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Stronger communties
www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
Food –we all do it.
TODMORDEN• 17,000 PEOPLE• NORTH OF MANCHESTER WEST OF LEEDS• BORDER TOWN• 3 STEEP VALLEYS, WINDSWEPT “TOPS”• HISTORY OF INNOVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE• ETHNIC MIX, ECONOMIC MIX• 15 ALLOTMENTS • BACK TO BACK HOUSING• HELICOPTER PADS ON THE TOPS.• FEW FULL TIME FARMERS LEFT• 5 DAYS A WEEK INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MARKET• 1 SENIOR AND 6 PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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• 17,000 PEOPLE• NORTH OF MANCHESTER WEST OF LEEDS• 3 STEEP VALLEYS, WINDSWEPT “TOPS”• HISTORY OF INOVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE• ETHNIC MIX, ECONOMIC MIX• 15 ALLOTMENTS • BACK TO BACK HOUSING • HELICOPTERS ON THE TOPS.
The ModelThree plates spinning.One is boring, two is clever , three’s a show!
Community – EveryoneBusiness sector including farmersLearning /education - cradle to cradle.
March 2008 60 people attend first meeting.
• First Three MonthsSeed and plant swaps start.Propaganda gardens-naughty but nice!Incredible parents
• First Six Months Harvest Festival.
Doctors take a vote for veg.Older peoples growing memories.Every egg matters campaign.Agriculture show- new growing section.Community Pay Back 750k school food hub bid to the lottery.
We can do it in anything!
Graveyard Beds
We Don’t Start With Nothing!
• Public and Private Land• Verges, Parks, Canal Corridors, Back Yards.• Buildings• Health Centres• Social Care Homes• Schools • Council Buildings• A Rainbow of Community Talents
What have we got ?
• Healing horticulture team.• Police and fire station fruit trees• Health centre Gardens• Lost Arts training• Food hub/bid• Social housing growing scheme• Churches growing food• All schools growing – Hens in Playground• 2 community orchards• Food in public spaces- legally (mostly!)
And………….• Fantastic Web site• News letter• Job training• 20011 new training scheme for high school• Community pride• Academic research • A licence to grow for the whole borough • Vegetable tourism• 35 egg producers • Local food promotion for the market• International interest• New business• Conference in London
Health Centre Gardens
The new pickle empire
New Market methods
Totally Locally
FIRST TODMORDEN CHEESE
Schools wellies entry for the show.
Every egg matters
HEALING HORTICULTURE
Social Housing raised beds
Railway Station Beds
Ferney Lee Care Home
It’s a Fair Cob, growing at the Police Station
Our first conference
Local Food Festival Market Stalls
Bee Credible
Some of our regular pickers
Fish -water -prince
Vegetable Tourism
10 for 10!!!1) Build schools for the future that have the living edible world
at their heart.2) Transform health buildings with edible plants and trees as
an integral part of the design and workplace.3) All public bodies to release land for food growing.4) Plan for food – Support local food production through the
planning system with all local plans identifying places for growing.
5) Tick all the boxes – Make growing a performance indicator for ‘wellbeing’ for all Public Services.
6) Insist all new homes to have ready-to-grow spaces.7) All social landlords to allocate space for growing.8) Charter for truly local markets – support local food
producers and farmers and campaign for the reallocation of subsidies.
9) Make sure public bodies like schools and health authorities have as a priority to procure local food.
10) Invest in food skills for the future. We need incredible degrees and diplomas, cooks and technologists, farmers and fabulous food producers.
We want this little fellow to grow up in a cleaner, greener, stronger world
www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
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