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Fruit trees for National Tree Week 2018?
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...
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Food Durham Annual Report published
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...
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Leaf composting made easy
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...
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Apples at the core of things
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 types. If...
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Go Sugar Smart this September!
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. It...
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Food Durham wins prestigious national sustainability award
Food Durham has become one of just a handful of cities to win a prestigious Sustainable Food Cities award. The award, which was presented at an event in Cardiff attended by representatives from more than 60 UK cities, recognises Food Durham’s work to promote healthy,...
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Children and families get their hands dirty with Growing Durham
Children and families in County Durham are getting their hands dirty over the summer by growing their own fruit and vegetables. Growing Healthy County Durham, which provides NHS Healthy Child Programme services in the county, has a Family Initiative Supporting...
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Hotel Indigo selects County Durham food producers for menu
Food producers from across County Durham have been selected to supply their products to a new £15m hotel which recently opened. Hotel Indigo has teamed up with Durham Food Hub to serve up 34 tasty products which have all been grown or made by independent producers...
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No Dig Gardening Talk with Charles Dowding
Hugely popular no-dig pioneer Charles Dowding gave a talk yesterday at the Bowburn Community Centre in January 2018 as part of his northern tour. Growing Durham were delighted to welcome about 150 people from all around County Durham and beyond, all interested to...
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From Phileas Fogg to new fare – How Keith Gill is still providing food for thought
Keith Gill once gave snack lovers a taste of the world. Nowadays, he’s helping micro food producers expand their market presence. Mr Gill, who was instrumental in the formation of Phileas Fogg, which put County Durham town Consett on the map, is supporting the growth...
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Durham food producers given help to get products to market
Food producers from across County Durham are being given a direct route to take their products to market. Durham Food Hub, which is operating under the Food Durham Trading Limited (FDTL) company name, has been created as part of plans to champion small, independent...
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Blackhill volunteers presented with environmental award
A local environmental group has been presented with an award for turning unused space into a beautiful and productive garden. The ALT Group, based in Blackhill, have been renovating empty space around Blackhill Comrades Club in order to provide a space for both people...
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After two years of hard work Durham City became only the second city in the UK to achieve this award, which was presented to Cllr Bill Moir, Deputy Mayor, by Ruth Westcott from Sustain at a food procurement conference in early July 2016. Their five-star Sustainable...
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