Reasons[edit | edit source]
- learning about history through local food
- learning about sustainability, more generally, when involved with a local food project
- learning about your own local community
- helping set up community food events
- encouraging and discovering the the joy of sharing more generally
- being involved with local food projects helps you learn about and appreciate local distinctiveness
- involvement with local food projects can stimulate awareness of the issue of food waste and ways of tackling it
- involvement with local food projects can stimulate awareness of wider issues such as food security, food sovereignty and food justice
Headings and topics[edit | edit source]
- how to start off, setting up a local food growing group
- how to grow and how to use, side by side
- why it'd be good for you
- promoting the positive aspects, of growing, finding and eating local food
- how it'll make you feel better
- tips to provoke, think for yourself, explore, pose some questions
- pictures or photos
- drawings or artwork
- quotes or soundbites to break up the text
- a year in the life of Communigrow, highlights of the year
- stories, anecdotes
- whatever might interest, inspire or be useful to other community food groups
- facts and figures, as long as presented in a fun way, eg Laurence talks about how many miles of potatoes
- what you can do, information both for other local groups and for individuals
- overcoming pitfalls
- historical or heritage context eg what local foods were traditional in Kent?
- a brief history of Communigrow
- other food projects in Malling, Kent, South East England, rest of the UK - Phil
- a flavour of community food groups in other parts of the world (100 mile diet) - Phil
- Local food and cities - Phil
- Local food and connected communties - Phil
- local food in the context of sustainable communities - Phil
- local food and local walks - Phil (West Malling area)
- more reasons, the scarier stuff! (to be right at the end of the book, if we include this) - Phil
- where to find out more - Phil
- feedback from readers, leading to a 2nd edition
Danielle: Wellbeing aspects of local food
