by Peter Samsom | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you passionate about vegetables and want to do your bit to make it easier for everyone to eat more veg? If so, then finding out about becoming a Veg Advocate might just be for you. Food Durham, the County Durham Food Partnership and the Food Foundation are...
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...
