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Two years ago, fifty schools embarked on a journey to create traditional orchards and were able to plant their first trees in the final months of 2011.

Local Food funded project, The Real Bread Campaign this week launched a new scheme to encourage children to grow their own bread with the help of celebrity baker, Tom Herbert from Channel 4’s ‘The Fabulous Baker Brothers’.

If you like the sound of affordable, local, sustainable food available near your home, your workplace or your children's school then you may have already discovered Love Local Food.

Deprived communities in Leicester will soon get the chance to discover the benefits of urban food production thanks to a Local Food grant.

Local Food funded project, Growing the Valley is set to star on 'Hugh's Three Hungry Boys' on Channel 4 this Sunday at 7pm.

Local Food funded project Harvest Brighton & Hove welcomed celebrities to their site at Preston Park on Friday, after winning the vote for a visit from Sarah Cox and Rufus Hound as part of the National Lottery's 'Cox and Hound Hit the Road' tour.

After a busy summer visiting inspiring food projects across the country, Grants Officer Cate Brimblecombe-Clark gives her account of a trip to the Tamar Valley area of Devon, to help Tamar Grow Local Ltd with a spot of Beekeeping.

Local Food projects join forces to get people growing about fruit and veg!

The success of the Local Food programme has shown that communities have a growing appetite for getting involved with growing food locally. Partnership working plays a vital part in developing and sustaining community projects, and through sharing knowledge and skills similar projects can spread the good work they are doing through the community and beyond benefiting a much wider audience.

Here, Nikki Wood, project facilitator for Local Food-funded project Healthy Tots, based in the West Midlands, gives her account of joining up with fellow Local Food project Chyan Community Allotments, to share their knowledge on locally grown food and encourage budding young gardeners, with some potato digging, blackcurrant picking and wild strawberry tasting.

The Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food programme is trying to raise awareness of locally sourced food at festivals this summer, starting with Glastonbury.

Local Food is asking festival revellers to go local with their food choices and ask where their food has come from.