Land Army Needs You!

(originally posted as an event which took place on July 6th 2011)

Do you fancy learning some new farming skills; spending half a day on a beautiful farm with a nice bunch of people; helping out local farmers, and being part of a wider movement to increase sustainable food production around the City?

Then Greater Manchester's Land Army is just the thing for you!

We are looking for volunteers to trial this exciting new project with us. Working with four local organic growers, this first outing will be doing a range of urgent tasks, from a 'hoe down' to raspberry picking, at a time when farmers are struggling with the challenges the weather has thrown up.

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Over 400 local projects and businesses featured on the brand new sustainable food website for Greater Manchester!

FeedingManchester.org.uk is the brand new website for Greater Manchester residents who love food and want to eat in a healthier, greener and fairer way. The website provides extensive information about buying, growing, cooking, eating and loving local fresh produce. It connects buyers with growers, customers with farmers, and cooks with ingredients. For sustainable urban foodies, we think this site will definitely become a favourite.

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Please arrive early to avoid dissapointment!
Place: KROBAR on 325 Oxford Road (Note: the one across from
the student union - NOT the one near the BBC)
Speaker: Dr. Conor Walsh

There is no doubt that people's lifestyles are changing. This is becoming
increasing evident when examining the food people choose to buy.
Globalisation and competition lead retailers to source their produce from
further and further afield. On the one hand, this is good for consumers
because we are no longer limited by what's available locally. On the other
hand, the natural checks and balances embodied in the way local people use
their resources is lost. For example, there are brambles along my cycle
path that everyone enjoys picking from occasionally. Obviously, the more
one person takes, the less there is for others; but because there's a
natural limit to how much any individual would actually pick; and because
people passing by might frown at anyone trying to load a truck with the
berries, we can all continue to enjoy this resource. It is exactly this
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What?: A meeting to bring together people interested in establishing a new Country Market for Greater Manchester.

- Can you produce good quality fresh food and crafts?
- Would you like to work from home and around your family commitments?
- Would you like to be part of a social enterprise that has co-operation, community and quality at the core of its values?

Interested?  Become a producer, and/or help us set up this new Country Market.
Where? Come along and find out more at Manchester Friends' Meeting House (6 Mount Street M2 5NS)
When?:  Tuesday 22nd March at 6.30 pm.

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We know that people are becoming increasingly concerned with where their food comes from, how it is grown, how it gets to their plates, and food waste in general. We share those concerns, which are the basis for our enterprise.

We believe that local food matters. It reconnects people to the land and each other. It creates opportunities for communities to build skills, trading systems, networks and resilience. Local food and its redistribution can have many benefits for the local economy, community regeneration, health and the environment.

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A film made by Manchester's Kindling Trust, which explains the various elements we need to consider in building a sustainable food system. The ideas were developed by a group of over 50 organisations working on sustainable food issues in Greater Manchester, UK.

Features a variety of Manchester based sustainable food projects, including Unicorn Grocery, Glebelands organic market garden, DIG delivery, and Hulme Community garden centre.
 

Kindling Trust is deeply indebted to Abi McLoughlin, who shot and edited this film with a budget of under £100!