Cabe

Stronger communties

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
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.

ddddd The Model Three plates spinning. One is boring, two is clever , three’s a show! Community – Everyone Business sector including farmers Learning /education - cradle to cradle.

March 2008 60 people attend first meeting. Seed and plant swaps start. pop up gardens-naughty but nice! 750k school food hub bid to the lottery. Incredible parents Harvest Festival. Doctors take a vote for veg. Older peoples growing memories. Every egg matters campaign. Agriculture show- new growing section. Community Pay Back

We can do it in anything!

What have we got ?
Healing horticulture team.
Police and fire station fruit trees
Health centre
Lost Arts training
Food hub/bid
Social housing growing scheme
Churches growing food
All schools growing
2 community orchards
Food in public spaces- legally (mostly!)

And………….
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

Planning application for the clinic

Harvest Festival- 400 bring food to share

The first years results

The new pickle empire

NEW MARKETS METHODS

FIRST TODMORDEN CHEESE

Malcolm Seville Trophy (don’t let dying stop you)

Schools wellies entry for the show.

Every egg matters

HEALING HORTICULTURE

Some of our regular pickers

Todmorden local food survey (back up for politicians)

Making space-a constant activity

Fish -water -prince

Take a tent and talk

School cooks getting out and dirty.

It’s a man thing

Food - it’s the new high!

We want this little fellow to grow up in a cleaner, greener, stronger world

So far we have not got ……………….
Loads of money
Any paid people
A base /filing cabinet/stamp
Anything special
Bureaucracy
Hassle from the council
Bored
A horse and cart
Small dreams
Time to muck about.

Cabe

by Incredible Edible Todmorden on Feb 18, 2010

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