Good Food for All
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Grow – Cook – Eat programme is helping more people in Barking and Dagenham to grow their own food, cook and eat together, boost cooking confidence and share new recipes and tips on preparing low-energy, low-cost, nourishing and tasty meals.
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Find cooking and growing clubs near you
Visit our website page to learn how to grow and cook delicious and nutritious meals. Join our cooking community for free!
We’ve even made a community cookbook with recipes gathered from across the borough!
Struggling with the rising cost of food?
Click here for information about local food banks, community food clubs and local money and debt support:
Our Good Food Partnership and Plan
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These community programmes form part of our ‘Good Food Plan’ to build a more affordable, healthy and sustainable local food system – due to be launched later this year.
Our research with over 500 people, community food projects and food businesses in Barking and Dagenham showed a strong desire for the Council to do more to support access to fresh, healthy and sustainable food for all communities.
Read the research
Barking & Dagenham is one of over 90 places nationwide taking collaborative action to improve food as part of the Sustainable Food Places. The work is informed by a cross-sector Good Food Partnership and advisory group that brings together representatives from residents, businesses, schools, voluntary and social sector organisations interested in improving local food.
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Join our movement
Fill out the form to join our Good Food Partnership to get involved and receive email updates and invitations to events
Good Food Partnership – advisory group members
Asma Haq | Marks Gate Relief Project |
Avril McIntyre | Community Resources |
Cam Jarvis | Company Drinks |
Chris Kapnisis | Kingsley Hall |
Emdad Rahman | Book Bike |
Jah | Ritchie’s Bakery |
Jo Wilson | Barking and Dagenham Council |
Kamila Bouroiba | Couleur Café / Resident Researcher |
Karen West-Whylie | Barking Enterprise Centre |
Katy Barker/Julie Brown | Growing Communities |
Mike Brannan | Barking and Dagenham Council |
Nighat Bola | HumDum |
Tess Lanning | Barking and Dagenham Council |
“From obesity, ill-health, and food poverty, to waste, climate change and biodiversity loss, our current food system is causing some of our biggest problems. Yet food is also part of the solution.”
Sustainable Food Places