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Foodie gift ideas 2025
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Hunger, Hardship and Low Hanging Fruit: two new food reports
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My reflections on the Lincolnshire Food Summit 2024
It’s not just the younger generations who need to be included in project creation and campaigning. When we have time, those of us with knowledge and expertise in marketing and PR should be willing to work alongside people from disadvantaged backgrounds to empower them to use their voice to get involved.
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General Election 2024
In the run up to the General Election (Thursday 4 July) the major parties – Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, and Green – have each articulated distinct food-related policies in their manifestos. Here is a breakdown of their positions: Labour Party The Labour Party has consistently emphasised the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the food…
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What I learned from attending the Lincolnshire Food Summit 2023
Reflections by Matti Colley On Thursday 23rd November 2023 I was invited to attend the Lincolnshire Food Summit at the New Life Centre, Sleaford. The summit was organised by the Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership, Acts Trust, Sleaford New Life and the Lincolnshire Co-op, and was attended by around 80 representatives from local foodbanks, community groceries…
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The Future of Food in the Fens – online event
This online event explores a range of challenges that we will face in relation to food production on the Grade 1 land of the Lincolnshire Fens, including transport, flooding, climate change, policy, infrastructure, biodiversity and more. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, contribute to discussions and will be prompted to reflect on a…
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News from the World Food Programme
We hosted a fascinating, challenging and very moving talk by Greg Barrow from the UN World Food Programme yesterday, at Mint Lane Cafe, to celebrate World Food Day. The Challenge of Hunger Greg outlined what a uniquely challenging year it has been in the humanitarian world: Climate change and global conflict are driving forces in…
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Supper Clubs 2023 Feedback
We would love to hear your feedback from the Supper Clubs. Please reflect on what you have enjoyed, what could be improved upon and how you may like to get involved in the future. Would you like to see the work of the Good Food Movement in Lincolnshire continue through World Food Supper Clubs? Thank…
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The Grocery, Bardney
“Our vision is for a UK without the need for food banks.” The Trussell Trust (the UK’s largest network of foodbanks, including Lincoln Foodbank) Can foodbanks help with the cost of living crisis? No. Most foodbanks and community larders are intended to meet urgent, short term, emergency needs for food. They were never intended to…
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Thank you Ticky!
Ticky Nadal is stepping down from her role as Food Partnership Coordinator at the end of March, to focus more on her work at Board Director at Mint Lane CIC. Ticky has done so much for the Food Partnership, especially working with foodbanks and community larders across the county; reducing food waste; championing healthy diets…
