Dear Urban Agriculturalists,
Here is your first Winter Urban Agriculture Round-up. Scroll down to find the full details and please don't hesitate to get in touch with your news.<[email protected]> Best wishes, Anna Terzi *1) National Food-Coops Conference* * * *2) Discussion Paper: A new local / organic produce depot for London?* * * *3) **NEW: Distance learning course Urban Agriculture Types* *January-April 2009 * * * *4) **Food Initiatives Group (FIG) Small Grants Fund* * * *5) **6TH London Charity Potato Fair * * * *6) Urban Agriculture Headlines* * * *1) National Food-Coops Conference* *Monday 2 February 2009 10am - 4pm at 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT* * * As part of the Making Local Food Work programme Sustain is organising a national food co-ops conference. The event is free for volunteers and community workers and £50 for local authorities and others. The conference aims to help food co-ops and other community-run food outlets become more sustainable, and provide a forum for sharing experiences. The keynote speaker will be Martin Caraher, reader in Food and Health Policy at City University. There are a limited number of travel bursaries available for volunteers To book please go to http://www.sustainweb.org/news.php?id=235 *2) Discussion Paper: A new local / organic produce depot for London?* *Exploring the possibility of a more collaborative approach to supply from local and organic producers to community outlets in London* http://www.eafl.org.uk/LondonDepot.asp East Anglia Food Link is working, under the Making Local Food Work programme, to support and develop supply chains providing local food to community food outlets in London. Early discussions with a number of producers and outlets suggest that a new local / organic produce depot might provide viable access to London markets for local producers and ready access to local food for even the smallest community outlets. A symposium to discuss these ideas is planned for early 2009, but please provide comments in the meantime. To register your views go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=W5QEdADB25Bq_2bunt0Ym9eQ_3d_3d * * *3) **NEW: Distance learning course Urban Agriculture Types*** *January-April 2009* The course "Urban Agriculture Types" is the third course in a series of four developed by Ryerson University's G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education and Centre for Studies in Food Security ( www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity) in partnership with ETC-Urban Agriculture ( www.etc-urbanagriculture.org) and the international network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF) (www.ruaf.org). The course fees are (CAD) $474 and for more information on course content and enrolment, please contact: Reg Noble, PhD, Email: [email protected] * * *4) Food Initiatives Group (FIG) Small Grants Fund* *Closing date for applications: 12th January 2009* * * FIG small grants (between £200 and £1000) are for organisations to run projects that produce and eat, healthy, safe, affordable food from sustainable sources including locally grown organic food, especially for people living in areas of deprivation. For more information or for an application form, please contact FIG Development Officer, on 0115 9788212 or email [email protected] * * *5) 6TH London Charity Potato Fair* *Sunday 25 January, 10am – 4pm, Harris Girls Academy, Homestall Road, London SE22 0NR.* * * The day will feature 100 + varieties of potato, seed swaps and ideas on how to grow the perfect crop. Volunteers from local gardening clubs and organisations will be on hand to give advice and answer questions. Snappy garden accessories from wellies to plant pots, and unusual and heritage seeds and plants will be on sale from specialist suppliers. All profits from the fair will go to the Hope and Homes for Children charity. * * *6) Urban Agriculture Headlines*** · An attempt to create a pioneering carbon-neutral farm is starting in Italy. BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7669522.stm · New American President Barack Obama supports local and organic food. http://www.barackobama.com/issues/rural/ · Have a look at the first projects that were awarded grants from the Local Food Fund http://www.localfoodgrants.org/projects/current_projects · Wine from Chateau Tooting, London http://www.barackobama.com/issues/rural/ · More articles on pots, seeds and planting http://www.growveg.com/growguides.aspx · People's ways to deal with peak oil and strive for sustainability http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/farming/3484996/Were-All-Farmers-Now.html · How about digging up the front lawn of the White House? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/nov/26/food-ethical-living --------------------------------------------------------- *Anna Terzi* Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming 94 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF Tel: 020 7837 1228 Fax: 020 7837 1141 Email: anna <[email protected]>@sustainweb.org Web: www.sustainweb.org --------------------------------------------------------- ** *:: NEW Capital Growth: the campaign for 2,012 new food growing spaces for London* *www.capitalgrowth.org* <http://www.capitalgrowth.org/> *:: NEW Good Food for Camden: the healthy and sustainable food strategy* To register your views go to *www.camden.gov.uk/consults* <http://www.camden.gov.uk/consults> *Check our website for details of our award-winning work, as well as our latest publications * *http://www.sustainweb.org/publications/*<http://www.sustainweb.org/publications/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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