GRUB - the new Veg Box scheme

GRUB is now up and running, and delivering to your area.

We are currently taking subscriptions in Hulme, Whalley Range, Old Trafford and Moss Side, for our new veg box scheme.

If you or yours would benefit from a regular delivery of fresh, locally-sourced vegetables by lovely people who care about where food comes from and ends up, get in touch. We aim to be affordable, sustainable and accessible.

Fruit & veg  - £5
Salad - £3
Cakes - £3
All three - £10

GRUB operates out of MCC (Manchester Creative Collective) at St Wilfrid's Enterprise Centre in Hulme. We are active in our community and interested in food.
We want to get people involved in growing their food, for fun and for the sake of the environment. Watch this space: grub.mcc-hub.org

To subscribe or for more information see the attached flyer, or contact Rob Andrews directly on 07538 451510 or boxes@mcc-hub.org.

Birley Fields is a large area of green open space in Hulme south of the City Centre, which is under threat of development by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Development plans go against the wishes of local residents who would rather see the site remain as green, open space, and accessible to the community. The film to the right was made in 2006, at a street party raising awareness of the value of Birley Fields as a natural space in the heart of the city.
 

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This is a short Voxpox made by residents of the Redbricks housing estate, as part of their successful bid to Groundwork Northwest's Great Estates Innovation fund. This unique one-off grant for £40K has been matched pound for pound by the estate's new landlord, City South, making a total grant of £80K. The idea of the grant is to develop Redbicks as a 'Green Zone', and they will be building on much of the innovation that has taken place within this innovative place over the last 10 years.

Harken HCGCers!

www.hulmegardencentre.org.uk

Fret not at the gloaming of the evenings, screw your courage to its sticking place at the now lambent sun and embrace the coming of the crepuscular with yet more seasonal shenanigans at HCGC! Spread the word! And as it’s National Poetry Day let us start with some seasonal verse…

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Hi all
There will be a meeting to discuss local food strategies, especially
in the light of the forthcoming EU food directives against vitamins,
supplements etc and Codex Alimentarius, and non-labelling of GM etc.
Many people are wondering what is going to happen at the beginning of
next year when the directive comes into place and we are going to have
a local discussion about
education
local food schemes
local permaculture and ecobuild initiatives
funding bids for sustainability
World Food Day on Oct 16th

For those of you who might not know too much about the forthcoming
legislation, please visit the site below:
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