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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Good Food Festival 2019
Photo by Marsha Smith
The Future Food Beacon was the principal sponsor of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Good Food Partnership’s ‘ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Good Food Festival’ (NGFF) from June-October 2019. As ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½'s first neighbourhood food growing festival, it aimed to engage the public to show them what they can grow, and to connect them with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Growing Network.
The festival featured workshops, talks, music, local food vendors and community growing spaces at events spread over five months. Overall, 800 people attended and 8 community gardens and 10 community outreach groups participated. 120 local people were persuaded to participate in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Good Living Citizen's Survey.
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Good Food Partnership is a Sustainable Food Cities Network Member. The festival delivered on 5 out of 6 of Sustainable Food Cities’ key environmental issues.