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1. Stronger communties

2. Food –we all do it.

3. 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.

4. 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. ddddd

5. 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 parentsHarvest Festival.Doctors take a vote for veg.Older peoples growing memories.Every egg matters campaign.Agriculture show- new growing section.Community Pay Back

6. We can do it in anything!

8. 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!)

9. And…………. News letter Job training 20011 new training scheme for high school Community pride Academic research A license to grow for the whole borough Vegetable tourism 35 egg producers Local food promotion for the market International interest New business Website

10. Planning application for the clinic

11. Harvest Festival-400 bring food to share

12. The first years results

13. The new pickle empire

14. NEW MARKETS METHODS

15. FIRST TODMORDEN CHEESE

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

17. Schools wellies entry for the show.

18. Every egg matters

19. HEALING HORTICULTURE

20. Some of our regular pickers

22. Are you fairly new to food growing? 35% yes

23. Would you like more food growing round town? 79% yes

24. Do you buy locally produced food regularly 64% yes

25. Do you buy local food for environmental reasons 12% yes

26. Do you buy local food to support local economy 45% yes

27. Are you aware of IET 87%yes Summarised from Charlotte Lee-Woolf MSc. thesis Imperial College 111 market shoppers questioned June 2009

28. Making space - a constant activity

29. Fish -water -prince

30. Take a tent and talk

31. School cooks getting out and dirty.

32. It’s a man thing

33. Food - it’s the new high!

34. 10 for 10 1) Build schools for the future that have the living edible world at their heart. 2) Transform health buildings with edible plants and trees as an integral part of the design and workplace. 3) All public bodies to release land for food growing. 4) Plan for food – Support local food production through the planning system with all local plans identifying places for growing.

35. 10 for 10 5) Tick all the boxes – Make growing a performance indicator for ‘wellbeing’ for all Public Services. 6) Insist all new homes to have ready-to-grow spaces. 7) All social landlords to allocate space for growing. 8) Charter for truly local markets – support local food producers and farmers and campaign for the reallocation of subsidies. 9) Make sure public bodies like schools and health authorities have as a priority to procure local food 10) Invest in food skills for the future. We need incredible degrees and diplomas, cooks and technologists, farmers and fabulous food producers.

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