Love Good Food Programme

We are currently running several projects related to food:

Riverbank Community Cafe
Krata are supporting opening a community cafe and market garden in Merseybank in Chorlton. It started because Jessica Symons and June Stenson got together and talked about how to bring good food to the Merseybank area with poor access to decent ingredients and no cafes serving decent food. More about Riverbank project

This project has been supported by Food Futures and we are at Stage 2 application for funding with the Local Food Fund (fingers crossed!)

Chorlton Eats
Objective
Produce a practical, imaginative and locally-specific strategy with recommendations on how to encourage and widen the production and purchase of local, organic and fairly traded food by different communities in Chorlton

Results
The project was carried out working with students from Chorlton High school to act as collaborators in carrying out the consultation. They filmed and interviewed participant groups and contributed their ideas on how to address the issues around healthy eating. Their filming work was edited by filmmaker, Andy Lawrence and is shown here.

Recommendation on further action
"We propose to build on the existing local enthusiasm for good food in one part of Chorlton and enthuse the rest of the community. The solution strategy is to launch a vision stating that 'Chorlton loves good food' and implement a series of solutions targeting different community groups and encouraging them to develop a love of good food. This love will foster a keen interest in good food, enhanced by eating, cooking, growing and shopping for tasty ingredients to make tasty meals. People will then seek out and develop their own ideas for acquiring healthy ingredients and good recipes. Their love for food will encourage them to make time to cook and pay more for good quality ingredients. As they develop in their cooking skills, which they can share with friends and family, their love for food will increase. They will communicate their love of food to others widening the 'food love circle' to eventually encompass all of Chorlton."

See full Chorlton Eats report

The project was commissioned by Chorlton Fairtrade and Food Group and funded by Food Futures