We’re pleased to see Granville Community Kitchen and Farm included in this reflection on community-led change and collective futures. My hope has been wavering. Perhaps this is an odd way to begin this offering. My work, after all, is rooted in hope and imagination. I spend much of my time inviting people to think beyond the limits of what exists;…
For over a decade, Granville Community Kitchen (GCK) has worked with the South Kilburn community, sharing affordable, culturally appropriate organic food, creating opportunities for work and learning, and hosting community-led events. Through this work, we’ve seen how the dominant industrial food system, and the growing distance between people and the land, shape our diets, health, identities, and our relationship with…
Our Dee is one of the contributors of the book, London Feeds Itself. London is often called the best place in the world to eat – a city where a new landmark restaurant opens each day, where vertiginous towers, sprawling food halls and central neighbourhoods contain the cuisines of every country in the world. Yet, this London is not where…
Leslie Barson, co-founder of Granville Community Kitchen, Kilburn, tells City Harvest of the challenges the community kitchen faces as the need for free food rises amidst a #costoflivingcrisis Inflation has meant that people are in desperate situations, but Leslie believes that the way forward is a sustainable food co-operative, as well as their Good Food Box scheme, helping to decrease…
This low-fat, vibrant chilli from Johannesburg is based on canned beans, tomatoes, onions and chillies. You can add whatever vegetables you have to hand. Serves 6 – 8 | More effort | Prep: 40 mins | Cook: 30 mins Ingredients 3 tbsplight olive oil or vegetable oil 1red or white onion, finely chopped 6garlic cloves, crushed 1-2green chillies, deseeded and…
Will 2025 be the year sustainable practices in our food system start to go mainstream? If so, it will be thanks to the tireless efforts of many people. From chefs to farmers, entrepreneurs and activists, we celebrate (in no particular order) some of the pioneers who are helping make the UK food scene a better place… OUR DEE!! 13. Dee…
Dee and Beni are involved in a documentary feature film, Six Inches of Soil. This work shows the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Towards transformative policies to reduce inequalities for food security and nutrition, the negotiation event was attended by Dee as the UK delegation of the CSIPM Equity Working Group.
Dee attended as a chair and talked about Food Sovereignty Reloaded: How does it look today? at the panel.
Granville Community Kitchen is mentioned as influential in the article, Landed Community Kitchen from Building an Agroecological Urbanism “Surplus” food discarded by the mainstream food supply chain is abundant, and there are often financial incentives to access it (i.e. it is cheap, or free). However, this is often food that is conventionally grown (using agrochemicals and pesticides), shipped from the…
