Template:365news This project is a collaboration between Communigrow and Sustainable Malling to co-create a book with the same title.
Notes from our first workshop
Our first workshop took place on April 11, 2015.
365 Reasons
Please see separate articles:
- 365 reasons, Grow local food
- 365 reasons, Eat local food
- 365 reasons, Finding local food
- 365 reasons, More about local food
- 365 reasons, the list
What might the book include?
sections can include more than one contributor
- tips on propagating
- how to start off, setting up a local food growing group
- cultivating
- growing-the basics
- recipes, which ties it all together
- how to grow and how to use, side by side
- why it'd be good for you
- what to do with unusual crops
- 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
- local food and allergies
- Local food as part of a low carbon diet
- 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
How could we create content for the book?
- request ideas and comments from the wider group of Communigrow supporters, eg on a specific topic, every once in a while
- partner organisations or groups maybe interested in helping with the design of the book
- write ups of shared meal and other Communigrow events eg the field kitchen last October
- use of local hall for bring and share food events
- chat to family and friends about local food
- review other books about local food or community food projects
- write up experiences of volunteering with the project
- taking or finding suitable photos
- sketches or artwork
- keeping a small notebook to jot down ideas as they arise
- practice writing short anecdote or story about local food
Resources and references
Please see separate article: 365 reasons, Resources and references
More about the project
The book will be drafted on the Sustainable community action wiki (on Appropedia) and will be published under a Creative Commons license.
Editorial group
(as at April 2015)
Helen: Why I enjoy eating fresh food
Richenda: Using local produce and seasonality
Danielle: Wellbeing aspects of local food
Brett: Growing local food, putting up solar tunnels
Phil: Co-ordinating editor
Contributions of suitable material from other members and supporters of Communigrow or Sustainable Malling most welcome!
What we'd like help with
from other members of Communigrow
- a brief history of Communigrow
- photos, drawings, artwork which we can reuse under a Creative Commons license
- stories, anecdotes eg experiences of volunteering with the project
2nd Editorial group meeting
Draft agenda:
- If Laurence can join us we might do a group interview
- Towards an outline for the book - see category:365reasons
- If Communigrow successfully 'seeds' a local low carbon group: "Bradbourne LOWcarbon Community", it'd be useful to develop a section in the book something like: "Local food as part of a low carbon diet"
- progress review
- date and venue for next meeting
See also
- Malling
- Food, sustainable community action
- Food UK
- Food London
- Local food
- Portal:Food and agriculture
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Food miles
- Category:Food choices
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Local food, Low Carbon diet, High carbon and low carbon food choices, Community Supported Agriculture, Food miles
External links
- Communigrow - Kent Community Supported Agriculture, blog, latest news, etc.
- Communigrow on Streetlife (sign in maybe required)
- Sustainable Malling on Streetlife (sign in maybe required)