Just got in and watch the show 'Inside Out' on the BBC. A local community in Todmorden (near Manchester) has set up an organisation that promotes local food and its production. It has brought their community together, including the local high schools who are planning an Aquaponics farm for the students and cafe. These principles are what I want to bring to the Pipewellgate site. A central base that links different riverside allotment spaces, with local people growing and fuelling the Finnish Institute and its values through fresh produce and community based sustainability. Its all about education, understanding and connections to the life cycles around us.
A short film highlighting the work of radical new food growing movement 'Incredible Edible Todmorden'.
I love the idea the community started by growing food literally anywhere, with their message being 'the produce is free to anyone'. This links to the Finnish idea of foraging, and that all foods can be taken if found, an ideal that relates to equality and openness. There are so many different activity that could progress within the 'urban farm' framework i.e, chickens, other livestock, ice cream production, jams, pickles etc. the possibilities are endless making the scheme so interesting.
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