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31 January 2025
Last week, the Food for Life Lancashire team delivered training to 16 teachers from local schools on garden planning, composting and maintaining a growing space. Participants learnt how to grow microgreens, when and how to grow various edible plants, and began making plans for their own growing space.
On training days, lunch is always included. And for this session, the Food for Life Lancashire team catered the training lunch themselves! They made red lentil and coconut dahl, brown lentil chilli and mixed vegetable curry, served with jacket potatoes, houmous, winter slaw and pitta breads. For pudding, they enjoyed chocolate chip banana cake, flapjacks, carrot cake muffins and chocolate brownies. All the participants loved it and were delighted to see such an expansive lunch buffet. Best of all, it was almost all vegan and gluten free, making it inclusive as well as delicious.
The table was decorated with fresh growing herbs and tablecloths, and everyone ate with proper cutlery and crockery rather than paper plates.
The teachers loved enjoying such a great spread, with one sharing that they’re so used to giving so much – to their work, their pupils and their schools – that it’s nice to be able to relax and enjoy some care in the form of good food.
This is why we believe in what we do at Food for Life. Food connects us all and we are committed to making good food accessible to all.
Following the training, participants will implement their growing plans and use the activities taught in the session. The Lancashire team will be keeping in touch with them and continuing to support them as they use their new knowledge.
