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Hello and welcome to the first issue of the Harvest newsletter! This bi-weekly newsletter will bring you updates about the Harvest project and let you know about projects, events, volunteering opportunities, training courses, funding streams and other ways of getting involved with Harvest.
Don’t know why you’re getting this? If you’re a Food Partnership member, we have added you to the Harvest mailing list as we thought these updates may be of interest. You will also continue to receive the usual Food Partnership occasional email updates. If you’d rather not receive the Harvest mailings, you can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of this message.
Harvest update
Harvest is now one month (and two days) old! Over the past month, we have been laying the foundation for the next three years of the project. We’re developing plans for training, volunteering and mentoring programmes, which will all be launched soon. Also to be launched soon is the 2010-11 round of Good Food Grants, a funding scheme for food projects in schools and community settings. More info to follow in due course.
We’ve been collecting ideas about potential growing spaces around the city and mapping these. These will go onto a big GIS map and will help us evaluate how successful Harvest is in bringing about new food growing spaces.
The Scrumping Project, run by the Brighton Permaculture Trust, has been scrumping like crazy! They’ve already collected fruit from 50 apple and pear trees. Thanks to everyone who’s been in touch to tell them about fruit trees. And if you have a fruit tree that still has fruit, or know of one, please do get in touch via their website, www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk.
Finally, we’ve been working on our website, www.harvest-bh.org.uk - check back over the next month as more and more information will be added. You can read about all the Harvest projects on the website, including details about growing projects you can get involved with now. We will soon be adding seasonal growing tips and other resources to support you in your food growing and local eating endeavours!
Callout to growing projects
Are you involved in a food growing project in Brighton & Hove? If so we want to hear from you!
Harvest is here to support and encourage food growing around the city and we want to be sure we have your details so we can tell you about workshops, funding, events and other things that might be helpful. Also, we’re just really keen to hear about all the good work going on out there! Please do get in touch and tell us who you are – even if you think we already know about you. Projects can be at allotments, community centres, schools, parks, or any other spaces. Please contact Ann on 01273 431700 or ann@bhfood.org.uk with details.
What’s on: White Nights
The Food Partnership is hosting the plot to plate area for the White Nights festival, Saturday 24th October 6pm to midnight just north of St Peters Church. Throughout the night there will be the chance to carve a pumpkin, learn how to make lemon curd and chutney, seasonal cookery demonstrations, garlic planting and apple pressing to make hot spicy apple juice. At 6.30 pm there will be a seed bomb making workshop, 8.00 pm is seed saving and Lewes Road Community Garden will be coming to tell their story at 9.00pm.
Funding opportunity: Brighton & Hove Adult Festival of Learning
Looking for funding to put on an event to engage people in learning about food, health, skills sharing, nature, science, history or culture? The Brighton & Hove Adult Learning Festival is part of the Government’s ‘Learning Revolution’ that aims to encourage organisations and individuals to develop new ways of delivering informal learning. Applications are welcomed for between £250 and £1500. Please visit the link below for more information, grant guidelines and an application form.
http://www.bhlp.org.uk/news-events/news/brighton-hove-adult-festival-learning
Join the Food Partnership!
The Food Partnership is a membership organisation working for a healthy and sustainable food system for Brighton & Hove. We believe that healthy people make a healthy city and want all residents to have access to fresh, healthy, affordable locally produce food – as well as the skills to grow, cook and enjoy it!
If you live in Brighton & Hove and are passionate about good food for our city, why not join the Food Partnership? Membership is free, and members receive City Food News, our newsletter, email updates about local food news and events, invitations to food-related events and networking opportunities. Join online at www.bhfood.org.uk.
Lastly, if you have a friend or colleague you think would enjoy this newsletter, please do forward it on!
Kind regards
The Harvest Brighton & Hove team
www.harvest-bh.org.uk
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