Council toolkit: Councils and food growing. Credit: Sustain

Council toolkit: Councils and food growing

Useful information, links and signposting to help councils support food growing initiatives.

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Council toolkit: Councils and food growing
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Reports • Capital Growth

Published: Wednesday 15 December 2021

What's inside?

  • Where to start: 3 quick actions
  • Choosing your next steps: Approaches to consider
  • Seeking good practice: What other Councils are doing
  • Do your homework: useful strategy documents
  • Outside of London/National
  • Useful resources and websites
  • Free advice and support: join our food growing networks!
  • Schools
  • Social Prescribing
  • Practical Support & Signposting

Reports • Capital Growth

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Capital Growth: Connecting a network of London growers.

Critter Consultant trinaing at Kentish Town City Farm. Credit: Lula Wattam

Critter Consultants find biodiversity thriving in London’s community food growing spaces
Garden with hosepipe in drought conditions. Credit: Lula Wattam

Growing through drought: practical advice for London’s community gardens
Jade from Black Growth CIC harvesting courgettes. Credit: Black Growth CIC

London's driest July in 190 years: how urban growers are coping in extreme heat
Kilburn to Kensal Fruit Pickers. Credit: Michael Stuart

Capital Growth: Annual members survey 2024-25
Christchurch School Community Garden bug hunting. Credit: Lula Wattam

Join the Big City Bug Hunt
Big City Bug Hunt table at Christchurch School Community Garden for Good to Grow 2026. Credit: Lula Wattam

Big City Bug Hunt: Learn more about IDing and monitoring bugs!
Raised garden bed plot of a community garden. Copyright: Petra Richli | iStock

London is Good to Grow: local food gardens open to the public this April
Right to Grow campaigners displaying banners outside Hackney town hall . Credit: Glyn Harries

Grassroots campaigners are victorious as Hackney Council passes the Right to Grow

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