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Growathon - Ready. Set. Grow!

 

The challenge is on! Growathon, a new initiative aiming to be the biggest London school food growing campaign of the coming year, has been launched by the Food Growing Schools: London partnership (FGSL). With the aim of reaching 10,000 London students growing food in our city, students from every London borough are being set the challenge to  grow one thing, feed their city, and tell a friend today! Read more.
FEBRUARY TOP STORY
Trees for Cities are seeking one final London school for their 2016/17 Dream Fund Edible Playground programme supported by players of the People's Postcode Lottery. Read more

29 February 2016

Fancy a brilliant day of workshops on topics around outdoor learning, food education and school gardening? Join the 3rd annual Outdoor Learning and ‘Plot to Plate’ Conference – Monday March 7th, 9-3pm. Read more.


29 February 2016

Have a free 'Gardens and Mental Health' workshop this year - bookings open for the Summer term. The Wellcome Trust are funding a day workshop for KS1 and 2, on how gardens and nature can help mental health, using art, design, mindfulness. Read more.


19 February 2016

Mayor helps tackle child obesity with £42,000 for schools to grow food

  • 21 Lambeth and Croydon schools share £42,000 School Garden Grant
  • Mayor has partnered with Whole Kids Foundation to pilot the programme in the UK

Read more.


18 February 2016

TV gardener Chris Collins confirmed as the keynote speaker for Food Growing Schools: London upcoming Schools Conference 2016

Chris Collins, famous TV gardener and passionate Garden Organic ambassador, will be the keynote speaker at the two Schools conferences organised this spring by Food Growing Schools: London, a project which brings together since 2014 the very best of London’s food growing expertise, information and support, with the ambition to inspire and equip every school in London to grow their own food. Read more.


03 February 2016

Countryside Classroom’s Passport

The closing date for Countryside Classroom’s Passport competition is approaching, but there’s still time to start and signing up before 24 February 2016. Read more.


01 February 2016

Free 2016 Grow Wild seed kits

Capital Growth is taking part in the UK’s biggest ever wild flower campaign by sharing free Grow Wild seed kits.ending 14th February 2016! Register today using Grow Wild’s one-minute form. Read more.


28 January 2016

The Food For Life new Awards

The Food for Life Awards scheme, managed by the Soil Association, is now offering schools a brand new awards support package for a great value subscription. Read more.


12 January 2016

Southwark school gets boost for its growing ambition thanks to Trees for Cities' edible playground initiative

We are therefore excited to announce that Trees for Cities, with funding from players of Peoples Postcode Lottery, will now transform areas of the school playground at Charlotte Sharman Primary School in Southwark into an edible playground.  Read more.


4 January 2016

Edible Playgrounds launches ‘Grow On, Film It’ short film competition

Edible Playgrounds (EP), a project by Trees for Cities, is inviting London food growing schools, to participate in its new ‘Grow On, Film It!’ short film competition. EP will ask school pupils to create short films about planting, sowing, growing, gardening, and harvesting healthy food at school. Entries close: Friday, 17 June 2016. Read more.


23 December 2015

We are recruiting! Food Growing Schools: London - Project Manager

Location: London. Salary: £36,000. Closing Date: Sunday, 10 January 2016

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with experience and an excellent track record in project management and partnership working, bid writing and a good knowledge of relevant activity and stakeholders in London. The person will join our team to offer project management to deliver the main project objective of supporting all schools in London to become food growing schools. Read more.


18 December 2015

London Councils show leadership on school food

The results of an annual survey of food initiatives supported by London Councils were published today by campaigning network London Food Link. The ‘Good Food For London’ report [1], supported by the Mayor of London and partner food and farming organisations [2], is now in its fifth year, measuring progress and encouraging local councils to take action on good food. Read more.


14 December 2015

Good Luck Tim!

British ESA Astronaut, Tim Peake, flies to the International Space Station tomorrow

Tomorrow at 11:02am, British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) for his six-month Principia mission. Tim is an inspirational role model for young people across the UK and is dedicated to encouraging children to engage with STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects. It is because of this, we partnered with the UK Space Agency several months ago to launch Rocket Science, an exciting project allowing schools to grow seeds that have been to space. Read more.


11 December 2015

Young Photographers Awarded Prizes

London students Theo and Indra were presented with their prizes for winning this year's RHS Young Herb Photographer of the Year.

