Petition: Double the farming budget to support a just transition to sustainable farming petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6596… Sustainable Hackney Growing Communities

So happy to finally see Six Inches of Soil film @ Impact Hub London with m'colleagues Sustain & Food Ethics Council.

What an inspiring film and a packed room full of next generation soil stewards 😍🌱👩🏽‍🌾. Also a joy to spot our celeb pal Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 on the big screen 😊
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Julie Brown of Growing Communities argues we must lobby to get farming budgets increased by the next government. We need policy change and systemic change! #FoodTalks #SixInchesOfSoil

Job alert!💥Are you a confident & organised marketing superstar who can communicate enthusiastically & squeeze effectiveness out of a small budget? 

Then come & be our PT #marketing assistant! Deadline: 7 May growingcommunities.org/jobs

#job #marketing job #livingwage #parttimejobs

Film of UK farmers standing up against industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and local communities. Friday 26 April at St Paul’s Church W Hackney . 6.30 for 7.0 pm screening. Growing Communities Landworkers' Alliance Sustainable Hackney

Great resource for anyone keen to learn or improve their composting skills! 🪱🌱 Free online course for residents of Barking and Dagenham Council Havering Council Newham London 💙 and Redbridge Council by East London Waste Authority (ELWA). Sign up here:
eastlondonwaste.gov.uk/homecomposttra… #compost #gardening

We're hosting an #organic #plantsale and #gardentours at our #SpringfieldPark market garden on Sunday 28 April 1pm-3pm. Are you joining in too so Hackney folk can make a day of it?SNUG Hackney Herbal St Mary's Secret Garden St Mary's Church N16 Clapton Commons KingHenrysWalkGarden

Cheese! 🧀🥳🎉💚

Our fourth webinar is cooking up solutions in public kitchens.
Join as we explore how ‘public money for public good’ can #bridgethegap to organic fruit and veg for all
Tues 23 April 12:00-13:00
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We have a chocolate-flavoured weekend of fun planned for this Easter. Kicking off on Saturday, join Euclides Montes and the Russells Hub team for the Friends of Russell Park Easter Egg Hunt. Then, if you need more chocolate in your life, we go again on Sunday at Moselle Meadow. Join us!

London's 1st ever #HappierOutdoorsFestival is 18-27 March! 💚🌻Engaging with nature improves physical & mental wellbeing - just 2 hrs/week in green spaces helps people feel happier & more relaxed, can reduce depression, anxiety & stress! 🌳🍄Find out more: happieroutdoors.london

Let's give London's biodiversity a boost with #GrowingForNature .

Start by taking our biodiversity survey. Tell us how you manage your food garden & be entered into a draw to win £400 voucher for gardening equipment or £200 voucher for seeds!

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Join our free online session to learn more about our biodiversity project & how to get involved.

Hear from ecology experts from the Natural History Museum, The GLA's Nature Recovery team, Permablitz London and @the_buzz_club about the priority species for London and how to identify them.

Really chuffed to be speaking at this for Carrick Greengrocers - community ownership can do so much to make good, local food available and accessible to everyone

Bridging the Gap webinar: Local Retail!
Tues 12 March 4-5pm
A discussion about the role of local retailers on the roadmap to #bridgethegap
With speakers from inspiring local retailers in the UK:
Better Food Traders, Cardiff Farmers Markets, Carrick Greengrocers
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I do love getting the Friday weekly Growing Communities newsletter - packed with news, market stall info, recipes and more

School meals at a #StokeNewington primary school have become a whole lot greener thanks to a partnership with Growing Communities.

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Wondrous, abstract, tender, political, surreal… and health-promoting - lentils feature prominently 😁! (And the director has been a member of GC’s veg scheme for well over 20 years 🥳)

Time for a horticultural revolution? We think so.
Join us for a lively discussion on the future of horticulture.

Tues 27 February 5:30-6:45

Landworkers' Alliance, Soil Association, Earth to Earth Organics, Helens Bay Organics

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Are you aged 14–25? Apply by 3pm, 19 Mar for a £500 Grow Wild grant to bring your nature project to life this summer!
You can apply as an individual or as a group of up to 6 people. JOIN US ON OUR MISSION. Kew Gardens Grow Wild Growing Communities CommFoundGNH East End Kids 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 Eden Project Communities - #TheBigLunch 🎉