How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. By Mark Ridsill Smith
Talk will have a BSL Interpreter.
This is the first talk of the day 11AM - 11.45AM
Growing food in a small space can help you eat healthier, tastier and more affordable food nearly all year round. Growing at home in containers has several advantages over an allotment and will often make as much - if not more - difference to the food you eat. The secret is to choose carefully what to grow and to use your harvests to add diversity and flavour to your meals.
In this workshop you will discover how and what to grow in containers to:-
Eat organic, affordable and tasty fresh vegetables and herbs all year round. Grow your own herbs and spring onions to transform low cost staples like beans and rice into delicious meals. Eat a wider diversity by growing plants that aren't sold in the supermarkets.
The talk will include practical demonstrations of how to grow some of the easiest and most productive crops to grow in small spaces.
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY
11AM 4PM
SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2025.
Theme: Our food systems should provide healthy food for people and planet, not large profits for corporations.
The Two Films and Three Talks/Demonstrations on today are timed so that everyone should be able to watch at least one film and attend a Growing Veg talk.
The Growing Veg demonstrations talk are the same talk repeated throughout the day. (45 minutes in length)
The Caf will be open for the day selling hot food and all refreshments.
The films will have English subtitles. The talks will have a BSL Interpreter.
1. 11am 12.30: Film - Food Inc 2. 90 minutes long.
Documenatry looks at multinational corporations controling our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health. With English Subtitles and Closed Captions.
Trigger warning: Contains scenes of animal cruelty.
2. 11am 11.45pm: Talk (1) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
3.1pm 1.45pm Talk (2) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
4. 2pm 3.40pm: Film - Farming the Revolution 105 minutes long.
Documentary looks at the massive year-long protests against the Indian governments then newly enacted farm laws during the COVID lockdown.
Original Languages: Panjabi and Hindi with English Subtitles.
5. 2.30pm 3.15pm Talk (3) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
More Information and Booking Links are on our website.
Talk will have a BSL Interpreter.
This is the first talk of the day 11AM - 11.45AM
Growing food in a small space can help you eat healthier, tastier and more affordable food nearly all year round. Growing at home in containers has several advantages over an allotment and will often make as much - if not more - difference to the food you eat. The secret is to choose carefully what to grow and to use your harvests to add diversity and flavour to your meals.
In this workshop you will discover how and what to grow in containers to:-
Eat organic, affordable and tasty fresh vegetables and herbs all year round. Grow your own herbs and spring onions to transform low cost staples like beans and rice into delicious meals. Eat a wider diversity by growing plants that aren't sold in the supermarkets.
The talk will include practical demonstrations of how to grow some of the easiest and most productive crops to grow in small spaces.
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY
11AM 4PM
SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2025.
Theme: Our food systems should provide healthy food for people and planet, not large profits for corporations.
The Two Films and Three Talks/Demonstrations on today are timed so that everyone should be able to watch at least one film and attend a Growing Veg talk.
The Growing Veg demonstrations talk are the same talk repeated throughout the day. (45 minutes in length)
The Caf will be open for the day selling hot food and all refreshments.
The films will have English subtitles. The talks will have a BSL Interpreter.
1. 11am 12.30: Film - Food Inc 2. 90 minutes long.
Documenatry looks at multinational corporations controling our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health. With English Subtitles and Closed Captions.
Trigger warning: Contains scenes of animal cruelty.
2. 11am 11.45pm: Talk (1) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
3.1pm 1.45pm Talk (2) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
4. 2pm 3.40pm: Film - Farming the Revolution 105 minutes long.
Documentary looks at the massive year-long protests against the Indian governments then newly enacted farm laws during the COVID lockdown.
Original Languages: Panjabi and Hindi with English Subtitles.
5. 2.30pm 3.15pm Talk (3) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.
How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.
More Information and Booking Links are on our website.