Winner of the 5 to 10 age category was Indra, 8 years old from 11th Newham West Scout Group in Stratford, London for his beautiful image of borage (Borago officinalis). The photograph, which was taken in the Peak District, was chosen by the judges for its exquisite detail, clarity and colour.

Winner of the 11 to 17 age category was Theo, 11 years old from Thomas's Clapham School, London for his stunning photograph of rosemary (Rosmarinus). The photo showed a sprig of rosemary in the sun and rain and judges loved the dramatic contrast of the soft raindrops against the dark background. Read more.


25 November 2015

Time to harvest your oca!

In Spring 2015, as part of our Grow Around the World project 70 London schools joined our school's experiment to see if oca could rival the potato on their school dinner tables! For those of your who were lucky enough to order your oca, we hope you have had fun growing them. You should now be thinking about harvesting your oca plants. Read more.


24 November 2015

Food Flagships - November 2015 update

GLA Food Programme - The Food Flagships boroughs are making great progress with all the projects up and running. Additional work areas are also progressing including: the School Garden Grants programme, and the first Edible walking route in London was launched in Clapham Common. Read more.


16 November 2015

School Food Matters are recruiting!

Intern - Corporate Fundraising

School Food Matters is looking for an intern to research and identify new corporate funding opportunities for a range of food education programmes. This is a freelance contract funded by Santander and it provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to the growth and financial stability of a small but influential charity. The internship is paid and the successful applicant could work from home or at our office in SW14. The hours are flexible and the term of this contract is negotiable. Read more.


5 November 2015

Trees for Cities are recruiting!

Edible Playgrounds Development Coordinator (Maternity cover)

Location: Kennington, London, UK
Salary: £22,000 per annum pro rata
Application Closing date: 9am on Monday 23 November 2015

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated, confident individual to join our Development Team through our Edible Playgrounds programme. Reporting to the Development Director, you will be responsible for developing edible playground projects in schools in London and other UK cities; and for raising corporate income for our edible playground programme. The role involves working with schools, partners, businesses, and Trees for Cities delivery team. Read more.


29 October 2015

Universal Infant Free School Meals

A huge thank you to all of you for supporting the campaign to save UIFSM!

Today during Prime Minister's Questions David Cameron announced that Universal Infant Free School Meals were safe.  Talking about the policy, the PM said "I'm proud of what we've done and we'll be keeping it". Read more.


26 October 2015

We're Recruiting! Communications Officer - Food Growing Schools: London (Maternity cover)

This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in this inspiring, London-wide project. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has experience and a proven track record of working in communications & PR. We want someone with an excellent knowledge of a range of communications channels including PR, Media, Web and Social Media and with a good understanding of & press contacts within the London region. The person will join our team to offer maternity cover and deliver the communications strategy to facilitate the main project objective of supporting all schools in London to become food growing schools.

Location: Old Street, London & home based with regular travel to Coventry.

Application Closing Date: Monday, 16 November 2015. Read more.


16 October 2015

Mayor and Whole Kids Foundation help tackle child obesity with £42,000 for schools to grow their own food

  • Lambeth and Croydon schools eligible to apply for share of £42,000 School Garden Grant
  • Mayor has partnered with Whole Kids Foundation to pilot the programme in the UK

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, today confirmed details of a £42,000 funding pot that will allow schools in Lambeth and Croydon to grow their own food as part of his ongoing drive to tackle obesity in the capital and get young Londoners eating more healthily. Today’s announcement comes on World Food Day as Rosie Boycott, Chair of London, joins UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other influential leaders at the Milan Expo to discuss the challenge of sustainably eradicating hunger and poverty over the next 15 years.  Read more.


12 October 2015

Rockmount Primary take their food growing to the next level

Pupils at Rockmount Primary School in Croydon will have the opportunity to take their growing to the next level.  The charity Trees for Cities has started work to create an Edible Playground which will be launched next Spring/Summer 2016.

Edible Playgrounds transform areas in school grounds into vibrant outdoor spaces that excite and teach children about growing and eating healthy food.  By instilling healthy eating habits at an early age, Edible Playgrounds help tackle obesity, food poverty and lack of access to nature head on, and provide a platform for fun and engaging lessons that support the school curriculum. Read more.


