We know that people are becoming increasingly concerned with where their food comes from, how it is grown, how it gets to their plates, and food waste in general. We share those concerns, which are the basis for our enterprise.

We believe that local food matters. It reconnects people to the land and each other. It creates opportunities for communities to build skills, trading systems, networks and resilience. Local food and its redistribution can have many benefits for the local economy, community regeneration, health and the environment.

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GRUB - the new Veg Box scheme

GRUB is now up and running, and delivering to your area.

We are currently taking subscriptions in Hulme, Whalley Range, Old Trafford and Moss Side, for our new veg box scheme.

If you or yours would benefit from a regular delivery of fresh, locally-sourced vegetables by lovely people who care about where food comes from and ends up, get in touch. We aim to be affordable, sustainable and accessible.

Fruit & veg  - £5
Salad - £3
Cakes - £3
All three - £10

GRUB operates out of MCC (Manchester Creative Collective) at St Wilfrid's Enterprise Centre in Hulme. We are active in our community and interested in food.
We want to get people involved in growing their food, for fun and for the sake of the environment. Watch this space: grub.mcc-hub.org

To subscribe or for more information see the attached flyer, or contact Rob Andrews directly on 07538 451510 or boxes@mcc-hub.org.

The third FeedingManchester event will take place on Saturday 13th February 2010 (changed from 6th February) to continue planning practical ways of making Greater Manchester's food system more sustainable.

This event will be focused on Manchester City Council's Climate Action Plan, its aspiration for sustainable food and how the third sector can help ‘double the amount of locally grown food we eat’ over the next ten years.

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FREE sustainability programme for third sector organisations in Greater Manchester

MERCi is one of the leading sustainable development charities in the North West of England. We run and manage programmes to enable individuals, groups and organisations to live and work in a more sustainable way; environmentally, socially and economically.

The SUSTAINING CHANGE programme is a Big Lottery Funded programme which aims to work with the third sector (charities, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, cooperatives) to operate in a more sustainable way. We do this through offering FREE sustainability audits, FREE training, a FREE members network, FREE events and FREE peer mentoring.

We currently have 82 programme members throughout Greater Manchester. However, the representation from the green/ environmental sector is lacking. The programme doesn't just focus on environmental practices- an area in which these groups already excel. It also looks at the social aspects of sustainability; how do you include staff and service users in decision making; how do you ensure your service users are getting the service they want; how do you promote and market your successes, if at all; how do you create mutually benefical partnerships.....

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An after-work social café combining beer, conversation, and the jagged interface between technology, networks, and “saving the world”, kicked off by a five minute talk by sustainable technologist Richard Smedley. Running every Wednesday in Liverpool FACT's Gallery 1 at 6pm. Traditional agriculture is labour-intensive; modern agriculture is energy intensive (& unsustainable) - but permaculture is design & knowledge intensive, using natural systems that give abundance to provide for our material needs with local adaptation to micro-climate, people & landscape. “…Permaculturist’s propose asking questions the current culture leaves unasked: How much is enough? How hard should we work? What do we need? Want? How do we measure that?Read more