Foodshare Postings
Ipswich School Foodshare Team Lead By Example
Congratulations to the Foodshare team of students at Ipswich school who have just received a grant from Ipswich Borough Council for their programme. (Click the image to see their wonderful t-shirts and Foodshare sign!) Ipswich School are an amazing example of how a school have taken the Foodshare project and made it their very own. Each [...]
Important Public Consultation for Food Growing in Schools
Exciting news! A lot of the work we did on the Food Growing in Schools Taskforce is now coming to fruition. Today’s consultation framework, announced by the Department for Education on The National Curriculum in England, that horticulture is being specified as one of the areas that pupils should be taught key skills. To quote… [...]
Ipswich School: A Fantastic Foodshare Case Study
Alex Johnson, a sixth-former at Ipswich School, looks at how the project has developed there. Even a Muntjac deer destroying the brand new greenhouse didn’t stop Ipswich School pupils’ enthusiasm and determination for their Foodshare project, which has run at the independent school in Suffolk for two years. “We wanted to give growers the opportunity [...]
Foodshare Case Study in Government Taskforce report
The folllowing case study about Foodshare is featured on Page 14 of the new report just released by the Government-support Food Growing in Schools taskforce. Tweet This Post
Food Growing in Schools Taskforce Releases Report
Eighteen months ago, Foodshare, along with a small group of food and education charities met with the Government to urge them to support the setting up of a Taskforce to explore the benefits of Food Growing in Schools, with a vision of every school child having direct experience of growing food in school. The meeting resulted in the formation [...]
Welcome to Foodshare!
What is Foodshare? Foodshare is an international not-for-profit, volunteer-powered charity where growers (schools, allotments and kitchen gardeners) partner with and donate food to local charities. Our vision is for every school to have a Foodshare Bed and for allotment holders, community and kitchen gardeners to grow a little extra and share their surpluses with a [...]
Jimmys Homessless Shelter says “Thank You”
Jimmy’s Homless Shelter says a big ‘Thank You’ to the pupils of Foodshare School Milton Primary for their freshely made soup. To read more about coverage of Foodshare on the TV, Radio and in the Press, please take a look at Foodshare in the News. Tweet This Post
Pupils Grow Their Own Soup Kitchen
An article from the Cambridge Evening News. (Image and words: Cambridge Evening News) To read more about coverage of Foodshare on the TV, Radio and in the Press, please take a look at Foodshare in the News. Tweet This Post
Foodshare on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Here’s a lovely piece broadcast this morning on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about a Foodshare School - Milton Primary - growing and cooking their produce to feed 30 homeless people. Press the play button below to listen. To read more about coverage of Foodshare on the TV, Radio and in the Press, please take a look at Foodshare [...]
Foodshare Hits National News Headlines
Foodshare’s latest project the “Grow-Cook-Share” Day has made the front page of the BBC News website this evening. Find out about the wonderful day Milton Primary (the first school to sign up as a Foodshare School) had when they harvested their vegetables and learnt how to turn them into a tasty soup to feed 30 homeless people. [...]