29 September 2015

Rose Vouchers for Fruit & Veg launched at Brixton Market

The Mayor of London’s food advisor Rosie Boycott joined traders and local families at Brixton Market today to celebrate the launch of a brand new healthy eating initiative.The Rose Vouchers for Fruit & Veg project was set up by Alexandra Rose Charities in partnership with Food Matters with the aim of promoting healthy eating and combating food poverty by giving families vouchers that can be redeemed for fresh fruit and vegetables at local markets.

The project will support 100 families with the provision of Rose Vouchers that can be redeemed at participating traders at Brixton Market and in West Norwood. Working in partnership with local children’s centres, the aim of the project is to work with families with young children who are living on low incomes. The children’s centres will identify families who could benefit most from the scheme as well as providing support such as cooking classes to build their skills and confidence. Read more.


28 September 2015

Universal Infant Free School Meals - update (see 21 Sept 2015 below for more information)

Please click here to sign our petition and show your support for this policy!

Huge thanks to all of you who signed the petition to save UIFSM! We've now got over 32,000 signatures and lots of press interest in the campaign. Please enjoy this BBC News piece featuring our friends at Lowther Primary School.

We've had encouraging news this morning in the form of a Sky News piece reporting that David Cameron has pledged his support for UIFSM! We're working hard to make this a reality but you can help by continuing to add your names to the petition and getting this news out to your network. Read more.


25 September 2015

Local food producers and community heros crowned at inaugural Urban Food Awards

The victorious group of locally based producers and food heros were crowned top of their individual categories at an awards bash at London’s world famous Borough Market last night (Thursday 24 September). Four other producers were also recognised for their outstanding contributions to London’s food scene. Organised by City Hall and London Food Link in a bid to root out the best of the city’s local larder, the Urban Food Awards is a celebration of the very best food and drink produced by companies with 50 employees or fewer in the capital.

Leading the way to a better future

The Urban Food Awards was also open to enterprises, organisations and individuals leading the way to a better food future. In particular the Food Growing Schools: London partnership would like to say a huge congratulations to Dee Laverty who won the New Shoots Food Guru: category for her dedication to working with young people doing cooking and food growing activities through the Broadwaters Inclusive Learning Community in Tottenham.  Read more.


21 September 2015

Keep Universal Infant Free School Meals in schools in England

In September 2014 the government introduced UIFSM in schools in England. There have recently been a number of reports in the media that the government are considering scrapping UIFSM to save money.
We are calling on the government to back UIFSM and not scrap it. Sign the petition here


14 September 2015

The Food for Life programme is changing

Taken from the Soil Association Food for Life blog.

Over the summer we have been busy refreshing our offer to schools to reflect that Ofsted now expects pupils "to be able to make informed choices about healthy eating" and will look for evidence of this both within and outside of the classroom.

There are now two levels of access to the Schools Programme which are covered by our Food for Life ‘Membership’ package and our ‘Awards’ package. We have a host of new resources, training and webinars to support schools on their Food for Life journey. Every school achieving an award will also receive a site visit from one of our school food experts, giving schools valuable tips on how to demonstrate positive food culture to Ofsted and share their successes with parents and the wider community. Read more.


8 September 2015

Sow it. Grow it. Sell it!

From strawberry jam to tomato ketchup, and the great British apple to winter salad bags - young entrepreneurs are bringing harvest time to the city. From September to December 2015, schools across London are rolling up their sleeves to take part in Grow Your Own Business, a city-wide celebration of school food growing, enterprise and learning, creating young entrepreneurs and healthier local communities.

With the expert guidance of the Food Growing Schools: London partnership, students can learn the secret to starting their own school food growing business, raising money for their school, developing employment skills and selling healthy, home-grown food to and with their local community. Read more


5 Sept 2015

We have lift off!

Rocket seeds launched successfully to International Space Station

On Wednesday 02 September, 2kg of rocket seeds were successfully launched into space, bound for their new home aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Watch a video of the launch here.

The seeds departed from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Soyuz 44S - the flight that also delivered European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen and his crew to the ISS. The rocket and crew docked on Friday and the seeds were unloaded and placed safely on board. They will remain on the ISS for several months and return to Earth with astronaut Scott Kelly, currently planned for March 2016. Read more.


3 September 2015

Jamie Oliver, Sustain and Leon join forces to take action on sugary sweetened drinks and fund childrens food initiatives.

Jamie Oliver and Sustain have launched a petition calling on the UK government to urgently introduce a sugary drinks tax. If over 100,000 people sign the petition then the Government must consider debating the issue in parliament.The petition can be found here - childrenshealthfund.org.uk . Read more.


