Tring in Transition Food Group

We aim to help make local food affordable and accessible to the local community.

By:

·         Encouraging people to buy locally produced food

·         Encouraging people to grow their own fruit and vegetables

·         Raising awareness of the issues around modern day food production

Why local produce?

It's your countryside, eat for it now!

- maintain traditional farming & landscape
- reduce food miles
- contribute towards delivering sustainable development
- support a local food economy and businesses
- conserve wildlife and their habitats
- strengthen local food supply chains
- encourage greater food chain accountability
- redevelop links with our local countryside
- discover old and new cultural activities

The Tring Justice and Peace group have printed a ‘Tring Guide to local Produce’ – a comprehensive list of where to buy locally produced food and drink. See it here http://transitiontowns.org/Tring/Produceguide

Last year Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association came to Tring to talk about organic farming and sustainable food production.

We have planted two of the flower beds in the Memorial Gardens with herbs and fruit bushes, to raise the profile of ‘growing your own’. Help yourself to any of the produce, but please pick carefully!

In co-operation with local residents and the Dacorum Voluntary Tree warden we have planted a short stretch of edible hedging.

We will be running new activities this year – to find out what’s happening and for lots of other useful links, including how to grow your own fruit and veg go to -http://transitiontowns.org/Tring/FoodActionGroup