Saturday 4^th February is Portobello Market day! Come along to find all your reg­u­lar stalls selling mouth-watering locally-produced and sea­sonal food, and local and upcycled crafts. Plus we'll have newcomers Glenshee Kitchens on site selling lovely preserves made in the farmhouse kitchen.

Where: Brighton Park, Brighton Place, Portobello, Edinburgh, EH15 1LJ

When:…

As a farmer, a voice for change and someone with a passion for food and life, Robert Burns is perfect to celebrate the local food movement.

This Saturday we'll be doing just that and raising money for a project in Niger in Africa with …

Folks. I've initiated Nourish twitter account with a first post. If you wish to tweet things about Nourish events, or specific news, then let me know.

Alan

See the following link ... 

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts-blog/core_syllabus_an_ambitious_plan_to_plant_an_orchard_in_every_nursery_primary_and_secondary_school_in_scotland_is_underway_1_2052600

Looking for people in Edinburgh interested in joining a Pig Club, to commit to attending meetings, learning and researching about pigs, and then contributing funds towards adopting a pig. Eventually the group could take the plunge and actually purchase and rear some pigs locally. It will be fun learning new skills and finding out where our meat comes from!

Join the discussion…

We have permission from Edinburgh City Council to use part of the grassland pictured for a community garden growing fruit, vegetables and herbs mainly.

It is to be open to the public at all times to allow local people to harvest the produce as and when they need it. A low fence is planned to prevent…

Hi all - been going round Glasgow today and photographing the 100's of big beautiful trees down across the city. Sure must be the same picture across Scotland - sad, but hey ho. 



I'm thinking it would be great to try and get folk - young, old, schools, community groups,  replanting with fruit trees and involving schools and communities to planting - and any help would be great - and…

Action Plan outlining how the Proposals in the Land Use Strategy will be taken forward. Includes information on how the Principles for Sustainable Land Use will be mainstreamed

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/365706/0124378.pdf

Lots of reading. Needs copious amounts of mulled wine to get you…

Here's some more news about those folk down in Todmorden.  When the small British mill town of Todmorden, tucked in between Yorkshire and Lancashire, first began installing fruit and vegetable gardens all around the area as part of theIncredible Edibleprogram, it likely had no idea that the novel, yet simple, concept would make the town a foremost inspirational and self-sustaining model of the future.



Fresh herbs, succulent greens, and tasty fruits can be found growing near…