Links and Tools to Grow Food & Community
 

• A list of Shropshire Community Gardens to join and support

• Join the Soil Association Soil Hub on Facebook - "a group for you to share and learn all about growing, gardening, cooking and so much more, in a way that’s good for the planet, nature and our health"

• The Right to Grow Movement -

  • Guidance for Community Groups, by the Street Allotment Project

  • ​Guidance for Councils, by SGFP​

  • Shropshire Council Portal for Right to Grow Applications

• The National Centre for Home Food Preservation - How to preserve food (Comprehensive US Resource)

• The Marcher Apple Network

• Seed Saving Resources:

  • Vital Seeds Online Course​ 

  • The Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty programme. Check out their year long seed saver's programs. 

  • Real Seeds Website: Lots of handy seed saving info on their site, including Plans for their seed cleaner for small scale seed saving projects

  • Wales seed hub - An interesting project/model and a great group of people 

  • Downloadable Seed Saving 'postcards' for use by community groups and seed banks from the Bishop's Castle Seed Bank

    • Lettuce

    • Tomatoes​

    • Peas

    • Beans

    • Sweet Peppers and Chillies

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