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.
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…
Today Junior Doctors at Sheffield Children’s Hospital received freshly prepared frozen meals and fruit from Food Works Sheffield. Many of the junior doctors will be working anti-social shifts away from their families over the festive period and this will ensure they have access to nutritious meals at a busy time Read more…
Food Works, a social enterprise building fair and sustainable food for Sheffield, has teamed up with South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) to provide festive meals for 150 customers. Every year SYHA ensures their customers have food, gifts and a friendly chat at Christmas. For the first time, Food Works are Read more…
Just Meals from Food Works are environmentally friendly meals that give more back to the planet than they take. When you eat a Just Meal you’re being kind to the climate in several ways: Each meal is cooked fresh using surplus and locally grown ingredients The container is 100% compostable Read more…
We’d like to say an absolutely MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has supported the Food Works 2021 Grow a Row scheme. We were able to repurpose over 2.5 TONNES of surplus fruit and vegetables – enough to make 5108 meals! We had the amazing collective support of 4 fantastic Read more…
We’re delighted to let you know that we are moving away from single use plastics. Every meal will soon be delivered in a fully biodegradable container! We’ve chosen these containers because they: Align with our values as an environmental and sustainability focused organisation Are leak proof, freezable, microwave and oven Read more…
As part of National Allotment Week we spoke to Rosie from Woodseats Allotments in Sheffield to find out how their ‘Grow-a-Row’ scheme started and evolved during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read on to find out more… Woodseats Allotments acquired a Community Allotment Plot and it served as a space for Allotment Read more…
Benefits of local growers donating produce So what’s all the fuss about? Why are allotments so important to Food Works, and Food Works so important to allotments? Food Works is an outlet for the surplus food grown by allotmenteers As growers we often find ourselves with a glut of veg Read more…