August!
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This week’s #foodcities column is written by Ellen Pearce coordinator of The Plot. It is a part of our wider vision to transform our food and farming systems to be more resilient and fair, and providing greater access to locally grown healthy produce. foodfutures.org.uk/news
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All events are up for The Lost Art of Living @lancasterhealt1 thelancasterhealthfestival.o…. RSVP to all these amazing FREE events hosted online and a few in person!
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Congratulations @Soil_lives! @FoodFuturesLanc also appreciates everything you do as part of the food partnership network!
Lancaster Environment Centre@LancsUniLEC29 Jul 2020
Congratulations to @DanEvansol, Andy Pickard, Barry Muzzeroll, @KirstiAshworth, @Soil_lives, @ENVISIONDTP management team @Cat_Bax, @NickOstle1, Jennie Gilbert, Nikki Flook & our COVID teaching response teams awarded 🏆#ColleaguesOfTheYear 2020🏆! Story: lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us…
A collection of medals on coloured ribbons

ALT A collection of medals on coloured ribbons

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Great opportunity for a grower/trainer to set up our new 1 acre market garden at @OldHollyFarm 👇 Applications by 9 August!
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"The climate is different. Farming systems and traditions are different." @CSANetwork share their views on why the #NRFC2020 is needed. @ORFC @FoodFuturesLanc @lessuk bit.ly/3fiYc0t
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We are recruiting for a Grower and Trainer foodfutures.org.uk/grower-an… for our #farmstart project. Please share. @FoodFuturesLanc
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FoodFriends is a £5 per month scheme supporting a new resilient & local food project called FarmStart. Members support the cause AND are entered to win monthly prizes! #supportlocal #resilientfoodeconomy #buildbackbetter Signup: foodfutures.org.uk/foodfrien… @LancasterCC
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Another beautiful Lancaster project has emerged from lockdown: The Plants Project – distributing plants for people. Read all about it in our #foodcities column: foodfutures.org.uk/2020/06/1… @LancasterYouth
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Call for Market Stall Vendors: We're taking our Seasonal Market virtual this weekend! DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY EVENING! info and signup👉 bit.ly/30JE5E8 #shoplocal #supportlocal #builldbackbetter #northlancashire
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Can you help us name our new #farmstart site at @OldHollyFarm? forms.gle/grpxLDuaNokPJ5Mr7
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The #NRFC2020 will take place online 28 Sept - 10 Oct, and the call for proposals is now live! Please share. northernrealfarming.org/news…
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The collaborations that have formed around @eggcup13 during the Lancaster and Morecambe Lockdown have been inspiring and highlight what can be achieved when we work together. #foodpartnership #goodfoodtogether @FoodCities
Eggcup@Eggcup1410 Jun 2020
Partnership working with Lanc & Morecambe College and Chefs Catering NW helped Eggcup to get good, enjoyable food to the most vulnerable, so they feel supported by the community. We're proud to be part of it. #goodfoodtogether #foodpartnership @FoodFuturesLanc @FoodCities
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What an exciting week - we took over the lease of our #farmstart site at @OldHollyFarm foodfutures.org.uk/2020/06/0…
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ORFC@ORFC18 May 2020
Great examples of how the food movement has worked together to help others during the crisis. theguardian.com/business/202… #agroecology4livelihoods

Serving the people: how the UK food industry has responded to the coronavirus crisis

From Michelin-starred chefs feeding frontline workers to a gin distillery making hand sanitiser, people have had to move with the times

theguardian.com
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So excited to be site planning for our new #farmstart site - thank you to @OldHollyFarm!
Ellen Pearce@ellen2218 May 2020
Exciting to be (socially-distanced) site planning for the first #Lancaster #FarmStart site today! Lots of animals looking on... sizing up their new neighbours! @FoodFuturesLanc @lessuk
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Folk To Folk round off the music for this afternoon at the #Lancaster #Midwinter #Market :-)
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Our #Midwinter #Market is on today in #Lancaster! #local foods and crafts and a flash exhibition of #thefacesbehindourfood!
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