by Peter Samsom | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the light of the changed advice with regard to the Corona COVID-19 outbreak we have decided to postpone the Veg Advocates workshop which had been due to take place tomorrow, Wednesday 18 March 2020. Those of you who signed up will have received an email about it. ...
by Peter Samsom | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Following the retirement of Food Manager Dr Liz Charles earlier this year, we’ve reviewed how we communicate with everyone interested in the food system across County Durham. Liz used to send regular snippets to people on her mailing list and the Growing Durham...
by Peter Samsom | Nov 28, 2019 | Food Durham, Growing Durham, Uncategorized
There’s a new community garden in town – Growing Durham’s Edible Gilesgate project worked alongside Durham Action on Single Homelessness to create an edible garden in their carpark. The initial aim was to cheer up the area with a few planters and we commissioned...
by Peter Samsom | Nov 28, 2019 | Food Durham, Growing Durham, Uncategorized
Join Garden Organic’s campaign to reduce the use of peat-based compost and download our handy guide to making leaf compost. Those of you who follow us on Twitter (look for @Food_Durham) might have noticed a few posts relating to use of peat in garden compost. ...
by Peter Samsom | Nov 28, 2019 | Food Durham, Uncategorized
Food Durham led a Pumpkin Rescue this Autumn as part of its VegCities campaign, aiming to reduce food waste and raise awareness of local food production. We worked with a local farm and groups to promote local produce and help people turn leftover pumpkins into...
