FoodFutures: North Lancashire

23/06/2026

🌍 🌤️ 🌱🐛 The Closing Loops team will be at More Music's Three Degrees Festival on Saturday 27 June 12 noon to 5pm in Morecambe's West End.

Explore fun composting activities and other ways you can reduce waste, save resources and built a better world together, right where we live.

Join this vibrant, free community festival for a day of music, creativity and climate action. The festival shows how small connected actions by all of us can ripple outwards to make a meaningful difference.

Produced with young people from More Music's Eco Collective, there will be live music, spoken word, arts and crafts, fun creative workshops for all and much more! 🎶🌍 🌤️

More details at

A music and education charity based at the Hothouse in Morecambe

18/06/2026

"I will be raising the profile of our allotments and encouraging the development of new allotment sites in the district by private landowners as well as councils.
"Our last new allotment sites were over 10 years ago..."
https://foodfutures.org.uk/deborah-takes-on-new-allotment-development-role-for-north-lancashire/

In this week’s FoodFutures column, Deborah Simmonds explains her new role as allotment development worker for North Lancashire… Hi everyone, I’d like to introduce myself! My name is Deborah Simmonds and I’m just starting in the official role as allotment development worker for Lancaster Dist...

12/06/2026

🎶🌍 🌤️ More Music's Three Degrees Festival on Saturday 27 June 12noon to 5pm in Morecambe's West End will be a vibrant free community festival of music, creativity and climate action. The festival shows how small connected actions by all of us can ripple outwards to make a meaningful difference. 🎶🌍 🌤️

Produced with young people from More Music's Eco Collective, there will be live music, spoken word, arts and crafts, fun creative workshops for all and much more!

More details at

A music and education charity based at the Hothouse in Morecambe

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

Mark Waddington, volunteer manager at Lancaster District CVS, pledges his support for North Lancashire’s Gold Sustainable Food Places campaign! Could you make a pledge? Email [email protected] to find out more!

11/06/2026

In this week’s Lancaster Guardian column FoodFutures coordinator Anna Clayton shares her reflections from 2026’s Spring Into Action programme of events: https://foodfutures.org.uk/hundreds-attend-foodfutures-spring-into-action-events-across-north-lancashire/

In this week’s column FoodFutures coordinator, Anna Clayton, shares reflections on 2026’s Spring Into Action programme of events. Between 20 April – 2 May 2026 approximately 665 people attended 19 events coordinated by people across North Lancashire and the FoodFutures network. Although I didn...

10/06/2026

There will be two free screenings of the film The People's Emergency Briefing in Lancaster and Halton tomorrow evening, June 11.
The films will be followed by community discussions.
If you care about local flooding, air pollution, the cost of living and food prices, you might want to catch it...
The film is led by sustainability expert and Lancaster University Professor Mike Berners-Lee and features Chris Packham, leading climate and nature scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being pretty frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.
More info about the screening at The Friends Meeting House here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/111081
More info about the screening at Halton Mill: co-working, studios, & event space here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GJYM

Coming to Halton on June 11 - The People's Emergency Briefing! A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading climate and nature scientists, a former...

10/06/2026

🌱 Are you tired of poor quality, shop bought compost and want to avoid unsustainable peat composts? Are you keen to make your own compost, but aren't sure where to start? 🌱

The Closing Loops team will run composting stall at a few upcoming festivals:
🍓 Lancaster's Midsummer Market on 12 June, 10am-4.30pm
🌿 Wild Roots Nature Fest at Freeman's Wood on 13 June, 10am-3.30pm
🌏 3 Degrees Festival at More Music on 27 June from 12 noon

Drop by, bring your questions and get inspired to start your composting journey. Or get help in troubleshooting your existing compost pile!

Among other displays, we will have plants grown in three different types of compost, including one that was treated with AD fertiliser. Come and see the different outcomes... 🌱💚🐛

06/06/2026

Now open for booking: Two day-long workshops with Matt Dunwell on working with local native microbes for healthy soil and plants. Are you ready to supercharge your garden, allotment or farm?

Friday 10 July: Intro to Anaerobic Ferments/Biofertilsers. For those new to working with microbes.

Saturday 11 July: Going deeper with Anaerobic Ferments/Biofertilisers. A follow-on day for those who joined day 1.

Reserve your place at

Matt Dunwell is returning to North Lancashire for two days of workshops all about working with local native microbes for healthy soil and plants. Friday 10 July: Intro to Anaerobic Ferments/Biofertilsers. For those new to working with microbes. Saturday 11 July: Going deeper with Anaerobic Ferments/...

05/06/2026

Wild Roots Nature Fest kicks off tonight at the Gregson with a Secret Cinema screening. And then from tomorrow, there will be workshops, walks & family-friendly activities in some of Lancaster's loveliest greenspaces.

Take a look at the programme and book your place for example for tomorrow at the Storey Gardens with a voice activation workshop, a talk & tour about the history of the gardens, and nature folklore. Sunday will be a packed day of activities at Claver Hill community farm, and next week there'll be plenty more on at places like Freeman's Wood, Fairfield Nature Reserve, Quay Meadows and of course the Midsummer Market on Friday.

Check out the programme and book now (all events are by donation): https://wildlifewalk.co.uk/wild-roots-nature-fest