Capital Growth is hosting the 2018 Roots to Work Conference, 18 Oct 11am-4pm at the Oxo Tower Wharf, in partnership with the Gaia Foundation and the We Feed the World exhibition. This event is for people working or looking to find work in the good food sector. Tickets on sale NOW! … [Read more...]
Greenwich Community Cookery Clubs (Free)
Good Food In Greenwich A Taste of Health GCDA is delighted to have been awarded the contract by RBG to run FREE Greenwich Cookery Clubs across the borough, and we are very excited about it. The programme continues the excellent work done by Public Health for more than 10 years helping people to make healthier choices. Running since 2003, the Community Cookery Clubs have … [Read more...]
Project Cassava
On Wednesday 19th September 11-3pm Borough Market will be hosting the Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency (GCDA) as they become the first British business to import fully traceable High-Quality Cassava Flour into the UK, in order to help create a sustainable future for female farm workers in West Africa. Cassava is an edible root which is naturally gluten-free. In … [Read more...]
Fruit and vegetable stalls reaching those in most need
article from the vegcities.org website 7 vegetable stalls have been successfully set up in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in schools and Children’s Centres. GREENWICH FRUIT AND VEG STAL Over forty percent of the population in the Royal Borough of Greenwich reside in the 20% most deprived areas in the country. Almost 1/3 of the borough’s children carry excess weight … [Read more...]
Fruit and Vegetable Sorting Volunteer
Where: Woolwich Common Community Centre, 16 Leslie Smith Square, SE18 4DW When: Mondays, starting 10 September 2018 Hours: 8.30am to 12.30pm GCDA, a charitable co-op that supports communities to be healthier and more sustainable, is looking for a volunteer to support their wholesale fruit and vegetable initiative. The role would suit someone … [Read more...]