Category Archives: Food

Digging for Victory with the Land Army

Posted on January 18, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly badgered Ben Cashell, organiser of “A Reasonable Cause“, into writing about his conscription into a “Land Army.”  The views expressed are his own, not those of MCFly. Last month I went and planted some Garlic with the Kindling Trust’s, … Continue reading →

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Event report: Food and the city

Posted on January 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Two thought-provoking presentations about food and cities formed the meat (!) of a Manchester Green Party (1) meeting yesterday evening. The monthly gathering, held at the Friends Meeting House, heard from Liz Postlethwaite about her recent trip to examine urban … Continue reading →

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Keeping up with bee-keeping

Posted on January 8, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly volunteers Roisin Weintraub reflects on the ups and downs of bee-keeping. When I was 8 months pregnant we moved to Prestwich. And I said to myself “so right, what is there to do here?” One of the things that … Continue reading →

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Riverbank Market Garden open Sat 7th Jan in Chorlton.

Posted on January 5, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Riverbank Market Garden will be opening its gates on 7 January between 10-1, an ideal opportunity to start those New Year resolutions to live more healthily. There will be a free cookery class run by Cracking Good Food, advice … Continue reading →

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Manchester climate academic quizzed at House of Commons

Posted on December 2, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Two climate change academics spoke on Tuesday 29 November to a group of MPs at the House of Commons. Dr Alice Bows of Manchester University’s Sustainable Consumption Institute (1) and Leeds-based Dr John Barrett presented their work on “embedded carbon” … Continue reading →

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Manchester Veg People & Sustainable Organic Food For All?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Just published an article at the Guardian looking at the implications of having a huge – and privileged – client like the University of Manchester tapping into the city’s limited supply of organic fruit and veg through an organic food co-op (namely … Continue reading →

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Debdale Eco-Centre in *NOT* shutting down shocker

Posted on November 7, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly investigates a bad news story, and finds the truth isn’t quite as bad as had been reported… On 14th October, Manchester Evening News published a story listing all the organisations facing funding cuts to be agreed at an upcoming … Continue reading →

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