12 August 2015

Mayor celebrates delivery of 100 pocket parks across London

A green scheme launched by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to create 100 new pocket parks in the capital has been so successful there are plans to roll it out across the country. The Mayor has today confirmed he has delivered his manifesto pledge to create 100 rejuvenated spaces as part of his pocket parks programme in 26 London boroughs.

From a rain garden in Vauxhall to a dinosaur playground in Hornsey and edible gardens along a south London bus route, more than 25 hectares of community land across the capital have been converted into new enhanced green areas, thanks to £2million of funding from the Mayor. This was match-funded from the Boroughs, as well as grants from businesses and trusts. Read more.


8 August 2015

Doing porridge: prison, school and hospital meals put to the test

Can prisoners learn to cook five-star meals? Could a top chef overhaul the canteen at an inner-city London primary? Restaurant Critic Marina O'Loughlin reports for the Guardian (Saturday 8 August 2015), with a visit to Gayhurst community school, in Hackney and their new school cook Nicole Pisani, the former head chef of Yotam Ottolenghi’s Nopi. Read more.


7 August 2015

Filling the holiday gap

Almost a third (31%) of parents on lower incomes have skipped a meal so that their children could eat during the school holidays, according to a new report. ‘Isolation and Hunger: the impact of the school holidays on struggling families’, issued by Kellogs, revealed that more than six out of ten parents with household incomes of less than £25,000 aren’t always able to afford to buy food outside of term time. For parents with incomes of less than £15,000, that figure rose to a remarkable 73%, while 41% of parents in those low-income families had skipped meals during the holidays. School holidays are especially difficult for low-income families whose children usually receive free school meals or support from breakfast clubs.

The All Party Parliamentary Group for School Food has produced a framework entitled Filling the Holiday Gap to support the provision of holiday meals. This is intended to support communities with a framework for providing good food as part of holiday learning, play and activity programmes. Read more.


21 July 2015

Three Edible Playgrounds get the grow ahead

2000 more children learn about growing and eating healthy food

2000 children from four schools will have the opportunity to get growing thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The charity Trees for Cities will create an Edible Playground at The Palmer Primary Academy in Reading and Baguley Hall Primary School in Manchester whilst Meridian High School and Fairchildes Primary School in Croydon will share an Edible Playground.

The programme is a partnership between Trees for Cities, School Food Matters and Chefs Adopt a School to create 10 flagship Edible Playgrounds in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Reading. Read more.


9 July 2015 - Schools Marketplace update

Schools receive surprise Mayor of London visit at the School's Marketplace, City Hall

The School’s Marketplace at City Hall, on Thursday 9th July, was a huge success, with 10 London schools battling their way through the London tube strike to arrive laden with produce to sell to the public. During the School’s Marketplace the school’s had a surprise visit from the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson who visited every one of their stalls and went home with armfuls of school-grown produce. As you can imagine, the students (and teachers!), were very excited to welcome this special guest.

Grow Your Own School Garden Competition - Announcing the Winners!

At the School's Marketplace The Mayor of London also took part in giving out the prizes at our ‘Grow your Own School Garden Competition’ Award Ceremony, with our generous competition sponsors. A huge thank you to The Organic Gardening Catalogue, Haxnicks and VegTrug for donating the competition prizes, and to BBC TV Gardener, Chris Collins for being our competition judge. Congratulations to the following three schools who received their awards to huge applause, and look forward to setting up their own school gardens. Read more.


 6 July 2015

City Hall hosts School’s Marketplace for a second year

The Mayor of London’s Food Programme team are opening the doors of the prestigious City Hall to welcome 10  London schools to hold their very own Schools Marketplace. Taking place on Thursday 9th July 2015 from 12noon to 3pm, the event will be a mouth-watering showcase for delicious food grown in London’s schools. Sample tasty produce and fill your shopping bags with edible school-grown treats – from jams and chutneys, to salads, herbs, cordials, dips and more. The Schools Marketplace, is the grand finale of Grow Your Own Picnic 2015, a term-long celebration of food growing in London schools: foodgrowingschools.org/events/picnic

The Schools Marketplace is organised by the Food Growing Schools: London partnership, led by Garden Organic, and Capital Growth. In 2014 schools sold produce to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny! Read more.


