Incredible Edible Middlesbrough

If you're wondering why we do what we do, Rob (who's based in the US and is spending a year foraging and growing ALL his food!) explains our motivation too. Definitely food for thought!Rob Greenfieldwww.facebook.com

Bring out your giant vegetables! The vegetable competitions at the Town Meal are free to enter and great fun. There are rosettes for the winner, and it's a great challenge to aim for over the growing season.Middlesbrough Environment Citywww.facebook.com

If you haven't visited before, Tockett's Mill is very much worth a trip!

We're doing all that we can to change some of these heartbreaking stories. Good quality, healthy, life-giving food, procured, prepared and served with dignity and respect is a human right, not an option for only the privileged. It should be everyone's 'normal.' Food poverty is so very much more complicated than cost. It's about nurturing self respect, building resilience and skills and recreating communities to support each other through thick and thin. Everything we do at IEM has this at its core.

How to eat rhubarbwickedleeks.riverford.co.uk

The amazing #vegpatch project, working with Teesside University, has spread its wings into the community of Pennyman School today. The Veg Patch takes surplus and waste food and redistributes it in community settings, sold on a 'Pay As You Feel' basis, and works with local residents (in this case with the school's eco squad!) to make links and train people to take it over themselves in time. This makes it ultra sustainable! Thanks also to community food growing project Saltersgill 88 for the rhubarb and to Tesco Coulby Newham for the kind donation of seeds - helping people to begin growing their own produce at home!Photos from Incredible Edible Middlesbrough's postwww.facebook.com

We took a small group of community food growers to the wonderful Clervaux Trust near Darlington this afternoon to see a slightly different and larger scale way of doing things! We had a wonderful guided tour and the opportunity to ask plenty of questions. Thank you to the Clervaux staff for their time and hospitality xx