This came from Jade but I though worth circulating to the wider group. It is definitely worth looking them up – they are incredible!
Just Food
This lot in New York have collaborated not only to provide support but to actually do stuff, in a way that individual community groups could not. It is their coming together of CSA work, city farms and community gardens and food poverty work.
http://www.justfood.org/about-us
Inspiring.
Let’s see how far we can get together.
Jade Bashford
England Community Land Advisor
Community Land Advisory Service (CLAS)
The GreenHouse, Hereford Street, Bristol BS3 4NA
0117 923 1800
07516 131 600
www.communitylandadvice.org.uk
CLAS is managed by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, registered in England as a Limited Company no: 2011023; Registered Charity No: 294494
From: Jeremy
Iles
Sent: 30 November 2012 11:05
To: 'an...@permaculture.org.uk' (an...@permaculture.org.uk); Mark Simmonds (Mark.S...@uk.coop);
mlenna...@gardenorganic.org.uk;
ca...@communitycompost.org
Cc: Jade Bashford; Jennifer Smith (Jennife...@plunkett.co.uk); Ian Egginton-Metters
Subject: Notes from Growing Together meeting 28 Nov
Jeremy
Iles
Chief Executive
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
The GreenHouse, Hereford Street, Bristol BS3 4NA
Tel: 0117 923 1800 Fax 0117 923 1900 www.farmgarden.org.uk
Registered in England as a Limited Company, No: 2011023
Registered Charity No: 294494