Press

This is our multimedia page! Please have a look below at videos, audio, press clippings and links to articles about Growing Communities.

Director Julie Brown was one of the three finalists in the Triodos Ethical Small Business Awards. Here is a film with Julie talking about Growing Communities' aims and projects, with shots of the Farmers Market and packing of the bags for the box scheme!

Local Hero
Part One Part Two Part Three. Article on Julie Brown and Growing Communities, The Ecologist, June 2008

Bohemian Box Scheme Part One Part Two, Article on the Box Scheme and the Farmers' Market, Tastes of Britain Magazine, Jan 2008 

Holding out for a hero, Forum for the Future's magazine Green Futures heralds Julie Brown as one of the ten to watch sustainable business leaders, Jan 2008  

Another end of the world is possible:

Director Julie Brown talks about Growing Communities as part of a series of video portraits of people taking radical action against the root causes of climate change, May 2007.

The Low Carbon Show, Climate Radio for Resonance FM, June 2007. Podcast and script of Director Julie Brown talking about local food systems and Growing Communities.

Market Review: Article about the Farmers' Market, Ethical Living, October 2006

Saving Orchards the Local Way: Article on Butterfield Green Orchard, Food Magazine, October 2006

Good Food Swap: Article on the Good Food Swap, The Times, 17th October 2006

Side Orders: Article about the Good Food Swap 2006 and the market in general, Time Out, 4th October 2006

Urban Farming: City Pickers: An article on Allens Gardens, The Independent, 28th September 2006 

 
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