Host a Harvest Fest in your community – apply for up to £150 funding
Communities in Cumberland – host a Harvest Fest event in your community – apply for up to £150 in funding Celebrate autumn by hosting a Harvest Fest! Celebrate local food, […]
Seeding change: Cumbria’s carrot pilot puts local food on the school menu
This Autumn term, primary schools in the county will be tucking into Cumbrian-grown carrots and discovering the benefits of local food through an exciting pilot scheme. Cumbrian Carrot Connections aims […]
Five Dream Placement Students help CAfS and the ZCCP
Last week CAfS, working with CDEC, welcomed five students as part of the CLEP Dream Placement. Dream Placement encourages students to apply for a work placement during February half term, […]
Cumbria Unites for National Week of Sustainable Celebrations: Funding Available for Community Events in June 2025
Community groups across Cumbria are set to host a series of community-focused events this June, emphasising sustainability, climate action and local food. The county’s climate change charity, Cumbria Action for […]
Northern Real Farm Conference – A Planetary Plate for the North?
In February 24 the Northern Real Farming Conference (NRFC) held an event, ‘Designing a ‘planetary plate’ to celebrate seeds and breeds for the North of England’ which took place at […]
Vermiculture Cumbria: How worm farming can support reduced waste in the field to fork journey.
Zero Carbon Cumbria are supporting groups in Cumbria to tackle food waste using the not-so-humble worm! A food waste snapshot: Food waste emits the greenhouse gases (GHG) methane and nitrous […]