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VACANCY – community growing DEVELOPMENT WORKER, Joining the dots for nature
We are seeking to appoint a community growing development worker (part-time, fixed term contract to end March 2025) to lead the new ‘Joining the Dots for Nature’ project. It’ll help improve the soils and natural habitats of community growing schemes in or near the Cornwall National Landscape.
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Upcoming Events and dates
A round-up of events and workshops. Get in touch to list your event.
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Watch this short video from our Cornwall Good food summit
It’s great to see so many new faces joining us after our second #CornwallGoodFoodSummit. Now watch the video!
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YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE SECOND cORNWALL GOOD FOOD SUMMIT
We’ve been busy looking at your feedback on our second Cornwall Good Food Summit. Many of you wouldn’t change anything about the day but some wanted more time for in-depth discussion about specific issues.
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BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART IN OUR SECOND CORNWALL GOOD FOOD SUMMIT
We’d like to extend a massive thanks to the 100+ people involved in and working with commercial and community local food enterprises who took part in our second Cornwall Good Food Summit this week. It was such a productive and stimulating event.
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Making good food work on the farm and in the marketplace
The final part of our second Cornwall Good Food Summit at Nancarrow Farm on Monday 2 December asks everyone to explore the barriers that prevent the food system from changing for the better. What can we all do to move things on?
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how people and places are working to put good local food at the heart of what we do in cornwall
Just a few hours till the start of our second Cornwall Good Food Summit at Nancarrow Farm on Monday 2 December. Cornwall’s good food culture is the topic under discussion for our afternoon speaker panel.
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BUSINESSes working to PROMOTe THE CORNISH good FOOD ECONOMY
Another key session at our second Cornwall Food Summit at Nancarrow Farm next Monday 2 December focuses on the Cornish good food economy. Business entrepreneurs in three successful spheres of our local food economy will be sharing their experience and encouraging a wider conversation.
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CorNWALL HEALTH EXPERTS: how can we ENSURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO affordable nutritious food?
Cornwall’s leading health experts are playing a prominent role at our second Cornwall Good Food Summit next week. The event at Nancarrow Farm near Truro on Monday 2 December begins with a focus on Food for Health.
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Summit speakers focus on food that’s good for the planet
There’s less than a week to go till our second Cornwall Good Food Summit at Nancarrow Farm, St Allen near Truro on Monday 2 December. Three of our amazing speakers on the day will be leading a discussion on Food for the Planet.
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Cornwall’s labour MPs pledge to work closely with sustainable food cornwall
Sustainable Food Cornwall had a busy day in Westminster strengthening connections with Cornwall’s new Labour MPs about the importance of everyone having equal access to healthy, affordable and planet-friendly food.
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CORNWALL GOOD FOOD SUMMIT – MONDAY 2 DECEMBER AT NANCARROW FARM
Registration is now open for the second Cornwall Good Food Summit. It’s on Monday 2 December in the inspirational setting of Nancarrow Farm near Truro.
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Veg Box Prescriptions get off to a great start
Five people with pre-diabetes and diabetes have been getting weekly veg boxes on prescription from Goonown Growers CIC, an organic market garden in St Agnes on the Cornwall north coast.
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What does sustainable farming look like? A visit to Higher Keigwin Organic Farm
Two members of the Sustainable Food Cornwall partnership recently had an opportunity to visit Higher Keigwin Organic Farm in West Penwith for a farm walk. The event was organised through Pasture for Life, which certifies and supports farmers producing 100% grass-fed meat, milk and dairy. We joined a mixed group of established farmers interested in…
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Farmers’ and produce markets are booming in Cornwall
Spring is definitely in the air! Farmers and produce markets are becoming increasingly popular in Cornwall as consumers seek out local food and drink. There are now more than 30 held regularly in and around towns and villages stretching from Bude to Sennen. New ones seem to be popping up all the time and the…
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Food Charter
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Food Charter is now live! Sign up to support a Cornish food system that’s more resilient and planet-friendly and where everyone has access to healthy and affordable food.
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How can Cornish growers collaborate for greater efficiency and resilience?
Cornwall has a wealth of innovative small scale agroecological producers but its remote geography can make transport and logistics difficult. Gatherings of growers in mid and west Cornwall, organised through the Organic at the Heart (OATH) project, highlighted the challenges associated with driving long distances to buy in and collect produce to compliment their offering to their…
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Community food growing schemes are flourishing in Cornwall but they urgently need more land, funding and skills in order to expand and thrive, according to a new report produced by Sustainable Food Cornwall and Exeter University.
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New film highlights food links to the climate crisis – and showcases Cornish solutions
We import nearly 50% of all our food in the UK …. and yet waste one-third of it. Food waste alone, if it were a country, would be the world’s third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after China and the United States, and the way our food is produced is a major driver of…
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What is ‘Good Food for One and All’? Reflections from Cornwall’s first Food System Summit
Our vision is a food system that provides ‘Good Food for One and All’ – but what does that mean? At our first Food Summit, speakers from across the food system shared perspectives on food that’s good for people, good for the planet, good for the economy and good for our communities and society.
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Cornwall Food Systems Summit – 16th May
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Are you passionate about food as a driver for better public health, climate adaptation and mitigation, nature recovery and social justice? If so, please join us at our first Food Summit to explore what a sustainable food system for Cornwall could be, and to help shape our action…
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