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
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
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