Websites:
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Food for thought on urban agriculture 2.
Urban jungle (Guardian)3.
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens4.
New York Community Gardens5.
River Cottage Net - Forum discussion on Urban Smallholdings and allotments6.
BBC report on a Manchester restaurant's rooftop garden7.
How to grow different veg.8.
Perhaps we could plant in 'things' rather than the ground?9. Looking further afield -
Havana, Cuba (There's more than just this one article on Havana's city farming but this is a start!)
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Allotments Regeneration Initiative11.
Food experts call for more home grown fruit in face of climate change (Guardian article)
People/organisations/companies to contact:
1. Birmingham City Council (City Centre Development Team, Eastside)
2. Whoever owns the land we wanna plant up
3. Birmingham City Council External Funding Team (advice on funding for community groups)
4. Birmingham City Council Parks/Allotments Site Managers (advice on growing and info on sites)
5. Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (lots of info for community groups)
6. Birmingham City Council Dietician (re. healthy food campaigning)
7. Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (re. healthy food campaigning and potential link to green gym projects)
8. Custard Factory companies (lobbying power and potential contributions - in-kind and cash)
9. Co-Op bank (to get a community group bank account set up)
10. Possibly talk to people involved with Fierce! festival's Feed Me project - schools, an allotment, art and a big cook-up at the end! May have advice/contacts.
11. Birmingham's Botanical Gardens - for advice/sponsorship/contacts
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Court Lane Allotments, Erdington (
also on Twitter!)
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Walsall Road Allotments, Perry Barr
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