Hello and welcome to our weekly NGFP Local Lunch podcast which reveals everything you need to know about Nottingham’s local food heroes and how you can get more involved in our vibrant local food scene!

Local lunch is brought to you by me Shona Munro and me Penney Poyzer of Nottingham Good Food Partnership the go to organisation for sustainable food in our fair city.

Before we introduce our fabulous guest let’s talk about lunch.

So this week it is slow braised leeks with garlic, parmesan and pineapple sage from the NGFP garden, finished off with a little bit of sprinkled pomegranate - on this on top of a beautiful sourdough loaf from the Small Food Bakery, there is also a green salad from the NGFP

This Friday our guest joining us for lunch is Kimberley Bell, who is not just a local food hero but an international food educator. Kim who only began small food bakery as an experiment in 2014, was Winner of the BBC Food and Farming Award 2018 for best food producer. Kim creates breads that taste radically different and connects farms to the end result. She advocates for change in the way we grow, produce, trade, cook, eat, think about food.

Hello and welcome to the NGFP Local Lunch trailer for podcast episode 7 which reveals everything you need to know about Nottingham’s local food heroes and how you can get more involved in our vibrant local food scene!

Local lunch is brought to you by your hosts Penney Poyzer and Shona Munro of Nottingham Good Food Partnership the go to organisation for sustainable food in our fair city.

This Friday our guest joining us for lunch is Kimberley Bell, who is not just a local food hero but an international food educator. Kim who only began small food bakery as an experiment in 2014, was Winner of the BBC Food and Farming Award 2018 for best food producer. Kim creates breads that taste radically different and connects farms to the end result. She advocates for change in the way we grow, produce, trade, cook, eat, think about food.

Small Food is a sourdough bakery, kitchen and grocery store who trade directly with farmers and sell directly to their customers. They do not use non food or industrial ingredients and are equitable and responsible in the way they work with people and the environment.

Small Food Bakery works alongside Neighbour Food and Having the bakery serving their small food supper on the Thursday night to coincide with food collection for the Neighbour Food on line shopping platform - really adds to the experience of social food shopping, its a mutually beneficial way of working cooperatively with a shared customer base.

We will be learning from Kim what makes a loaf of bread that is good for us and good for the planet? What will it take to transform our broken food system which is based on commodity rather than as a vehicle for nutrition and societal health? How do we make food fit for purpose?

Lunch this week will be sourdough bruschetta with slow roasted leeks and a drizzle of hedgerow ketchup accompanied by a fresh green salad straight from the NGFP Local Lunch garden. Now that’s a local carbon lunch for sure!

So join us for lunch this Friday at 1.30pm with Kimberley Bell simply search NGFP Local Lunch see you Friday!

Hello and welcome to the NGFP Local Lunch Friday podcast. Nottingham Good Food Partnership is the go to organisation for all things sustainable food in our fair City.  Now normally you would be listening in to me, Shona Munro and the magnificent Penney Poyzer however Penney has totally lost her voice so for this abridged 8 minute episode you will have to make do with my dulcet tones!

At NGFP we are steered by the 6 key issues laid out by Sustainable Food Cities, which when looked at together provide a solid framework for relocalising the food system. The focus of this episode is on Key Issue 4: Catalyse a vibrant and diverse, sustainable food economy that expands local food production and shortens supply chains.

One of the ways we as citizens of Nottingham can contribute to this ambition, is to shop locally. So today is all about Nottingham's online 'click and collect' local food shopping platform, www.neighbourfood.co.uk/markets/nottingham . It's a social, low carbon way to shop where you get to meet the producers who tend, grow, harvest and bake the food you eat. You place your order online, the shop opens on  Thursday evening and closes at 11.59pm the following Tuesday. You then collect your order which is ready packed for you (no plastic packaging wherever possible) between 6-7.30pm from Primary which is located at 33 Seely Road, NG7 1NU. You also have the option to have your order delivered for £4.50 if you reside within a 4 mile radios of Primary.

Next week we will be chatting to the inspirational Kimberley Bell, founder of Small Food Bakery. Kimberley is on a mission to #shortenthefoodchain. You can learn about her fascinating journey next week, so make sure to tune in at 1.30pm.

Hello dear listeners! 

Local lunch is brought to you by Nottingham Good Food Partnership the go to organisation for sustainable food in our fair city. Your Hosts Shona Munro and Penney Poyzer will introduce you to local people making a difference to our food system

Now this week our podcast is a little bit different as there is no guest. Instead we will be telling you what Nottingham Good Food Partnership is all about including our 6 key themes and the Sustainable Food Cities network - and why we are a member.

We will also be talking about some low energy plant based workshops we are running in low income areas and the feedback we are getting from participants. Lunch this week will be a very simple one, locally produced sourdough bruschetta with home made hummus and a green salad from the garden - yes at this time of year!

