Movement Building 2025; The Life Cycle of Food

Join us on our latest movement building journey: The Life Cycle of Food!

What is movement building? It can mean different things to different people but our Food and Climate Action project team define it as activities that are led by the community to affect decision-making at the policy level – ideally this results in positive change for as many people as possible. We foster Movement Building work through developing resources and organising learning opportunities for groups and individuals leading projects in their communities to connect with and support one another.

Our Current Focus: The Life Cycle of Food

Throughout 2025, our Movement Building work will be focused around three modules relating to the life-cycle of food: Seeding, Growing & Harvesting. Each module will include a variety of hands-on activities that equip you with knowledge and practical skills to become more involved in reshaping Glasgow’s local food system. These events are open to anyone in Glasgow interested in community food, climate, and the relationship between them. Read ahead to learn more about what’s on and how you can get involved!

Some examples of the topics these activities will cover include:

the importance of saving seeds
seed sovereignty and the impacts of privatising and patenting seeds by corporations
seed sowing and;
more abstract concepts such as how to ‘seed’ ideas for a new project or initiative

Dates: February – April

In this section we’ll have activities such as:

how to grow your own food in a variety of settings using nature-friendly techniques
seasonality of food growing
accessing land to grow food
cultural relevance of different food crops
plant propagation
methods of food preservation

Dates: May – July

And finally, during ‘Harvesting’ we’ll look at topics such as:

gaining access to market and other outlets for locally grown food
food waste (and how to avoid it)
food preservation techniques
cultural traditions relating to harvest

Dates: August – October

Get Involved

Sign up for any of our Movement Building activities via our Eventbrite. To receive regular updates about our Movement Building events and activities, sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Funded Groups

In April 2025, we awarded 14 community groups across Glasgow money to deliver a vast array of food projects with their local groups. These include growing culturally relevant food, supplying surplus locally grown fruit and veg to food banks and beekeeping!

Find out more below.