Can AI help when thinking about local food futures?
Joanna Watson18 Jun 2024
Afreen Saulat talks about how AI can help thinking about local food insecurity and food waste, inspired by a recent AI and Community Action Lab.
Tools for mapping land for community-led growing
17 May 20231.25 MB PDF file
Read this summary of community-friendly mapping tools to help speed up and demystify the process of accessing land for growing food.
How to map neglected spaces for community-led growing
Mary Stevens15 May 2023
Mary Stevens discusses the difficulties of identifying land available for community growing and what tools could help.
The seeds of a nature-based curriculum
Mandy Holden18 Jan 2023
We capture some reflections from Darren Squires and Amrish Pandya on working in schools on projects part-funded by the Local Nature Innovation Fund.
Kale Yeah! resources
14 Dec 2022External link
Check out our Kale Yeah! resources, which help caterers rebalance their menus, incentivise customers to make more sustainable choices and promote the scheme.
What we learned from Dyffryn Gwyrdd – is this the start of something big?
Joanna Watson01 Aug 2022
Joanna Watson captures the reflections of the Experiments team after our get-together in North Wales.
“10x Greener - it’s not just about growing veg”
Ciaran Biggins29 Jun 2022
Ciaran Biggins reflects on ten things he’s learned from reviewing our current 10xGreener projects.
How local projects can inspire a stronger connection with nature
Joanna Watson25 May 2022
We list the nature-related projects that will be supported by Friends of the Earth’s Local Nature Innovation Fund.
Mapping land to unlock our local food growing potential
14 Jul 2021
How our woodland mapping tool has been adapted to identify land for food.
How a peer learning approach to personal finance inspired Know Better Food
Joanna Watson03 Nov 2020
Kate Ford of Better Food Traders explains why they were inspired to trial OwnIt's peer learning approach to help people make better food choices.
Batch cooking: how to share meals and child care
31 Jan 2020
How inter-generational batch cooking could tackle loneliness and help children eat better, healthier food.
Kale Yeah! Find out how this scheme can encourage students to change their diet
19 Feb 2019
A loyalty scheme getting students to eat less meat.