Incredible Edible Newtownabbey is all about strengthening community relationships through the growing of fresh fruit and vegetables. We're going to start building some community gardens (starting in Rathcoole) where everyone will be able to come along and learn how to grow their own food. The best part is that everything is free, you can pick whatever fruit and veg you want and take it home to cook up for dinner. We want to show people that it's not hard or expensive to eat healthy and create really nutritious meals. Food that you have grown yourself will always taste better because you can appreciate the work that has gone in to producing it! There are too many families in the area that are food insecure and no one should be priced out of health, our food is for everyone and we hope that everyone will be willing to get involved. Speaking of which, if you're a community leader or just want to get involved with the initiative, let us know because the more people driving this the merrier! We're also building an education programme that will allow people who may not have a qualification to their name to learn real world, useful skills, that they can use to gain employment by opening up avenues they may have never considered. Food scarcity is a legitimate post-brexit concern and being able to produce our own food at this scale will help to combat that. We're expecting an attitude of 'Sure that won't last long!' or 'The kids will have it ruined in no time' and to that, I say this. People. Don't. Vandalise, Food. This is a UK wide initiative that's in over 100 other UK towns and in most of those towns have actually seen their rates of vandalism go down! So, spread the word. This is a positive movement and it's all inclusive. If you eat, you're in
