After six months of operations, the Food Works cafe at Longley Four Greens Community Centre will be concluding its pilot phase at the end of December. It has been brilliant to connect with the volunteers and community members who crossed our path in this time, some of whom you can Read more…
Reconsidering food shopping habits? Whether it’s prompted by a change in financial circumstances, or ethical buying, it’s a great opportunity to think about how we give and receive from the world around us. A Food Works patron box is a great way of striking that balance – and here are Read more…
We all know about the horrors of Black Friday – mobs of shoppers, endless spam and gluing ourselves to our phones to get that one sweet deal. Now people are talking about the hidden environmental cost too. It’s estimated that online shopping on Black Friday alone could result in 429,000 Read more…
The weekly surplus food boxes supplied by Food Works to households all across Sheffield are getting nature-friendly makeover this month. Food Works patron boxes will help us build a new, better food system for Sheffield – and patrons will get a taste of the locally-grown, nature-friendly food that they are Read more…
A groundbreaking new collaboration with the people of Sheffield will see nature-friendly food produced in the heart of a peoples’ park from next spring. Food Works’ cafe menus and Just Meals ready meals at sites across the city will soon feature nature-friendly fruit, veg and herbs grown in Graves Park’s Read more…
Food is rising up everyone’s agenda. Now there’s a new way to get the inside track and come together to make change in Sheffield. Sign up now, or read on. We’re all feeling the pinch at the till, and living through the kinds of shortages that didn’t exist ten years Read more…
It’s the holidays! Here’s how you can feed your kids with Food Works – and pay it forward for other families too.
Do you want to help us fight climate change and food insecurity for free? It’s simple: give something up for climate change, and sponsor us with your savings to make a difference on your behalf!
On Monday the government has published it’s long awaited food strategy, in response to the 2 part independent review by Henry Dimbleby. The dominant impression from this strategy, is that it is written by a government looking to abdicate responsibility for our food system. In our view, it is not Read more…
Did you know bananas are one of the most wasted foods in the UK? It’s estimated 1.7m bananas are binned every single DAY! Adding bananas to your regular pancake recipe or using them as the main ingredient are delicious ways to use up squishy and brown bananas. Here’s a great Read more…