TTT Co-chair, Belinda Sosinowicz blogs her first experiences of the new Foodcycle venture starting this month in Tooting. According to Foodcycle (2013) an estimated 400,000 tonnes of useable surplus food can be saved from UK supermarkets each year [1], or in other words, 400,000 tonnes of food is wasted by supermarkets that could otherwise be […]
Read More →TTT joined this bi-annual conference yesterday at the University Hospital, Coventry. The Wildflife Garden Forum is a voluntary UK-wide group including local and national projects and charities, researchers and academics, local authorities and government agencies. The Forum’s intention is to share evidence and practice about the value of wildlife to gardening (and people) – and vice versa. […]
Read More →I made a visit to the recently re-opened Work and Play Scrapstore in Blackshaw Rd this week. Running for over 20 years, the Scrapstore promotes the re-use of resources for environmental and community benefit and has a great collection of card, trimmings, fabric, plastics, carpet pieces and costumes. The Scrapstore is a registered charity and provides resources […]
Read More →TTT Open Meeting Tuesday 15th October – looking forward at TTT and local activities to build on the energy of the Foodival Please come along: we have a regular TTT meeting in the upstairs room at The Selkirk in Selkirk Road, SW17 0ES on Tuesday at 7pm. All are welcome. We’ll aim to tap in […]
Read More →In the beautiful weather of Sunday 6th October we made tea at the Community Garden using our volcano kettle, trying out some of the wild plants Mark Watson suggested during the Tooting Foodival. We sorted sunflower seeds for drying and sowing next year As well as enjoying cakes made with Garden brambles and local apples (thanks […]
Read More →Some snippets of video from the Foodival plus last week’s Wandsworth Guardian article. Thanks again to everyone who made this such a fantastic event for the 6th year in a row. Can’t wait for the next one! Please tell us what you thought about Foodival 2013 HERE. Thanks!
Read More →What a fantastic weekend at Foodival with a great range of Tooting food cooked up by local restaurants and local cooks. Music and comedy added to the mix. Thanks to everyone who helped out, set up, cleared up performed or ate. More of a report soon but here are a few photos for starters.
Read More →Thanks to all the fabulous donors at Foodival earlier today! Can you recognise anyone below? Come and try local food cooked up by a wide variety of Tootingites on Sunday at Tooting Market as Foodival continues. Here’s an eyewitness report of today’s action: Saturday night and it’s ‘half time’ in the weekend Tooting Foodival. In […]
Read More →Transition Town Tooting present this year’s two-day Tooting Foodival which promises to be even bigger and better than the previous 5. Foodival is a celebration of local growing and cooking – with a sustainable slant. This year we’ve made a comprehensive booklet which describes all the whys and whats of the Foodival – plus giving more background on the […]
Read More →Plenty in the Edible Garden at the weekend including this rather sorry looking but unperturbed fox cub! That garlic should be good for those striving to be crowned “Top Tooting Cook” at Foodival. Still plenty of time to enter, though judges have already ruled that “Renard du jardin communautaire au gratin” will not be a […]
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