Lockdown has been in place here in the UK since the middle of March and had a huge affect on our activities. We had to improvise quick, like everyone, and adapt to a rapidly changing context of how we live, where we live. Over the early weeks, our growing core group found our niches and […]
Read More →As part of Vegetanuary this year I’ve been going along to meet the Restauranteurs of the area who are focusing on either vegan or vegetarian food to ask them some simple questions about why open that kind of place and what the feedback has been… first up, Wicked Vegan on Hildreth Street in Balham. You […]
Read More →St Marks United Reformed Church in Balham festooned with vine leaves, fairy lights and candles, offered the perfect backdrop for a magical festive evening at TTT’s Christmas Dinner last night. The invite to “Norah’s Magical Feast” promised a festive culinary celebration and what a feast it proved to be! Norah won the overall Top Tooting […]
Read More →Come and join our autumn festivities in Tooting Community Garden! click for pdf poster Following on from our normal open gardening session (11am-1pm) this Sunday, we will be celebrating all things pumpkin – you can carve your own creations into the pumpkins, help make some fresh pumpkin soup and learn how to make delicious damper […]
Read More →TTT is running its 11th sustainable food festival – the Tooting Foodival – this September! This year’s Foodival poster celebrates the core elements of growing, cooking and eating! If you are a connoisseur of any of these activities we urge you to get involved in this year’s festival either as a grower donating some home […]
Read More →TTT’s 10th local Carbon Conversations series continues – the free weekly local facilitated meetings where participants can explore their own practical options for low-carbon living. The sessions are not only about ‘counting carbon’ and understanding our carbon footprint; they are also about exploring our own values and preferences in a safe and facilitated setting with […]
Read More →Over seventy years ago the organic agriculture pioneer Sir Albert Howard stated : “The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible” Taking care of the soil where we grow our food, making compost, reducing waste, healthy eating, exploring the ‘circular economy’ of growing plants, beginning to understand the web of beneficial organisms […]
Read More →One of the reasons some of us are trying vegetarianism for January is the environmental impact of keeping animals for human consumption. The practice of rearing animals to provide food for humans is an ancient one and has been going on for at least 10,000 years. I’d argue that this has only really become a […]
Read More →When TTT co-chair Richard mentioned he was going to go vegetarian for January, it made me think could I? Some vegetables, yesterday Not eating meat and what it means, touches on so many of the environmental issues that TTT has tried to tackle over the years. Land and water use, global warming, animal welfare, population […]
Read More →There are new posts on our Foodival blog (click on that link) which follow up on two of the fun events at this year’s Tooting Foodival: celebrating local food together as a community.One post gives Minestra Supper Club’s recipe based on Elisabetta’s pasta-making demonstration.The other shares all the how-tos of our grow-you-own home seed-sprouting crusade.Do enjoy […]
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