Tag: uk food

Food for all, not for profit: the quest for food sovereignty

by Fanny Malinen This article has been published first on contributoria.com Most of us buy our food in supermarkets: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASDA and Morrisons control 75% of the grocery market in the UK. Spanish tomatoes and peppers come wrapped in plastic, so do green beans and fresh herbs from Kenya. Whether we want lemongrass, sushi…

May Project Gardens: living Green in the City

In May this year CFGN went to meet KMT who lives and works at ‘May Project Gardens’ in the suburbs of Morden in South London. We’d heard a lot about the project as KMT, a freedom teacher with a background in music, has turned his house and garden into a living permaculture space. May Project…

CFGN Summer Events Calender 2014

A. ‘Community Food Now!’ Workshop Tuesday 17th June, 7pm The Spark Space – – – With nearly 80% of the UK population living in an urban environment the Food Sovereignty Movement UK and the Community Food Growers Network will explore how we can build community-controlled land and food systems in the UK, and if this…

Summer Gathering at London Permaculture festival / 6th July

We are pleased to announce that this year’s summer gathering will be held at the London Permaculture Festival in Cecil Sharp House in Camden on July 6th. In addition to our seasonal meeting from 11am-1pm we will be hosting horticultural games in the afternoon and running a stall on the day. The gathering is a…