You can be a part of improving our food system, both in our urban environment and with producers.
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
29 Jul 2025
I like this idea, not least because years ago I wrote up a proposal for BCC to put a Clean Kilo on every high street in the city using empty property it owned.
Would we still need weekly bin collections if everyone had a local plastic free grocers? theguardian.com/environment/…
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20 Feb 2025
Late to this, but had to share! This Birmingham Dispatch article (from Dec 2024) explores Birmingham’s rich history of growing fruit & flowers. Must read!
birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/a…
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20 Feb 2025
Distribution of local food is a barrier. When we ran the Slow Birmingham Food Hub, many farmers described Birmingham as a “black hole” for local food. Traffic, time constraints and low sales made it economically unviable to bring fresh produce into the city
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20 Feb 2025
We need to rethink how local WM food reaches people. High Rise Harvest wanted to start a Brum community distribution center to wholesale food to restaurants, resi and community groups like @IncredibleSurp . Without better distribution, local food isn’t truly accessible
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
29 Sep 2024
Big thank you to @BrumSlowFood @IncredibleSurp and @ChurchfieldsIC organising the Apple Harvest event today, making the best use of the beautiful 🍎🍏 The weather was kind to us and the company was simply outstanding!
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16 Sep 2024
🌱 Proud to support @changekitchen, a Birmingham-based social enterprise, as they near the end of their crowdfunding campaign to fight food poverty.
💥 Just 13days left to reach their £50K goal, with every £1 matched 5x!
Donate here 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/changeki…
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4 Jan 2024
Happy New Year! Our hub shop is now open for collection on the 11th January from @1000TradesJQ
If your resolution is to:
🌍 Eat more sustainably
🛍️ Shop more locally
🗑️ Reduce food waste
We can help you:
🍓 Eat in season
🥬 Buy from local producers
🍏 Start composting
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4 Jan 2024
Find out more and shop local produce from our JQ food hub here 👇 slowfoodbirmingham.co.uk
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6 Dec 2023
We have two more hub collections before Christmas and the shop is now open to preorder for 14th and 21st December here: openfoodnetwork.org.uk/slow-…
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
7 Nov 2023
we were on @bbcmtd last night - shoutout to the school, teachers, pupils, parents, and communities for making this amazing urban farm and community allotment happen 😄
keep your eyes peeled for what's next... 👀
6 Nov 2023
"The farm at an inner city Birmingham school"
so proud to be a community governor at @stmichaelsb21 in Handsworth, supporting the amazing team to create exciting opportunities through the school farm and allotment!
report on @bbcmtd tonight 😁
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi…
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
🚨🎙️New Episode 🎙️🚨
Very important & interesting podcast today as we talk to Birmingham Director Of Public Health @DrJV75 about the Birmingham food strategy. The huge 8 year project set to revolutionise the city’s relationship with food.
➡️ ➡️ linktr.ee/Breakingbread
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30 Oct 2023
🐟 Slow Food Birmingham Presents: "What's the Catch?" Sustainable Seafood Dinner 🍽️
November 11, 2023
Join us for a delectable evening celebrating ethical fishing practices and sustainable seafood.
🔗 Learn more: openfoodnetwork.org.uk/slow-…
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
26 Oct 2023
Proud of the #HighRiseHarvest project in #Birmingham which grew from community gardening to a community-led food hub. Kate Smith @BrumSlowFood leading on this @food_trails pilot presenting at @ERRINNetwork working group meeting
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
26 Oct 2023
Food waste is not rubbish but valuable in the circular economy - as we have learnt from the @food_trails #Birmingham composting pilot. “We cannot neglect the socio-economic impact of these projects either” added Kate Smith @BrumSlowFood. Thanks to @EatMakePlayB16 for this pilot!
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Slow Food Birmingham UK retweeted
25 Oct 2023
Pleased to host Kate Smith from @BrumSlowFood this week in Brussels promoting @food_trails “high rise harvest” project. Thank you so much to @BillonPol for the insightful exchange about @VilleBruxelles urban food projects and the visit to the community garden “potager terra nova”
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23 Oct 2023
We’ll be hosting a sustainable fish dinner at @MoseleyHive on 11th November, featuring a four course dinner and a talk on ethically sourced seafood from Caroline Bennett from @SoDiscretion - not to be missed! Tickets available here: openfoodnetwork.org.uk/slow-…
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23 Oct 2023
Dinner will be provided by the brilliant Suzie from Artisan Epicurean.
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