Calder Food Hub Dates

Events coming up:

Sunday 28th March : Grafting Course. Grafting is the art of propagating fruit trees. Scions from selected trees are joined on to rootstocks to create healthy trees of known provenance. Many fruit seeds will not "come true" you cannot plant a cox's seed and expect a cox's tree. This simple technique can be learned in a day and allows to create as many fruit trees as you want very cheaply.

Sat 8th May 10-4 : Mushroom cultivation. Learn to grow different kinds of edible mushrooms from people who do it for a living - what better thing to learn to grow in this damp lush valley!, £25 (£20 membs) including hot lunch.

Also there's How Does Your Garden Grow - coming soon....an edible backyard competition (as that’s what many of us have to grow in right now!) Look out for details in Hebden Bridge.
We will give you more details when we have them!

All courses run from 10am to 4pm, and will be at different venues around Hebden Bridge,details available on booking.

Costs £25 includes a hot lunch and transport from the Train Station, if required. (£5 discount (for Calder Food Hub members). Call Kath on 01422 846540 to book or for more information.

We are an expanding hub, linking all aspects of local food, growing, eating, selling, learning, information, projects & opportunities.
We are

  • Providing learning & meeting other gardeners through workshops & joint gardening days.
  • A membership scheme with members benefits
  • Making links with other groups in the area, promoting partnerships including Calderdale Council.
  • Encouraging sustainability by lowering food miles, growing organically & working with permaculture principles.
  • Making links between growers & sellers & creating other opportunities for selling produce.

As we grow we aim to

  • Increase the amount of wild forage being planted & increase local knowledge of wild foods & their uses.
  • Support & encourage community garden projects.
  • Encourage backyard growing.
  • Help make land available for food production

We are really exited by what we can all do when we work together. Come & join in & let’s see how we can grow our future.
There is nothing like food straight from the ground!