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Learn about the annual seed swap in Hull

If you visit Roves Farm on a Thursday morning, you’ll find a group of people chatting whilst they plant seeds, sharing a pot of coffee during weeding breaks, and enjoying beautiful views of the surrounding countryside

Following on from the success of Plant and Share Month after it finished on World Bee Day (20/5/23), our fellow Soil Association colleagues transported some of the joy of Plant and Share Month to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the very first time.

As part of Plant and Share Month, the Soil Association has joined forces with The Orchard Project to highlight the vital role pollinators play in our food systems. 

Set on a bustling estate in north Sheffield you could be forgiven for missing the entrance to The Furnival, a small community-based charity nestled in amongst high rise flats and shops with security mesh at windows, run by Julie D’souza Walsh. 

When we caught up with Jade, a nutritionist from Derry, Northern Ireland she is in her office and studio in the heart of the city. A busy business owner, Jade created Restore Nutrition after studying in London at the College of Naturopathic Medicine. 

Greave House Farm Trust received a Get Togethers small grant to run a Plant and Share day that welcomed the local community on 1^st May 2021. Learn about it here.

Gathering around a table to in share good food and conversation is such a simple thing but has an immeasurable impact on people’s lives.

A campaign centred around good food aims to tackle food insecurity and loneliness, starting this World Food Day on 16th October.

Wee and Wise is an intergenerational after school club based in Northern Ireland. Learn more about it here.