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Heard of Carlin Sunday?

Heard of Carlin Sunday? You can celbrate this northern tradition on ‘Carlin Wednesday’ in Middlesborough.

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Celebrating the Women in Leeds’ Food Scene.

International Women’s Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate some incredible women in Leeds’ food scene! Here are 12 remarkable women driving positive change in the #goodfoodmovement.

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Composting Collective Latest News

Awards, new bins and new schemes coming. Plus the numbers are in for 2024 and Compost Collective Leeds is on a roll!

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Raise your pulses this 2025

We’ve got our finger on the pulse this Winter. read on to find out all our healthy, sustainable and fair food news.

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Celebrating Pulses!

We love pulses! Why? Read on to find out more on World Pulses Day and how we are part of the Northern Pulses Collaboration.

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World Pulses Day

Celebrate with us this 10 Feb for World Pulses Day!

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Feed Leeds Food Growing Celebration 2025

Join Feed Leeds at Meanwood Farm on 24 Feb – your evening to share, eat and celebrate local food growing – https://shorturl.at/BtJep

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Have you heard of Giving Tuesday?

If you find Black Friday and it’s no-holds barred, fight to the finish for the cheapest deal a drag – then Giving Tuesday might be the refreshing antidote you are looking for. 

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Support Compost Collective Leeds

Support communities in Leeds to support people to compost.

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Community Composting Success

Community Composting success across Leeds – East to West, South to North, we are going city-wide.

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What’s Cooking in Leeds this Autumn?

Temperatures may be falling, but Leeds is cooking up a storm this Autumn. Here’s a taste of what’s on offer.

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Feed Leeds’ Get Growing Leeds

Send us your #GetGrowingLeeds photos and stories #GoodFoodStories

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500 Food Actions for a Slice of Silver 

As FoodWise Leeds, we work with people from across the city to deliver the Leeds Food Strategy. In 2019, Leeds was […]

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New Chair of the FoodWise Advisory Group

We are absolutely delighted to introduce our new steering group chair, Juli Thompson. Read on to hear her ideas on how to achieve a thriving food culture in Leeds.

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Community Composting in Horsforth

Want to take positive climate action locally? Join this FREE training with Horsforth Compost Collective on 11 Jul 2024

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Join us and eat ‘Just One More’

Will you join us and eat ‘Just One More’ portion of vegetables this month?

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Get Growing Leeds

Part of our #GoodFoodStories @Feed_Leeds are launching #GetGrowingLeeds
Do you grow veg from seed? You can help others with your growing know-how #SowARowXtra

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Film Screening: Six Inches of Soil

FoodWise Leeds and Feed Leeds present a special screening of the documentary film “Six Inches of Soil” – a story of courage, vision and hope. May 10 6-9 pm Heart in Leeds

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From Coops to Bulk Purchasing

Part of our #GoodFoodStories series, with an update form Sustainable Food Places on new models for emergency food provision.

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Feed Leeds Celebration

Part of our #GoodFoodStories: We are excited to announce the winners of the Feed Leeds Growing Awards for 2024.

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We Are Recruiting!

FoodWise is seeking a new Chair – could this be you? Apply NOW or get in touch to ask a question.

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Soup, Seeds & Smiles at Kinder Leeds Festival

FoodWise, Feed Leeds and Season Well hosted stalls at the Kinder Leeds Festival in November at Left Bank. It was […]

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Good News Stories: Cultural Food Hubs

As part of #goodfoodstories Meet the Network we caught up with Rifhat Malik from Give a Gift before Christmas to […]

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Nominations for Feed Leeds Food Growing Awards are Open!

Feed Leeds is a sustainable food growing network – encouraging and connecting individuals, communities and organisations in Leeds. As part of […]

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Good Food Stories: Right to Grow

Welcome to #GoodFoodStories Meet the Network! We’re doing a series of informal interviews with local food activists to showcase some […]

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Eyes On Silver!

We are very excited to announce that FoodWise Leeds will be submitting for a Sustainable Food Places Silver Award in […]

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Successful summer LVL & Food Growing Workshop!

FoodWise Leeds, Feed Leeds and Season Well are celebrating a sunny and successful Little Veg Libraries & Sustainable Food Growing […]

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Compost Collective Leeds: Pilot Success!

FoodWise Leeds is celebrating the success of delivering a 1-year community composting pilot, in partnership with local grass-roots organisations and […]

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LIVE! Latest Healthy Eating Toolkit for Easter 2023

Our latest Healthy Eating Toolkit has been released to help Healthy Holidays Leeds providers plan for Easter 2023 provision! This […]

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#GoodFoodStories Launches!

FoodWise Leeds has launched the #GoodFoodStories campaign to celebrate the vibrant food scene across Leeds and to inspire others to […]

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LIVE! Latest Healthy Eating Toolkit for Christmas 2022

The latest Healthy Eating Toolkit has been released, supporting Leeds Healthy Holidays providers to plan their Christmas provision! The toolkit […]

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Leeds Recipe Hub Launches!

FoodWise Leeds have announced the launch of a new recipe hub, in collaboration with Leeds City Council, the University of […]

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Composting at Seacroft Family Fun Day (with an eco-twist!)

Compost Collective Leeds (CCL) will be We Are Seacroft’s Family Fun Day (with an eco twist!), outside the LS14 Trust […]

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NEW HEALTHY EATING TOOLKIT FOR HEALTHY HOLIDAYS

FoodWise Leeds has released a new Healthy Eating Toolkit for the summer Healthy Holidays programme to support providers across Leeds […]

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Leeds wins veg cities runner up!

We are delighted that Leeds was runner up for the Veg Cities prize at the recent The Food Foundation‘s Peas Please conference! Peas […]

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Multicultural Food Webinar recording available

Leeds learns about Multicultural Food Leeds is a very diverse city with over 140 ethnic groups. It is important that […]

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Promoting the Healthy Start scheme out and about!

Healthy Start Development Worker, Esther has been out and about in Harehills with support from Health Improvement Practitioner at Leeds […]

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Leeds Hosts a Low Carbon Lunch

On the 29th of Sept, FoodWise Leeds and Leeds City Council hosted the ‘Leeds Low Carbon Lunch’ at Kirkgate Market. The […]

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Building Food Resilience Toolkit is Now Available!

FoodWise is pleased to announce the Building Food Resilience Toolkit is now available to download! The toolkit introduces the idea of ‘building […]

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Leeds Wins the Bronze!

Here is the press release: Bronze Birthday Present for Leeds Food Partnership After just one year, the Leeds Food Partnership […]