‘Grow it’ Magazine! Nice article, thank you Shannon!
Real growers – Shenny Denny’s article below. Sky-high ambitions Shannon Denny meets Azul-Valerie Thome, the green-fingered activist whose work with Food from the Sky may well turn the world of supermarkets upside down ALL IMAGES: FOOD from the SKY Sustainability informs everything in the space, with pallets and other up-cycled materials providing planting spots. Rain … Read more
Our new film: FOOD from the SKY the stories of 2011
OUR NEW FILM IS OUT!!! Freshly baked this morning by Ayako who created a lovely creation telling some of the stories, talks, poetry, images, connections and collaborations of our year 2011 on the roof of Thornton’s Budgens. It is like what Khalil Gibran says: Work is Love made Visible. Thank you warmly to Andrew, Aya, … Read more
BBC4 Food and Farming Awards 2011- We are short listed for best Retail Initiative!!!
What a priviledge and an honour to be one of the 3 short listed for the BBC4 Food and Farming Awards 2011 – Best Retail Initiative with Thornton’s Budgens. Birmingham NEC is not what you would call the most exciting and beautiful environment, however the people, the vision, the heart, the spirit of all the … Read more
Polly Higgings says: We are proof that people power can truly effect change…
Polly Higgins on the Ecocide trial Report from Polly Higgins on the Ecocide trial which FOOD from the SKY co-sponsored last month: Dear crowd-funders, sponsors and groups who collectively donated to the Trial, thank you from the centre of my heart one and all for helping make our Ecocide – v – Living Planet … Read more
Interviews with Azul-Valerie-Thome, volunteers and Andrew Thornton
Interviews with Azul-Valerie-Thome, volunteers and Andrew Thornton about the innovative food growing scheme on the roof of Budgens supermarket in Crouch End, North London. Kirsty Burns Aug 2011
Videos from the SKY
‘Transition Companion’ London book launch with Rob Hopkins @ FOOD from the SKY Taster 1 Food from the Sky Lands on North London If “local” is the new “organic,” this idea’s the next big thing. Take Part Garden spider and Robber Wasp on the roof, who will eat today? By Ayako Interviews with Azul … Read more
Our new beautiful leaflet is ‘cooked’ and ready to share, thank you Neil!
Here is our very new leaflet just out of the oven ‘baked’ and ready to share. We hope you like it as much as we do. Thank you so much Neil Simmons for your talent, patience and pure generosity! It is beautiful
We are short listed @ London Lifestyle Awards…time to vote for us and for Crouch End!
Please vote for FOOD from the SKY as the Best Green Contribution in London! and HABERDASHERY for the Best London Cafe, vive Crouch End! The London Lifestyle awards 2011 Shortlist has been announced to vote visit : http://www.londonlifestyleawards.com/vote.php “What makes the London Lifestyle Awards so special is they are a recognition and celebration of … Read more
Great article in the Ecologist, thank you Eifion!
Supermarket rooftop gardens: an exercise in community building? Eifion Rees 26th July, 2011 Eifion Rees reports on the group bringing the heart back to supermarkets with a rooftop vegetable garden Napoleon described Britain as a nation of shopkeepers, but with corporate interests having conquered where the Emperor failed, these days we’re more like a nation … Read more
