A Space to Grow

A Space to Grow 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Olivia Oldham Credit: Vegan Vybes “For me, being in nature, being in the garden…that’s just where I vibrate.” These are the words of Lynda McFarlane, explaining why she was…

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“They’re not just going to go and live on a farm in Devon”: Inner-City Youth Engaging with Nature at May Project Gardens

“They’re not just going to go and live on a farm in Devon”: Inner-City Youth Engaging with Nature at May Project Gardens 150 150 Farmerama Radio

Credit: May Project Gardens May Project Gardens is a grassroots organisation working from a permaculture-designed garden in Morden, London. Through facilitating food growing, exercise, meditation and cooking, and their youth…

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“Food Injustice is Embedded”: Birmingham ‘Brums Together’ for Community Covid Support

“Food Injustice is Embedded”: Birmingham ‘Brums Together’ for Community Covid Support 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Dora Taylor Credit: Incredible Surplus For the team at The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham (RJFPB), Covid-19 highlighted the embedded food injustice that they exist to fight. RJFPB is…

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Who Feeds Us? #5: Cultivating Abundance

Who Feeds Us? #5: Cultivating Abundance 150 150 Farmerama Radio

Artwork by: Hannah Grace In this episode, we visit one region – the West Midlands – to explore how the pandemic has highlighted connections between the local and the global,…

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Flour Power: The Miller’s Tale

Flour Power: The Miller’s Tale 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Olivia Oldham Abigail Holsborough, Brixton Windmill During the first Covid lock-down, many of us turned to baking—as a way to pass the time, to reconnect with our heritage, to…

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Cinnamon Buns, Curiosity and Conversations

Cinnamon Buns, Curiosity and Conversations 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Olivia Oldham Rosie Gray, Reviving Food In the Highlands of Scotland, not far from the mountain resort town of Aviemore, there is a bright yellow horsebox, decorated with colourful…

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“A Community that Values People, Producers, Health and Wellbeing”: Setting Up a Greengrocer in the Middle of a Pandemic

“A Community that Values People, Producers, Health and Wellbeing”: Setting Up a Greengrocer in the Middle of a Pandemic 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Dora Taylor Owen Postgate, Rye Bakery Frome “My real passion is connecting with people, and showing my love for people through baking. Baking is a way of putting smiles…

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Who Feeds Us? #4: Whole Meal

Who Feeds Us? #4: Whole Meal 150 150 Farmerama Radio

Artwork by: Hannah Grace At the start of lockdown, as supermarket shelves were cleared of flour, people who might not otherwise have thought to seek out a local bakery –…

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“Without Soil We Have Nothing”: Community Resilience at No Diggity Gardens

“Without Soil We Have Nothing”: Community Resilience at No Diggity Gardens 150 150 Farmerama Radio

By Dora Taylor No Diggity Gardens No Diggity Gardens is a no-dig, regenerative growing project in Walsall, near Birmingham. When the pandemic emerged at the start of the year, Neville…

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Who Feeds Us? #3: Growing Our Own

Who Feeds Us? #3: Growing Our Own 150 150 Farmerama Radio

Image: Hannah Grace As lockdown came into effect, and supermarkets struggled to restock their fruit and vegetable aisles, the idea of “growing your own” took on a new significance. In…

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