So join us this Friday at 1.30pm for NGFP Local Lunch. Just search for NGFP Local Lunch on your browser and we will pop up! See you then!

This Friday our guest joining us for lunch is Paul Paine. Paul has been a permaculture designer since 1995 and was hugely inspired by forest gardens as well as by Plants for a Future and some of the weird edible perennials they were trialling. Paul also teaches permaculture through the WEA.

When Paul came back from his training he started work with Ecoworks and he has been there ever since. Ecoworks is a permaculture training site on the glorious and historic St Ann’s allotments which everyone MUST visit - its a green jewel in the crown of the city. Paul has also been involved in housing coops, fruit tree planting and even a cider club!

Lunch this week features a fully vegan lunch of Bang Bang cauliflower, oyster mushrooms on couscous steamed in coconut broth and a crunchy coleslaw.  The Oyster mushrooms came from Penney's garden - you can't get much more local than that!

It is going to be a fascinating and FUNNY chat so join us at 1.30 this Friday search NGFP Local Lunch on Anchor.FM, Spotify or Radio Nation - see you then!

Local lunch is brought to you by Nottingham Good Food Partnership the go to organisation for sustainable food in our fair city. Your Hosts Shona Munro and Penney Poyzer will introduce you to local people making a difference to our food system.

This Friday our guest joining us for lunch - which this week features bang bang cauliflower and oyster mushrooms in a coconut broth - is Paul Paine. Paul has been a permaculture designer since 1995 and was hugely inspired by forest gardens as well as by Plants for a Future and some of the weird edible perennials they were trialling. Paul also teaches permaculture through the WEA.

When Paul came back from his training he started work with Ecoworks and he has been there ever since. Ecoworks is a permaculture training site on the glorious and historic St Ann’s allotments which everyone MUST visit - its a green jewel in the crown of the city. Paul has also been involved in housing coops, fruit tree planting and even a cider club!

It is going to be a fascinating chat so join us at 1.30 this friday search NGFP Local Lunch on Anchor.FM, Spotify or Radio Nation - see you then!

Hello and welcome to the NGFP Local Lunch which reveals everything you need to know about Nottingham’s local food heroes and how you can get more involved in our vibrant local food scene!

Local lunch is brought to you by Nottingham Good Food Partnership the go to organisation for sustainable food in our fair city. Your Hosts me shona Munro and me Penney Poyzer will introduce you to local people making a difference to our food system. Today we will be meeting Laura Mae Brown, vice chair Nottingham Good Food Partnership and community and education engagement manager. Laura has managed several projects relating holiday hunger programmes bringing BITC volunteers to work at the sharp end of supporting food poverty.

The lunch today is a pumpkin, kale and swede risotto - totally seasonal and local accompanied by delicious sourdough focaccia from Small Food Bakery.

In this week's local food news you will hear about Bulwell Forest Garden and the launch of the Men’s Shed which is meeting space for men who feel lonely or isolated to find solace and support. 

Next week tune in and meet our guest Paul Paine - who we know as neckie. Paul is a highly experienced permaculturist and forest garden practitioner. We will hear about the ecoworks garden which can be found at the beautiful St Ann’s Allotments just off Ransome Road. Its going to be fascinating!

Hello! Come and join us for a tasty lunch of sauteed seasonal veggies in a Thai inspired coconut broth. Yum. We will chat to local food hero Sally Rootham about how she achieved a wonderful life balance combining her love of healthy cooking - and growing food.

NGFP have been busy this week - speaking at a sustainability conference for student union officers from around the country, hosted by Nottingham Trent University and NTSU. Delegates took part in workshops focussed on climate change, sustainable fashion, plastic waste  and food insecurity/food waste. We led the food workshop and also gave a bit of a keynote speech at the end. Loved the energy and ideas of the student union officers. Nottingham Trent University has won 2 prestigious Green Gown awards - the top level environmental award for the university sector.

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Joining us for lunch tomorrow is our guest Sally Rootham, gardener and volunteer coordinator at Arkwright meadows Community Gardens and also owner of Stripey Beetroot, a successful catering company providing high quality, healthy food for training courses and corporate meetings. Sally was fed up with the beige bland food served at training courses and identified a gap in the market.

Sally has lifelong love of cooking freshly made, nutritious tasty food packed with vitamins to feed the mind and body – far more conducive to productivity than a manky sausage roll! Sally has combined her love of cooking and gardening and created a work life that satisfies her soul!

Now Sally also does some catering for Nottingham Trent University, which brings us very neatly to the subject of food security in our student population. Find out about what we discovered at a conference we presented at earlier this week – there are some shocking statistics!