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Some organisations and people who are connected to this project: Sheffield
Wildlife Trust: Paul
Conneally (renga ramble poet and artist): Renga
Platform (information about renga poetry events) Jo
Salter (designed the website) Anne-Marie
Culhane (artist and community activist) local
multidisciplinary practice specialising in sculptural timber structures Transition
Sheffield And suppliers: Kind donators of FSC raised beds for the Community Growers Project: http://www.waltons.co.uk Codnor Horticultural Ltd
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These are other interesting and inspiring projects, organisations and individuals related to food growing in cities Abundance projects springing up across the country: www.abundancemanchester.wordpress.com Promote
and publicise Seed Swaps across the UK and valuable information on how
to save seeds etc: Soil
Association: A
report on Britain’s food security: Permaculture
Association – designing for sustainability with an excellent section
on courses and training available Masterminded
by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – National scheme linking people Julian
Brandram. local expert on fruit trees and soft fruit offering advice
and trees for sale suited to the region good
documentary about foraging in Chicago and discussion about some of A
network dedicated to research & promote ways of achieving absolute An
ambitious, large scale local food growing project in Middlesborough
– a partnership between Middlessbrough Council, Dott 07, Groundwork
South Tees, Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust, The
National Charity for Organic Gardening: A
great website by fruit activists in USA: The
Allotments Regeneration Initiative: with a case study on an edible roundabout in Cleethorpes…. http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=61&Itemid;=106 Recent
Community Garden project commissioned by Tate Modern Short
video clip of Rob Hoskins (Transition Towns) talking about changing
urban land use in UK cities Transition
Towns – a number of UK and US towns which are preparing for peak
oil and planning strategies for more self sufficient and locally based
economies in the future (including the importance of local and urban
food generation) Interesting
local food growing and distribution and fruit harvest project in Lea
Valley, London Rats
to Roses a great short documentary film by Tamra Raven about the threat
to New Yorks’ thriving community garden culture earlier this century Green
roof 294 by artist Beth Hamer A
buoyant, great and informative site on Urban Agriculture in Canada including
how to cultivate more space in the city, remediation techniques for
improving contaminated soil etc. a
thirty year old organization in New York with uses a unique mix of education,
organizing, and advocacy to help people cultivate community gardens,
sustain grassroots groups and coalitions, engage youth and address issues
critical to the future of their gardens. Interesting
articles and research on urban agriculture, edible ecosystems and permaculture National
network supporting the local food sector, leading towards sustainable
local food systems national
alliance, network and food calendar listings pages for better food and
farming Sheffield
Campaign Against Climate Change Report
on Gardening in the Global Greenhouse – research into the impacts
of Climate Change on Gardens in the UK England
in Particular Sheffield
Green Drinks Commmunity
Composting Network A great film about the setting up and principals of Leaf Street Community Permaculture Garden in Manchester: Part
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYO51rST5vg Informal
community/voluntary group who rent a farm near Ripon and run courses,
run a forest garden and look after livestock all on principles of low
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