Incredible Edible Todmorden discussion at Sustainability Forum Lambeth nov 10
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Transcript of Incredible Edible Todmorden discussion at Sustainability Forum Lambeth nov 10
We Don’t Start With Nothing!
• Public and Private Land
• Verges, Parks, Canal Corridors, Back Yards.
• Market halls
• Health Centres
• Care Homes
• Schools
• Council Buildings
• Canal banks
• A Rainbow of Community Talents
Incredible Edible Todmorden
Our Four Big Asks
Build schools for the future that have the living edible world at their heart.
Transform health buildings with edible plants and trees as an integral part of the design.
Release public land for food growing.
Encourage all social landlords to allocate
space for growing food.
Incredible Edible Lambeth(north) Our ask is the same - Schools
Joanna Primary School Gardening club in Archbishops’ Park - shared land use
Walnut Tree Walk Primary ‘Cycling Gardener’ one day a week -each class have a raised bed and part of yearly food growing planner. Wheat growing with Brockwell Bake
Ethelred Nursery and Children’s Centre Teacher with Forest School training. Worms are the school’s pets .Wormery is now 4 years old
Lilian Baylis Technology School ‘Green Champion’ is now leading food growing
Incredible Edible Lambeth (north)
Health buildings, public land and social landlords with space for growing food.
Lambeth Walk GP surgery - Food planting workshop inside surgery with peppers, chilliesbut needs a place for 8,000 patients to help lead a healthier life - access to good value food apart from Tesco and make contact with nature
North lambeth 67% live above ground floor with no access to outdoor growing…nor composting. Princes Ward 5,000 households of which 2,000 are council owned
GP active support for Beautify the Beaufoy
Many thanks
Ann Bodkin
The Onion Shed
http://www.projectdirt.com/group/theonionshed