The Cornwall Diet – can Cornwall feed itself in the 21st Century? Why the Cornwall diet? Reduction in carbon emissions from the reduction in food miles (25% of emissions from food in the UK is from transport and food transportation … Continue reading
Category Archives: Food
Though the waiting list is long, green shoots are growing. Transition Truro is a key partner in the success story of the Barrack Lane Allotment Group which has just won Third Prize on the site. Twenty-five Truro residents from the … Continue reading
A group of people in the Kingdom of Fife, in east Scotland, have been engaged in an experiment for the last year or so to see if they can source 85% of their diet from within Fife. Their reasons are … Continue reading
– a clucking good idea! 5th January marked our return to egg self-sufficiency with one Bantam-sized egg (!) from Rosemary; her sister Lavender is not yet mature. I am no chicken expert but have successfully kept a few in our … Continue reading
Truro City Council has approved our use of two plots as a community allotment. Knowing of our interest in growing food locally and expanding allotment provision, Richard Budge, the City Parks Manager, has offered us two overgrown plots previously given … Continue reading
Press release for Community Supported Agriculture events on 7th & 8th March involving Transition initiatives in Falmouth, Truro and Penwith follows. Click here for a poster and booking form for these events in Adobe PDF format. Calling communities to support … Continue reading
T.T. are helping Nansavallon to live up to it’s name. Lesley Tonkin’s smallholding lies on the northern edge of the lovely “Valley of Apples” and includes a small overgrown orchard. T.T. are working with Lesley to trim the overhanging trees … Continue reading
T.T.’s Seedy Saturday raised awareness and £68 on 16th February. Our stall in the Farmers’ Market on Lemon Quay attracted a steady stream of visitors. On the stall we had: Our new leaflets, Jute shopping bags with the T.T. logo, … Continue reading
“Transition” shopping is difficult for some. “Green” food shopping may be a partial route to Transition but what are the local choices? My neighbours are a hard-working couple with two primary school children who scurry home twice a week to … Continue reading
Local food projects take money… is it available? There are at least three sources of funding available for Transition groups to promote local food/environmental projects. The O2 “It’s Your Community” fund has grants up to £1000 for reclaiming derelict land, … Continue reading