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Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Why it matters 3 News UK 2009 4 Random facts 5 Related Topics 6 External links

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[edit] Why it matters

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[edit] News UK 2009

Comment Make better use of the estimated 3,500 hectares of unused brownfield land – the equivalent size of 25 Hyde Parks – to create new community allotments, NLGN, September 14 [1] Your comment - Contribute via our Forums or a comment type article, or on any article via its talk page - click on discussion tab at top of page

• 1,000 new allotment plots will be created on National Trust land in the next three years to give local communities the space to grow their own fruit and vegetables. February 2009 ^[2]The initiative comes as demand for growing spaces is at an all time high - with more than 100,000 people currently on allotment waiting lists – as people look to spend more time with friends or family, exercising in the outdoor ‘gym’ and enjoying the fresh food they can produce. Each of the new growing spaces will be created on communities’ doorsteps throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and will be registered through the new Landshare website set up by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to ‘match-make’ between keen growers and available land.

[edit] Random facts

• 156k allotments in UK, 76k people on waiting lists Source: National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Ltd, June 22, 2009

[edit] Related Topics

SCA Food Biodiversity Mess Micro Environment Subsistence System - Optimize growing conditions for your home food area. Seasonal UK Green New Year resolutions Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming	Wikipedia Sustainable agriculture Community-supported agriculture City farms Raised bed gardening	Wikisphere Permawiki, started 17 October, 2005

[edit] External links

• National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Ltd
• Allotments UK
• Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
• Permaculture Association
• The Soil Association
• Cultivating Communities Soil Association project intended as a resource and networking tool for all community based local food initiatives.
• Garden Organic - HDRA's website
• QED Virtual Potting Shed Showcases good practice in the management of allotments for the benefit of local communities and the environment.
• Biodynamic Agricultural Association
• Community Land Trusts, information on Community Farm Land Trusts

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References

1. ↑ New Local Government Network, September 14, 2009
2. ↑ National Trust, February 2009