Hackney Food

The great @growcomm team are looking for an early riser to join the Better Food Shed team in Bow! As part of wholesale arm, you’ll help pack and deliver organic vegetables to veg box schemes, restaurants, schools, shops across London. growingcommunities.org/jobs

Fabulous grower traineeships here from @growingcommunities recruiting this year's crop of four urban growing trainees. Learn all about growing vegetables – especially salad leaves – at our urban market gardens in Hackney and our small farm in Dagenham growingcommunities.org/jobs

❗ PSA: Britain's millionaire bosses have ALREADY made more money than the average worker will make all year.

Fink’s at Clissold House is hosting a Blue Monday Social on Monday 19 January, 9am–11am. Open to all, with drinks and light refreshments in the dining room.

The refurbished Red Lion will feature a traditional pub carpet, making it the first carpeted pub on Church Street since the Daniel Defoe, now known as the Clarence Tavern, which lost its carpet during a refurbishment several years ago.

Please use this urgent action to write to your MP about a key amendment - they should vote for - to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ensure vital nature and ecosystem protections are in it. Do share this. Thanks @WildlifeTrusts action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/ac…

Food banks provide help when people need it most. But real change means ending the need for them altogether. Repost if you agree 💚

Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a report on feeding Britain 🧑‍🌾 land reforms 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 no confidence in DAERA 🚫 soil microbe memories 💭 and much more. Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF #TheWeekInSoil

Droughts, floods, and storms are driving food insecurity around the world. As leaders convene at #COP30, WFP’s Richard Choularton explains why this year’s UN Climate Conference is pivotal to protect vulnerable communities from being pushed further into hunger.

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Join us this Saturday at Urban Food Fest’s Street Food Market in Islington Square! 📍 Location: Islington Square, 116 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1AB​​ ⌚️ Market opening times: 11am to 5pm You won’t want to miss it!

Have you thought about depaving your garden?🌿 Replacing impermeable materials with permeable ones like gravel or soil helps reduce flood risks and combats heatwaves🪴 Find out more on the Hackney Council website and pledge to depave ➡️ orlo.uk/UFF3u @SarahWoodberryD

£13.6 million in grants has been offered to 12 food charities across England to redistribute an estimated 19,000 tonnes of food directly from farms to help families and fight food poverty in communities, reports Farmers Guide. farmersguide.co.uk/business/food-… @DefraGovUK today announced that thousands of tonnes of nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste will help families facing food insecurity, thanks to new grants offered to a number of charities, including @CityHarvest_LDN, @Foodincommun and @FareShareUK. With around 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from the food and drink industry, and roughly 30% of food produced not being consumed, by reducing #FoodWaste and using our precious resources more intelligently we can achieve higher standards of living, tackle climate change, protect nature, and reduce inequality. Through #CircularLiving can we feed more people with less land.

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Misleading packaging & excessive levels of sugar risks our infants’ health. Parents deserve to make informed decisions for their child’s health with the correct, current advice. We hope to see more action in the near future to improve these products ✅👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fabulous @Capital_Growth training programme for gardeners community growers and anyone growing food locally capitalgrowth.org/whats-on/

Food in our Hands march Saturday 26 April, central London Bringing together farmers, growers, food system workers, activists and everyone who has a stake in the UK’s food system (incl everyone who eats!) to put food – back in our hands.  landworkersalliance.org.uk/foodinourhands…

Fab good growing in London, sos - and other sessions from @Capital_Growth capitalgrowth.org/whats-on/

Another cracking news and events round up from @growcomm - some great talks coming up eg here's a few mailchi.mp/growingcommuni…

Seed Guardians' focuses on a human right denied to so many–the right to food "deep and meaningful - the play is a rollercoaster of joy, fun, grief and acceptance, with dancing, live painting, poetry and even roller skating" go! on 7th March in Tottenham eventbrite.com/e/seed-guardia…