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Batch cook club

Join us at our new Batch Cook Club! Small, friendly group sessions, where together you’ll cook 2-3 seasonal recipes using fresh CoFarm vegetables, before enjoying a delicious lunch from the meals you’ve prepared. No cookery knowledge or experience needed, just plenty of enthusiasm!

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💚Join our volunteer team! 💚 Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do in pursuit of a more just food system. We have a whole range of opportunities so depending on your skills, interests, and the time you have available we can help you fin
LAST FEW SPACES REMAINING 🥦🍎🥑🍌 Only a few more spots left for young people aged 13-18 to join our workshops starting NEXT WEEK exploring the topic of food and developing ideas for effective, creative solutions to the food-related issues affectin
We’re delighted to be speaking alongside Tim Lang and Kath Dalmeny at this thought-provoking event next Wednesday. The first in a series of six evenings considering what climate change means for Cambridge, we’ll be asking how these change
📣 Calling all 13-18 year olds in North Cambridge! 📣 We still have space available for young people to join our workshops to help build ideas from the results of the recent youth survey which revealed that food is a critical issue for nearly half o
The Abbey Batch Cook Club starts next week! Join us at East Barnwell Community Centre for our Abbey Batch Cook Club, in partnership with Abbey People and Cambridge City Council 💛 ✨️Learn to cook healthy, tasty meals 🥦 Cook 2–3 seasonal recip
Merry Christmas from our Pay As You Feel cafe team! ✨️🎅 Our volunteers really pulled out all the stops for the last 'Waste Not Wednesdays' meal of the year, serving up a festive veggie feast of nut roast and all the trimmings followed by orange and
A huge thank you to all the incredible donors who generously supported us with fruit, vegetables, and festive treats for Christmas hampers this December 🎅🎁 We are extremely grateful to have received almost 300kg vegetables and fruit Nationwide Pro
We're thrilled to announce that we've been shortlisted for Best Community Engagement Project in the 2026 #CommunityRail awards for our Travelling Garden project! We took this vibrant garden on a bike to stations across the region, transforming public
Sharing food is one of the things that brings us together in celebration - but rising living costs continue to mean countless households struggle to put food on the table. Through our Winter Fundraiser, you can help us get food where it's really need
We had a great time at Mill Road Winter Fair on Saturday serving up hot drinks and homemade biscuits to lots of lovely visitors! Huge thanks to our fabulous volunteers Sue, Roly, Veronica, Pat, and Pauline for your fantastic help on the day, and Lo
Pistachio and cranberry biscuits all ready for Mill Road Winter Fair tomorrow ❄️🎄 Find us at St Philip's Church between 10am-3:30pm for pay-as-you-feel hot drinks and festive treats baked by our fabulous volunteer Louise 🌟 Huge thank you to Jack'
We had a great time at Trumpington Eco Christmas Market last Sunday selling homemade soup, cakes, and hot drinks and chatting to visitors! We raised a grand total of £463.43 which is enough to: 🥦 Provide 23 families with fresh fruit, vegetabl

waste not wednesdays: Pay as you feel cafe

Join us every Wednesday lunchtime 12:30-1:30pm for our volunteer-run ‘Waste Not Wednesdays’ cafe at St Philips Church. We take surplus food that is perfectly good to eat and turn it into delicious meals for the community Everyone is welcome, pay what you can afford.

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New Community Food Initiative to Build on CoFarm Cambridge’s Legacy
New Community Food Initiative to Build on CoFarm Cambridge’s Legacy
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It's a wrap! Christmas Project 2024
It's a wrap! Christmas Project 2024

More than 1,000 hampers, 800 toys, and 648 bags of vegetables distributed and over £5,000 raised to support those in need across Cambridge ahead of Christmas.

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Cambridge Sustainable Food launches Winter Fundraiser Appeal 2024
Cambridge Sustainable Food launches Winter Fundraiser Appeal 2024

As we approach the festive season, Cambridge Sustainable Food (CSF) is launching its 2024 Winter Fundraising Appeal to ensure that no family in our city faces hunger this winter and beyond. Donate today to make a difference to those facing food poverty in Cambridge this Christmas.

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The Big Urban Forage - Join the Autumn Challenge
The Big Urban Forage - Join the Autumn Challenge

This autumn, Cambridge Sustainable Food are on a mission to save unwanted seasonal fruits. Find out how you can help.

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We did it! Cambridge Sustainable Food Partnership receives prestigious award for transforming the city’s food system
We did it! Cambridge Sustainable Food Partnership receives prestigious award for transforming the city’s food system

Cambridge Sustainable Food Partnership has been awarded a prestigious Gold Award from Sustainable Food Places on behalf of the city.

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Team building cookery sessions that make a difference for homeless shelter
Team building cookery sessions that make a difference for homeless shelter

Cambridge businesses can now take part in a team building day that makes a difference, working together to provide hearty meals for a local homeless shelter.

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Cambridge Sustainable Food launches winter fundraiser
Cambridge Sustainable Food launches winter fundraiser

This winter many people in Cambridge will struggle to make ends meet. It is vital that people are able to keep food on the table - but the reality is that many won’t be able to cope with competing demands for rent, energy and other bills. Donate to Cambridge Sustainable Food and help us get food where it needs to be.

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Supporting Cambridge City Foodbank's Christmas Hamper Appeal
Supporting Cambridge City Foodbank's Christmas Hamper Appeal

Cambridge City Foodbank has launched its annual Christmas Hamper Appeal in partnership with Cambridge Sustainable Food and Cambridge City Council, and is aiming for a record number of pledges to back its campaign.

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Climate Action on a Plate across Cambridge for Food for the Planet Festival
Climate Action on a Plate across Cambridge for Food for the Planet Festival

This year's Food for the Planet Festival saw community food events, meals, workshops, special offers and fun days out all over Cambridge with a focus on Climate Action on a Plate.

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Food for the Planet Festival
Food for the Planet Festival

Cambridge's Food for the Planet Festival starts this weekend (Saturday 21st October) and runs right through October half term until Sunday 29th October.

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