Lovely Green Drinks in Tooting last night at The Selkirk, thanks for hosting! We got to know the London National Park City initiative better and asked how we would raise London’s green cover from 48% (current) to 51%???? Our answer is…, Parklets! Green up the base of trees, hand over 1 car parking space to […]
Read More →There are new posts on our Foodival blog (click on that link) which follow up on two of the fun events at this year’s Tooting Foodival: celebrating local food together as a community.One post gives Minestra Supper Club’s recipe based on Elisabetta’s pasta-making demonstration.The other shares all the how-tos of our grow-you-own home seed-sprouting crusade.Do enjoy […]
Read More →Feast your eyes on these amazing photos of the #Foodival2016 Top Tooting Cook entries! All grown principally from donated home grown produce. More details on recipes and prize winners will follow … but I thought you’d like to see this hot off the press! Thank you to Charles for these stunning shots. There’ll be some […]
Read More →Next week Transition Tooting will join 100s of others at the Royal Festival Hall to make London the world’s first National Park City. Hosted by comedian Josie Long, there is a great line-up of speakers. Former Gatton School (in Tooting) Headteacher Rifat Batool, now Principal of The Olive School, Birmingham will be talking about her […]
Read More →Don’t miss the Foodival 2016 Soup Disco at Tooting Market this evening. Low food mile sustainable veg peeled, chopped and cooked up into a community feast to the sound of classic dance beats. You couldn’t make it up! Well you can if you come tonight … Optional checklist: peeler, glitter, apron, platform shoes, wig, chopping board, friend, […]
Read More →Foodival Growers Foodival Day One brought a glut of locally grown fruit and veg for the Top Tooting Cook competition and tomorrow’s Soup Disco at Tooting Market. See the Foodival blog for more.
Read More →The Tooting #Foodival2016 starts Saturday 10th from 1300-1700 This is the ninth year we’ve run the Tooting Foodival, and every year we call out to local gardeners for home-grown donations. Every year we’re amazed at the range and quality of what gets grown locally by beginners and experts in backyards or pots, on balconies or […]
Read More →This year’s Foodival culminates in a Soup Disco in Tooting Market on Sunday night at 7pm. What are you wearing and what veg are you chopping? Send us a picture inspired by veg and disco (see above!). Bring a peeler and your dancing shoes, DJ till 10 pm, Unwined and Graveney Gin will both be […]
Read More →This year’s Foodival is nearly upon us as next weekend we will run our 9th annual celebration of all things local and sustainable in Tooting’s food culture. For the latest news head to the Foodival blog.As usual we will be collecting donations of locally grown fruit and vegetables at Mushkil Aasaan on Saturday and there’ll […]
Read More →We’re very excited about TTT’s ninth annual Tooting Foodival which is all about Celebrating Local Food Together as a Community. We’re planning the details now – here’s a snapshot preview.Plenty more information to come later on. ‘Local food plus local community’ is the weekend’s theme: I Grew This! (Foodival 2015) Saturday 10th Sept activities run […]
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