FoodFriends

FoodFriends is a dedicated fundraising scheme run by LESS to support the development of regenerative local food projects and the training of new small-scale farmers.

Healthy food/ organic food and supporting local growers info stall.

The ‘Building Community Food Resilience’ project is a Lottery funded training program run by FoodFutures North Lancashire in collaboration with The Plot - a market garden and FarmStart training centre, and ClaverHill community food project, a 6 acre site which hosts a range of growing projects.

The programme includes 11 half-day in-person workshops, targeted at groups/individuals who are interested in sustainable land management and food production, and those that are part of communities who want to set up local shared growing spaces. The programme will cover:

1. site design and planning for climate resilient community growing spaces, including rain water harvesting and natural flood management
2. project design and organisational models
3. crop and site planning for a local northern climate
4. working with volunteers to establish and develop a growing project
5. plant propagation
6. pest and weed management strategies
7. harvesting, weighing and packing produce
8. processing and preserving produce
9. plants for natural dyes and medicine
10. composting
11. seed saving

Each will also consider the impact of climate change on growing conditions and how we can adapt to the

changing North Lancashire climate.