Author: Laura Stratford

  • Protected: Fens Feedback

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  • Protected: The Future of Food in the Fens: a collective strategy

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  • Pantry Staples: Kidney Beans Recipes

    Pantry Staples: Kidney Beans Recipes

    By Gemma Whitelock, manager at Mint Lane Cafe and Greens & Good Stuff An often-overlooked canned food, did you know that kidney beans are one of the most returned cans to the food bank from donation parcels? According to food bank staff, this is mostly because recipients of the food parcels simply aren’t sure how…

  • Protected: Draft Fens Strategy – April 2025

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  • Protected: Short version! – draft Fens strategy, April 2025

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  • How to end food waste

    How to end food waste

    Household food waste is a big issue. We – UK households –  throw away 4.7 million tonnes of edible food a year. That represents 18 million tonnes of CO2, and costs us £17bn. The humble spud is the most wasted vegetable – with almost half (46%) of all potatoes bought in the UK ending up…

  • International food in Lincoln: Chimezie Paul Ukwueze

    International food in Lincoln: Chimezie Paul Ukwueze

    Guest blog by Chimezie Paul Ukwueze, an MSc. Student in International Business at University of Lincoln. I’m from the Eastern Part of Nigeria called the Igbos. In my culture, food is not just for nourishment but a way of connecting with family, friends, and community. Nigerian cuisine is rich, flavourful, and often made with a…

  • #GoodFoodPlace

    #GoodFoodPlace

    OK – play our game. It’s called the “#GoodFoodPlace game: a bottom up approach to making healthy, sustainable food the norm through social media” (catchy, right?) Good food place-making is what Food Partnerships are about: “Through the power of partnerships, we aim to make healthy and sustainable food a defining characteristic of where we live.”…

  • A deadly alliance of the wind and sea

    A deadly alliance of the wind and sea

    My great-grandparents’ home and farm were destroyed by the devastating floods that swept the East Coast in 1953. I learned this recently. They were never able to return to their farm and dirt-floored cottage near Sutton on Sea, which were ruined by salt water inundation.  It was “a deadly alliance of the wind and sea”…

  • Protected: Fens Draft Strategy

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