Planting the seeds for community grown food
| Published | 22 August 2012 |
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How to find space to grow by thinking outside the allotment patch
New, simple ‘how to’ advice to inspire communities to spot a plot of disused green spaces in their local area to use for food growing was 
published today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. A recent survey revealed that nearly two thirds of adults want to grow their own food. Unfortunately it is increasingly difficult as local authority allotments are significantly oversubscribed – with waiting lists over ten times longer than those in 1996.
This publication gives local people practical advice on new ways to get access to less conventional sources of land and green space to grow their own food as well as suggestions for wider community involvement, helpful tips on how to get funding and examples of projects already in bloom.
