FOREST FOOD GARDEN
Forest Food Garden
Since 2020 Daphne Lambert, on behalf of the Trust, has been part of a Forest Food Garden Elective at the University of Sussex which aims to foster social and ecological resilience.
In the face of climate change Forest Food Gardening moves the mindset of a food consumer to one of food citizen, someone actively engaged in or supporting the local growing and preserving of nourishing, minimally-packaged food. A Forest Food Garden is one solution towards creating food resilience.
It is an inspiring initiative that gives the Trust an opportunity to share food & nutrition research and practical skills.
British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Blog PostCreating a forest food garden: Higher education that is disruptive by design https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/creating-a-forest-food-garden-higher-education-that-is-disruptive-by-design
A future vision for the Sussex University Forest Garden by 2nd year student Rebekah Fleming
To be back,
Is a wonderful thing.
The seagulls are still calling
And the leaves are just as fallen as they lay
Damp and quiet
All of those 10 years ago
Walking through the reds and browns of campus, those bricks
The walls which hold so much learning
But past them, to the classroom of wild grass, of moss, of fruits and wonky veg,
Of messy shrubs and messy learning
Where structures were fluid
Where ideology mingled with the seeds we sowed,
No ivory towers, just the path to our forest garden.
Our forest garden, passed through gentle hands, year after year.
The baton.
Our proud creation, constantly in motion.
Further information: Dr Perpetua Kirby p.kirby@sussex.ac.uk Daphne Lambert daphne@greencuisinetrust.org
