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The Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) Local Food campaign offers training and support to groups of women growing food in urban areas.

Roam around our Local Food pages for everything you need to know about WEN’s work on contemporary food issues. Find out what you can do – along with others, to get involved.

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1 Local work
  

2 Network building

 

 3 Policy development
     
We are actively working with women’s groups in Tower Hamlets. We facilitate a national network of local growers and host an on-line directory. Our projects with local women inform our advocacy work with national organisations.
     
Women and children at the Toc-H community garden, East London

 

  
Cuture Kitchen 2005
WEN workshop at WEN's 2003 food gathering
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Finding the Plot: Access to land for food growing groups in urban areas, Oct 2009 (pdf)
This event jointly organised by Women's Environmental Network and Sustain's Local Action on Food Network was an opportunity for networking, knowledge exchange and skill acquisition, for community groups and interested individuals that are facing challenges in sustainable food production. It took place at Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC). To read the full report of the event in pdf please click here

Seasonable food
Want to eat seasonably - but not sure what's 'in' when? Just click on the link above for info on what to eat and what to grow at any time of the year.

Evaluation of volunteer training programme Getting to the Roots 2008 (171k pdf)

Working Across Languages
WEN has produced some guidance notes for working with groups from different languages and cultures. Visit our Resources page for this and other useful information.
 


 

WEN local food project
is currently supported by:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Olive Tree Trust, Wakefield Trust and Tedworth Trust.

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PO Box 30626, London E1 1TZ Tel 020 7481 9004 Email food@wen.org.uk