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Community Food Growing & Food Production policy recommendations for the London Plan – Draft February 2016

By CFGNNewscoucil, food, gla, growing, just space, land, london plan, production, security, sustainable

Just Space is developing proposals for what should be in the next London Plan – a vision and planning policies for London for the next 20 years. All the London Plans since the GLA was created in 2000 have been drafted by the Mayor and Londoners have only been able to comment, not initiate proposals. This time London’s community groups are insisting that they influence the formative stages: identifying London’s problems and needs and formulating policies. Just Space will be submitting a draft plan to the new Mayor during their first days in office in May 2016.

This time last year UCL students working with Just Space approached different organisations to research what policies should be in the ‘Food Production’ section of the draft plan. These included organisations such as the Community Food Growers Network, Capital Growth, Federation of City Farms and Gardens, Women’s Environmental Network, the London Permaculture group and Friends of the Earth.

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‘The Future of London’s Food System’ Panel + Discussion – City Hall, London – 4th February 2016

By CFGNEvents, Uncategorizedcity hall, community, food, just space, land, london, planning, policy

As part of the ‘Just Space Conference – A Community Led Plan for London’ the Community Food Growers Network (CFGN) will be hosting a panel with speakers from across London’s community food sector on the following topics: 1. What could policy makers do to expand your work? 2. What are the creative solutions to respond…

Granville Community Kitchen presents Urban Feast – Friday 29th January

By CFGNEventscity, feast, food, granville community kitchen, growing, health, kilburn, land, london, plate, seed, well being

Mipim property fair only benefits the rich – Collective statement

By CFGNNewsaffordable, borough, commons, community, councils, developers, enclosures, food, housing, land, london, MIPIM, rich, the land is ours

This Wednesday the Mipim property fair returns to London, celebrating a housing system that puts an obsession with profit over people’s right to a decent home. By promoting this unsustainable approach to housing and land use, Mipim benefits the global rich whilst destroying our communities. Mipim brings global property development companies together with local authorities and other “partners wanting to close deals”, often selling public land and assets. Barnet council gave the West Hendon estate, worth an estimated £45m, to Barratt for just £5. This approach is being enabled by a government whose policies are exacerbating the housing crisis, as the Tories’ new housing bill shows. We condemn everything that Mipim stands for, and join communities and campaigners to say no to Mipim, yes to housing justice.

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Community Food Growing & Food Production policy recommendations for the London Plan – Draft February 2016

‘The Future of London’s Food System’ Panel + Discussion – City Hall, London – 4th February 2016

Granville Community Kitchen presents Urban Feast – Friday 29th January

Mipim property fair only benefits the rich – Collective statement