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Comment by Michael Stuart on February 1, 2010 at 9:18

Good idea - I think we could put up small posters on lampposts like Belsize TT and also libraries etc.

Comment by emily rose on February 1, 2010 at 9:07

Can we get together to do something for the showing of the Food Inc film at the Lexi - a leaflet with some of our ideas and aims? Is someone working on this. Also, drum up some publicity. I have a pile of Food Inc leaflets to distribute. Anyone fancy farmers market handing out of leaflets with Lexi date?

Comment by Matthew Sharp on January 19, 2010 at 11:48

February is marmalade time, and I usually make a few batches to keep me in the stuff for the rest of the year. I like experimenting with different recipes, but the key ingredient is the Seville orange. I get them and organic lemons from The Olive Tree in Willesden Lane. I get the impression from Costas, who runs the shop, that hes has only a few dedicated customers for Seville oranges, so he buys only one box. If you are interested then recipies can be had from any cookery book, but it would be worth giving the Olive Tree a call to find out when they get their stocks in and to make him aware of demand. 020 7328 9078.

Comment by Careen Hertzog on November 9, 2009 at 14:03

Hi Martin,
sounds fantastic,as a kick off we have got a stall this Sunday at the Farmers Market,if we've got time could we have a group this Saturday potting up and on sunday selling/distributing? then move it on to other community groups like elders voice,school christmas fairs and other groups
if this is too short a time scale we could plan to do this for the next Farmers market and other events
bs
Careen

Comment by martin harvey on November 9, 2009 at 13:34

FREE VEGETABLE PLANTS
Hi folks -
my name is Martin Harvey - I live and work in NW6 and I am connected with B.E.S.T. Residents Association ...
I've lived in this area for 30 years and am fortunately blessed with a decent size garden .....

Luckily some months ago we were able to obtain a small grant to enable us to buy a polytunnel (large plastic greenhouse) - also Brent Council have been kind enough to deliver several thousand pots (re-cycled from planting in the parks) ...

The Plan is to produce 2-3000 veg plants to distribute to the local community to encourage vegetable growing amongst those who might not have tried before to grown their own veg ...... i.e.
Tomatoes
Courgettes
Cucumbers
Beans
Herbs - etc ........

Everything is in place to start this project ........
We will need help with distribution of plants to those who would like to be involved in this exciting Project ...

If you would like to be involved please contact me for further details ..
urbanveg@yahoo.com

Happy gardening ..................
Martin Harvey .

Comment by Elaine Henderson on October 20, 2009 at 15:00

On Wednesday 14th October we watched "A Farm for the Future" at the Lexi cinema. If you missed the film you can watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShCEKL-mQ8.
It was very inspirational and made us want to dash out and plant nut trees and bushes. Instead we had a lively discussion about what the Food Group could do in the short, medium and longer term. What was very exciting was both the level of enthusiasm and the amount of knowledge in our community already.
These were just some of the ideas:
- Community allotments, an allotment at QPCS, use of church land, Brent Housing Partnership land, space in parks for food growing, planting fruit and nut trees in public spaces
- Use of brownfield land, methods of de-contaminating land by soil remediation
- Garden sharing. See http://landshare.channel4.com/
- Garden work parties to carry out major work eg removing concrete, paving
- Methods of achieving soil fertility without use of oil derived chemicals eg nitrogen fixing plants, compost, wormeries, Permaculture methods (see http://www.permaculture.org.uk/default.asp)
- Local restaurants- what do they do with their food waste? We should ask them! Importance of not sending food waste to landfill
- It's now illegal for waste cooking oil to be put down the drain. Do local restaurants know this? Do they know who will collect it?
- Link with local libraries, book shops

Thanks to everyone who came, contributed these ideas and is keen to do more!

Comment by Aylie Cooke on October 20, 2009 at 10:48

I came across this on the Sustain website and thought it was interesting enough to share with the group. A very succinct discussion of some of the issues and misrepresentations around "seasonal" and "local"...
NEF_What_is_seasonal_food_2009.pdf

Comment by Petica Watson on October 12, 2009 at 20:59

http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities.html
About this talk

Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.
About Carolyn Steel

Food is a shared necessity -- but also a shared way of thinking, argues Carolyn Steel. Looking at food networks offers an unusual and illuminating way to explore how cities evolved. Full bio and more links

Comment by Matthew Sharp on October 11, 2009 at 18:13

A practical suggestion: to help us cut our food-miles, could the group organise a survey of the food stalls at the Farmers' Market in Salusbury School and see how they compare to supermarkets and organic suppliers such as 'The Olive Tree' in Willesden Lane? We could publish the results and get publicity in the Kilburn Times, Brent Magazine and local Residents' Associations. If I knew that I could make a big difference to my carbon footprint by changeing my food shopping habits, I would, even if it put my shopping bills up by 5-10%. But of course I don't have the info ........

Comment by Petica Watson on October 2, 2009 at 22:06

TT K>K

FOOD AND GROWING FOOD

Possible ideas

PW May 09

Get speakers from food projects across london for awareness-raising evenings eg at Brixton they had Andre Vilkoen (architect), Mikey Tomkins (PhD student on urban food growing), and Paul Richens, (roof garden builder) 
visions for urban farming future - research Cuban urban farming, see films "Power of Community" and and bbc film "A Farm for the Future". Make photo-posters of aerial shots of our area but doctored to add in green where we could be growing more stuff
workshops on growing food in small spaces, run by experts (charge £5-10£)
Open Spaceday to plan K>KTT's revolution
mapping land - where could grow more - and contacting the relevant owners/authorities (converting some park areas?)
mapping flat roof tops suitable for container food growing
calculate possible yields for our area from available land
matching food groups to available land
finding market space to see crops grown locally & raising awareness about it
arranging food groups and reskilling more people
encourage food growing in front/back gardens - eg runner beans, potatoes, salad crops, and things like bee-keeping for honey
wild food walks - what exists that isn't being harvested
seed swapping schemes
food box schemes deliveries
go on permaculture courses and raise awareness about permaculture ideas/ get an expert to come and teach/speak
green roof / vertical gardens awareness - converting shed roofs maybe to salad crops?
local GreenDrinks monthly etc (tying in with other TT group events)
organising a "Town Meal" or a "street meal" with food all grown locally. Tying in with a street Party?

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