by foodteam | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
A grant from Durham County Council could help you and your community group plant some fruit trees to celebrate National Tree Week in late November 2018. The Tree Council organised the first National Tree Week in 1975 and now up to a million trees are planted...
by foodteam | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Food Durham Annual report was published today. The report covers the period between September 2017 and August 2018 during which the partnership achieved its Sustainable Food Cities Bronze Award, ran the Sugar Smart campaign for the county and launched the Durham...
by foodteam | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
With the autumn now well underway it is time to start collecting fallen leaves and making leaf compost. Every year the bins in County Durham are full of leaves which could be turned into beautiful leaf compost. Composting leaves is super simple and the resulting...
by foodteam | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
This year appears to be a bumper one for apples in the county. For once there was no frost at blossom time and the fruit has benefited from the copious amounts of sunshine we’ve had. However, a bumper crop means having to deal with a glut of apples of all...
by foodteam | Sep 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s still time to join in with SUGAR SMART September and try to reduce the amount of free sugar you eat this month. “Free” sugar is any sugar that is added to foods at home or by the producer, plus sugar naturally present in honey, syrups, and fruit juices....
