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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

Take action to curb supermarket power:
WEN is concerned that the behaviour of the biggest supermarkets is bad for women, who make up the majority of their low paid workforce both in the UK and abroad, and for the environment.

We welcome the Competition Commission's recent decisions regarding planning policy, and a Code of Practice and ombudsman for supermarkets, but feel that these proposals don't go far enough.

Please write to the Competition Commission using this letter, or adapt the text to your own concerns. WEN is a supporter of the Tescopoly alliance.
   
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Getting to the Roots (198k pdf)
 Interested in a volunteer training programme for women in Tower Hamlets? Through Getting to the Roots, WEN offers:
• training in urban food growing and community development skills
• supported volunteer placement with community food growing project in Tower Hamlets. Click on title for more info.

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.

An International Women’s Day Celebration of Food
Saturday 8 March 2008, 11am – 3pm - see photos.


WEN local food project
is currently supported by:

Awards for All logo Department for Communities and Local Government, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Olive Tree Trust and Tedworth Trust.

The best way to support our campaigns is to become a member or make a regular donation. If you like this site, say thanks by joining now.
PO Box 30626, London E1 1TZ Tel 020 7481 9004 Email food@wen.org.uk