FOOD WASTE – MAPPING INSECURITY AND PRACTISING REDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

Food Waste project will learn about our relationship to food and local diverse strategies for dealing with food waste and surplus food.

Super Chefs will use theatre as a catalyst for community action and change – to open up a wider conversation around food, food systems and sustainability for audiences in Tower Hamlets to exchange cultural cuisine conversations.

The People’s Kitchen will formally bring together a group of local legends, investing in the skills, training and networks required for a just food system.

This project will fund the co-design and construction of an accessible compost toilet in Mile End. We hope this will support a wide range of groups and individuals to access the garden, staying for longer periods of time.

Aligned with ancestral practices and seeking to restore lost roots to South American identity, this project will create new spaces for the Abya Yalan community to engage with agroecology and ancestral gastronomy.

Boil & Bubble Bowden will create a community hub for communal growing, cooking, eating and skills sharing for the community around Bowden Primary School.

This project will explore the potential of hyper-local food growing on the Burdett Estate by developing an existing community garden and delivering a programme of food-production-related activities which build the skills and confidence of local people.

The Providence Grow Urban Gardening Programme seeks to achieve a just transition in Tower Hamlets by training 24 clients (Garden Trainees) to develop the skills, confidence and positive mental health from growing fresh produce and gaining a horticulture accreditation.

‘Eat Not Waste Not’ tackles the massive food waste issue that Society Links are seeing through their community projects on the St George’s Estate. This initiative will use up waste from the community and re-use it for gardening projects, through composting, green waste for mulching, food compost, and a wormery.

Folx Farm will establish a dedicated growing space on Folx farm, growing produce for their Tower Hamlets Community partners to sell at their weekly markets.