6 Jul 2015

School Food Plan Publishes New Guidance to Support Ofsted Changes

The School Food Plan has produced practical guidance to help school leaders and governing bodies adopt a whole school approach to food and create a culture and ethos of healthy eating. It is designed to be used alongside other School Food Plan resources including the Headteacher Checklist and What Works Well website. Read more.


1 July 2015

Houston we have a problem...
...but we are fixing it!

In case you didn't watch the launch or haven't seen the news, we are sad to announce that on Sunday afternoon the SpaceX-7 rocket exploded, along with our seeds and other precious cargo, shortly after take-off. The rocket was unmanned and broke up in the air so no one was harmed. Read more.


25 June 2015

Cyrus Todiwala launches Edible Playground in Tower Hamlets

St Paul’s Whitechapel Primary - Inspiring children to grow and eat good food

Edible Playgrounds (EP), a project led by Trees for Cities (TfC), to provide schools in urban areas the opportunity to grow food in their playgrounds, yesterday launched an edible playground in St Paul’s Whitechapel, CE Primary School, Tower Hamlets.

Chef, restaurateur, author and media personality Cyrus Todiwala OBE, whose flagship restaurant, Café Spice Namaste, is located on Prescot Street, within the borough of Tower hamlets, officially opens the edible playground today.  The local chef will be buying produce harvested in the EP to use in his restaurant. Read more.


20 June 2015

Food Growing Schools: London to deliver support to Food Flagship Schools

The Food Flagship boroughs (Lambeth and Croydon) are making fantastic progress with many projects now off the ground.  The Greater London Authority (GLA) is happy to be supporting Food Growing Schools: London to begin a programme which will deliver one to one support to 15 schools in Croydon that are not already food growing.  In addition, FGSL are delivering a series of food growing training workshops in schools in both Flagship boroughs in order to encourage all schools in the flagships to grow food. Read more.


16 June 2015

Pupils to make “informed choices about healthy eating”, says Ofsted in new inspection framework

In a watershed moment for school food, Ofsted has formally included healthy eating and knowledge of how to eat healthily in its Common Inspection Framework published yesterday. The Food for Life Partnership welcomes the commitment to children’s health it will bring about and reiterates its ongoing support for schools which can help with Ofsted inspections. Read more.


12 June 2015

MBE honour for school food plan restaurateurs

By Judith Burns - BBC Education reporter.

Restaurateurs Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent have been made MBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for their work in improving school lunches. The pair, co-founders of the Leon restaurant chain, led a government commissioned independent review of school food, published two years ago. Their report formed the basis of revised rules on school dinners in England, brought in earlier this year. John Vincent said the aim was to bring about a cultural change in schools. Read More.


2 June 2015

Trees for Cities launches new Edible Playgrounds website

Trees for Cities (TfC) is inviting schools, businesses and funders to explore its new Edible Playground website www.edibleplaygrounds.org. Edible Playgrounds (EP), a project led by Trees for Cities, transform outdoor areas in school grounds into fully functional food growing spaces, giving children the opportunity to grow, harvest and eat good food. EP get children living in urban areas excited about growing good and understanding where food comes from. Read more.


19 May 2015

Michael Palin Launches first Edible Playground in Camden

Carlton Primary Tackles Food Poverty and Childhood Obesity at School
Edible Playgrounds (EP), a project led by Trees for Cities (TfC), to provide schools in urban areas the opportunity to grow food in their playgrounds, today launches an edible playground in Carlton Primary School in Camden, London. Read more.


18 May 2015

Rocket Science - Turning half a million pupils into space biologists
The RHS Campaign for School Gardening has partnered with the UK Space Agency to embark on an ‘out of this world’ educational project. The project, Rocket Science, will give around half a million UK children the chance to learn how science in space contributes to our knowledge of life on earth, using the invaluable expertise of the European Space Agency (ESA) and RHS Science team. Read More.


13 May 2015

MEDIA ALERT: PHOTO-CALL ALERT:

Michael Palin to Launch Camden’s first Edible Playground

Carlton Primary Tackles Food Poverty and Childhood Obesity at School

When: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Where:  Carlton Primary School, Grafton Road, London, NW5 4AX
Photocall: 2.00pm

Edible Playgrounds (EP), a project led by Trees for Cities (TfC), to provide schools in urban areas the opportunity to grow food in their playgrounds, is launching an edible playground in Carlton Primary School in Camden, London. Read More.


