Category Archives: Food

We eat it. By and large we don’t grow it locally. This will get interesting…

Upcoming Event: Feeding the City: The Politics & Promise of Urban Food #Manchester Tues 19th March

Posted on February 14, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Hmm, last time this lot organised an evening forum, MCFly was under-whelmed.  Hopefully this one will be a forum rather than a panel debate followed by Q and A, eh? Urban Forum on Food // Feeding the City:  The Politics … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: “Introduction to Food Foraging” Thurs 7th Feb, #Manchester Art Gallery, £6

Posted on January 23, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This event (book here) at Manchester Art Gallery, looks interesting! Introduction to Food Foraging Thursday 7th February 2013 Demonstration and Talk by wild food expert Jesper Launder 6.00-8.00pm The Restaurant   It’s hard to imagine that winter and wild food might … Continue reading →

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Grow #food! – “Do you want to be a commercial organic grower for Greater #Manchester?”

Posted on January 20, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We have grabbed this post below from the Kindling Trust website.(1) Please forward the info on to anyone who might even be vaguely interested… Do you want to be a commercial organic grower for Greater Manchester? Join us for a … Continue reading →

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The year ahead: Kindling Trust (Lessons learned and future goals for #Manchester #climate groups)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Climate Monthly asked several different groups about the challenges and lessons of 2012 and the goals for 2013. We published a small portion of the answers in the centre-spread of the January issue (which you can see here). Over … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: #organic food in #Salford – Biospheric Foundation, Thurs Feb 14th

Posted on January 19, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Detaiils from here. Please pass on to anyone who lives in Salford or is interested in growing food… “The nuts and bolts of this good thing: Here at Whole Box we have several projects, within the Salford community, based around … Continue reading →

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Job Alert: Permanent job with Glebelands City Growers, Sale, Greater #Manchester

Posted on January 16, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A job growing food!  From environmentjob.co.uk Grower / Member Organisation: Glebelands City Growers Salary: £6.40/hour Location: Sale, Manchester Hours: Part Time Position type: Paid Contract: Permanent Closing date: Fri 15 February 13 Website: http://www.glebelandscitygrowers.co.uk Contact name: Charlotte Mason or Adam … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Food Futures Forum – Food Poverty, #Manchester, 23 November 2012

Posted on November 27, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Laurence Menhinick goes to a useful  event about food poverty. [Update: here are links to the presentations mentioned below.] If you didn’t know or didn’t believe that food should be our number one priority when combating social injustice, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Help weed asparagus and clear docks at Moss Brook Farm, Weds 5th December

Posted on November 24, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Want to get some dirt under your fingernails while helping local organic food production?? “The Land Army will be visiting Moss Brook Growers again Wednesday 5th December. They need help weeding their asparagus crop and clearing docks from their orchard … Continue reading →

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Youtube: Moss Cider Project and Didsbury Beer Festival (today and tmrw!)

Posted on November 3, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The youtube says it all, quickly. Didsbury Beer Festival Moss Cider Project (Facebook)

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Event report: “Feeding a growing World,” #Manchester Science Festival debate

Posted on November 3, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Event report: Feeding a growing World, Manchester Salon in partnership with Battle of Ideas and Manchester Science Week With Louise Bolotin (freelance journalist and blogger), Rob Lyons (deputy editor of Spiked, online current affairs magazine), Angelica Michelis (Senior Lecturer at … Continue reading →

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