What have we done so far?
We have already set up the Incredible Edible Wakefield website www.incredible- edible-wakefield.co.uk as a way of sharing information on all the resources and growing schemes that already exist in the Wakefield District and highlighting other ideas that are being used across the country by people like us who just want to grow and eat healthy, local food.
We have started a campaign to encourage Wakefield Council to adopt an idea called Community Growing Licences as a simple way of giving individuals or groups access to under used plots of council land for the purposes of growing fruit and vegetables and will shortly be starting to identify possible plots which could be used as part of a pilot scheme.
We have also put together proposals for a community growing scheme for Horbury that could be used to provide opportunities for the local community to be actively involved in producing their own food.
The scheme would include everything from crop planning, through the various stages of growing, right to the eventual harvesting and distribution of the produce and would also provide learning opportunities for local people to develop growing skills that could be taken on and used in the wider community.
