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Dunbar Grammar School Community Chicken Coop
The Dunbar Grammar School Community Chicken Coop has gone from strength to strength introducing more families to the joys of keeping hens. We started out with interested families that had children attending Dunbar Grammar School or Dunbar Primary School. We are now pleased to be able to open the waiting list to the general public. [...]
Dunbar Grammar School Community Chicken Coop
Sustaining Dunbar and Dunbar Grammar School are delighted to announce the opening of East Lothian’s first Community Chicken coop with the arrival of the first 10 hens on Saturday November 17th. The coop and enclosure were the idea of some Dunbar Grammar School pupils who won a “Dragon’s Den” style competition to help reduce the [...]
Local Food Adventures – Chicory
Our first Local Food Adventure was on a glorious sunny Saturday! We left from the Bleachingfield Centre for a lovely cycle up to Stenton. Jo Mcnamara had been keeping her eye on some lovely Chicory all season so she knew just where to go! We were looking for some very deep parsnip-like tap roots. Sadly [...]
Community Chicken Coop coming soon!
Last year Community Windpower and BeGreen sponsored Dunbar Grammar School’s “Dragon’s Den” competition. Competing teams came up with projects to promote sustainability with the winning team all geared up for a Chicken Coop to be located at the Grammar School. Their dream is becoming a reality as plans are underway to form a Community Chicken [...]
Culture Kitchen Relay – Dunbar
Today we welcomed the lovely ladies from the Culture Kitchen Relay to Dunbar. The team consist of Kat Vandenberg who is a community gardener and coordinator of SAGE (SAGE), Clem Sandison the creative producer of Culture Kitchen (The Hidden Gardens) and Najma Anwar who is a volunteer with the Women and Cultural Cookery project at the [...]
Otesha Tastetastic cycle their way to Dunbar
Great fun (and a bit a of learning) today at the community centre as the Otesha Tastetastic tour rolled into town. They delivered an exciting workshop about growing your own food to members of the Science Club and then stuck around for lunch prepared by some of the young people who have been working in [...]
Todmorden – A Local Food Revolution
Todmorden is a small Yorkshire town that has revolutionised the idea of local food. A small group of dedicated locals with a vision has turned Todmorden into a town bursting with local produce around every corner. After just 3 years they have set up a community market garden, community chicken coop, food growing spaces all [...]
