Food Season: Nourishing our Community
Saturday 4 – Saturday 25 October, Lewes Climate Hub, 32 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LU
Come to Lewes Climate Hub for events and discussion on the theme of creating local food resilience as part of Good Food East Sussex month – with apple-pressing, oyster mushroom growing, and a special panel discussion to explore how to strengthen our community food supply.
Exhibition: Food resilience in action
Saturday 4 – Saturday 25 October 11am-3pm, FREE
Drop into the Climate Hub to learn all about the emergency food resources and food assets available in Lewes District.
Apple pressing
Saturday 4 October, 12 noon-2pm, FREE
Bring your own apples (and containers) to our apple press to make delicious juice to take away. No windfalls please!
Cancelled – Workshop: Growing oyster mushrooms with Michael Kennard
Sadly this event is now cancelled due to ill-health.
Learn how to nurture your own continuous supply of delicious and fast-growing oyster mushrooms with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club.
Panel discussion: Building local food resilience
Saturday 18 October, 1pm-2.30pm, FREE
Join a guest panel to explore what action is being taken – and what else needs to happen – to strengthen our community food supply across Lewes District. Comments and suggested actions will be fed through to Lewes District Council.
Panellists are:
Councillor Emily Clarke – Lewes Town Mayor and founder of the Landport Community Cafe
Collette Haynes – Co-founder of Ashhurst Organics
Councillor Emily O’Brien – Cabinet Member for Climate, Nature & Food Systems at Lewes District Council
Ronald Ranta – Chair of Fitzjohns Food Project, academic and researcher, and part of the Pinch Points Project team looking at local food insecurity.