7 May 2015

Schools head to market with School Food Matters

With the help of our fantastic partner School Food Matters, London schools have some enterprising projects up their sleeves this summer term. Follow their progress and buy school-grown produce near you on market day at Borough Market and Wholefoods stores. Read more.


30 April 2015

What the political parties say about school food in the run up to the General Election 2015

On 7 May, the British public will vote in the UK's biggest election, determining the next Government. Food for Life Partnership have put together a handy overview of the political parties' positions on school food in the run up to the General Election 2015. Read more.


28 April 2015

A good school food culture can help your Ofsted inspection

We know how important school food is to behaviour, wellbeing and attainment, and Ofsted has now recognised this as well. From September 2015, school food will contribute to how schools are rated by Ofsted in a new Common Inspection Framework. Read more.


27 April 2015

Dream set to come true for Berrymede Junior School in Ealing

Berrymede Junior School in Ealing, west London has been announced as the first of 10 Edible Playground flagship schools to receive support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery Dream Fund, which has awarded £249,180 in funding. Edible Playgrounds, a programme led by Trees for Cities, will completely transform an area of their school grounds into a functional food-growing space. Read more.


14 April 2015

New London School’s Garden Competition launches for Grow Your Own Picnic 2015

The Food Growing Schools: London partnership, led by Garden Organic, has launched Grow Your Own Picnic 2015 for the second year with a fantastic, new Grow Your Own School Garden Competition - and this time schools don’t need to be garden experts to win! Read more.


8 April 2015

RHS to invest over 7 million in home grown horticultural talent to support British Horticulture

The dwindling number of people in the UK with horticultural skills represents a major challenge to the horticultural industry in trying to meet the growing demands placed on it. As part of the industry-wide ‘Horticulture Matters’ campaign to raise the profile of careers in horticulture, the RHS has committed to invest £7.3 million by 2025 into horticultural talent to help support the future of British Horticulture. Read more.


2 April 2015

Capital Growth is recruiting

Capital Growth is recruiting a part-time Project Officer to join the team at Sustain, based in London. They are looking for an organised and creative person to join their successful project team, developing and running an exciting programme of activities that support new and existing food growing projects in London to provide skills, jobs, health and education – and of course great food - for Londoners. Read more.


2 April 2015

Trees for Cities joins London Schools Partnership

We are pleased to announce that Trees for Cities have joined the Food Growing Schools: London partnership, bringing with them over 10 years’ experience and technical expertise in the delivery of Edible Playgrounds. Read More.


23 March 2015

We are recruiting!

Food Growing Schools: London – Engagement Officer. London
£25,000 pro rata. Part time.

Overall purpose: Food Growing Schools London is an exciting project which proposes to engage with all schools in the Greater London area in food growing. We will be working with local networks, educational providers, schools, volunteers and other stakeholders to provide a Pan London network of support for schools. We are looking for individuals who have a proven track record of engaging and inspiring schools, volunteers and communities to embrace food growing or similar activity. Read More.


16th March 2015

Richmond school wins competition special prize awarded by celebrity gardener

Trafalgar Infant School in Richmond beat scores of green-fingered London schools to become special prize winners for the ‘Grow Your Own Lunch Competition’ organised by School Food Matters. Winning the special ‘Grow Around the World’ category awarded by the wider Food Growing Schools: London partnership, the students impressed judges with their sensational recipe design for an exotic, Tanzania inspired, two-course lunch. Read more.


13 March 2015

London businesses give an extra hand to growing schools

Businesses in London are joining forces with London schools for the Schools Big Dig 2015, a new two-week event matching corporate volunteering groups with schools who need help to set up or improve their school food growing space. This event is organised by Capital Growth as part of their wider Big Dig initiative, in partnership with Food Growing Schools London. Read more.


12 March 2015

Flagship Boroughs
Work has now started in the Food Flagship boroughs to implement and expand a range of projects aiming to improve the quality of food available to schools and communities; increase understanding of how diet impacts on health; develop practical cookery skills, increase food growing and foster a love of good food. Lambeth and Croydon were selected last Summer as the two Flagship boroughs after a competitive bidding process. Read More.


For more information contact

Jane Baker
Communications Officer - Food Growing Schools: London

Tel: 024 7630 8221 (direct)
Tel: 0207 065 0889 (main office)
Email: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/FoodGrowSchools


Disclaimer: The Food Growing Schools: London partnership does not take responsibility for the content of news articles written by individual organisations, which are published on our 'News' pages.