New plots for Brighton and Hove
By: Steve Ott
Harvest Brighton and Hove has welcomed welcomed a recent announcement from Hilary Benn supporting community food growing, and is also pleased to be chosen as one of the pilot areas for exploring the feasibility of developing ‘landbanks’ as a means of increasing access to land for communities to produce more food.
Brighton and Hove is at the forefront of work to increase growing opportunities for food growing in urban settings. Through the Harvest project, work has begun to identify land, in both public and private ownership, for growing food in spaces on housing estates and other public spaces, and working with Brighton and Hove City Council over 80 new allotments have been created this winter. The first ‘meanwhile’ lease is about to be signed between the Council’s Housing Department and a residents' community group. More will follow on both public and private land within the city.
"Support for growing food, particularly in our cities, is to be welcomed. Even in a densely populated city such as Brighton and Hove there are pockets of land which can be used for producing food. This is not only beneficial for the health and well being of community members, but can help reduce food miles and contribute to the future food supply of our city," said Vic Else, Director of the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership.
For more information contact:
Clare Devereux, Food Matters Tel: 07803 002825 or 01273 431707 or Jess Crocker, Harvest Manager, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership Tel: 01237 431700
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