- Update Grow Cook Eat Launch Event – 31 July
Event held outside the Willow Tree Health Centre. At the event there was a display of vegetables and herbs growing in containers. Eg courgettes, carrots, beans, and a table display of organic grown fruit and vegetables purchased from Unicorn Grocery.
Bowls of fruit salad and vegetables on kebab sticks were given away. Art workshop with young people designing plates with what their favourite meals. Eg hamburgers, pizza – making chef’s hats
Base line questionnaire filled in by attendees.
Young people interviewed adults about the food they liked etc and recorded this on a digital voice recorder. Sticker board for baseline data on fruit / vegetable consumption.
Lettuce and salad seeds, compost and container were given away so that people could make up a container to take home to grow salad.
Stall from Big Life Company, Salford Health Matters, Stall from LKYPG- posters, photos and display of vegetables they had grown on the allotment
Groundwork staff chatted with residents and partners to create links and interest in the project, collecting contact details.
