Reports: Growing Health Case study: Women's Environmental Network
This is a pilot project which will run for 15 months (April 2014 - July 2015) employing the equivalent of two full time Community Gardening Coordinators.
Growing Health | Monday 30 June 2014
Reports: Growing Health Case Study: Lets Grow Lets Eat
Food4families is a community based food-growing project for local residents sponsored by Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC). It aims to enable people to grow and cook food, while encouraging healthier eating and lifestyle habits.
Growing Health | Monday 9 June 2014
Reports: Growing Health Case Study: Growing Well
Growing Well provides local people with mental health problems an opportunity to get involved in a supportive and inclusive farm-based community.
Growing Health | Monday 9 June 2014
Reports: Capital Growth: Annual Monitoring Survey 2013
Every year, Capital Growth carries out a survey of its community food growing spaces. This survey allows us to find out about the people involved, assess the value of the support the network offers and helps inform its future development. This year's survey, sent out early 2014, asked members about their activities in 2013.
Capital Growth | Monday 19 May 2014
Reports: Grow More Food: Top Tips
This toolkit provides a useful overview and top tips of how you can improve the yield of your growing site.
Capital Growth | Thursday 15 May 2014
Reports: Edible estates
This guide has been developed by Neighbourhoods Green, Capital Growth and Planning Aid for London to share learning and good practice from communities and social landlords who have been involved in food growing initiatives on social housing owned land.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 13 May 2014
Reports: Jellied Eel 43
In this issue: Kitchen incubators; Raw milk; Urban Food Routes; Stepney City Farmers' Market; and The Eel Loves...Walthamstow
Jellied Eel | Thursday 1 May 2014
Reports: Planning sustainable cities for community food growing
For the first time, this guide brings together in one place examples of planning policies around the UK that support community food growing. It is aimed primarily at planning authorities to help them to use food growing as a way of creating healthy communities, itself a specific recommendation within the Planning Practice Guidance that goes with the National Planning Policy Framework for England, but a principle that is relevant across the UK.
Planning Food Cities | Wednesday 9 April 2014
Reports: Growing Health Case Study: Growing Opportunities, Ideal for All
The project targets people of all ages and backgrounds from Sandwell, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group area, as well as the wider Black Country and Birmingham can take part in the programme.
Growing Health | Tuesday 1 April 2014
Reports: The benefits of gardening and food growing for health and wellbeing
This study reviews the extensive scientific literature showing the benefits of gardening and community food growing for both physical and mental health. It presents a compelling case for action by health professionals and the NHS; local authority planners and Government planning policy specialists to create, protect and promote gardening and community food growing.
Growing Health | Tuesday 1 April 2014
