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Introduction A letter from

As we enter the spring term, we start to think about the our guest editor
end of winter and the growing season ahead. So, our

focus for this newsletter is food, and how its production, Zoe Proctor
consumption, and waste are increasingly important issues. Tir Awen Market Garden

Flick through the pages to learn about some of the impacts
of food production, examples of school-based action,

and resources to help learners understand the issues and It’s great to be part of the food they eat while supporting
the people who grow it.
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potential solutions. We hope the newsletter will inspire and share my passion for food
you to make some more sustainable food choices in your growing! Essentially this means as growers
we can plan, plant, grow and
school! I run a market garden with my harvest what we need to fill

husband near Abergavenny in our boxes with veg safe in the
Bannau Brycheiniog. It all started knowledge it will be sold and
with a single sack of potatoes, eaten!
gifted to us at the start of the I love working in balance with
pandemic by a neighbour who nature and it’s always exciting to
Contents encouraged us to grow them have the opportunity to share

for the community. Things have what we’re doing with young
Reading suggestions gone from strength to strength people. Hopefully you’ll be

since then, and we now provide
Be Inspired fresh, seasonal veg boxes to the inspired to become involved in
caring for our soil and growing
Resources local area. food!
We use a Community Supported
Move away from X Agriculture approach (CSA),

What’s coming up? which is one of the most radical
ways that we can re-take control

Support of our food system. At the heart
of the movement is the desire to
reconnect community with the