Capital Growth

About Capital Growth The Capital Growth project aims to help Londoners transform the capital by helping to create 2,012 new community food growing spaces by 2012. The campaign offers practical and financial* support to communities around London, helping people get access to land and create successful food growing spaces. Take a look at the map below to see all the exciting projects that Capital Growth is already supporting, and zoom in to find one near you.

* Available for limited periods only

For further information, please contact Seb Mayfield

New to Capital Growth? In this Capital Growth section of Project Dirt you can find out all about some of the wonderful projects that we are helping and get in touch with those that are of interest to you. You can also find out which projects are in your area and if they are looking for volunteers.

Capital Growth is coordinated by London Food Link, the large and rapidly growing network of people and organisations interested in healthy and sustainable food for the capital. For further information about how to get involved in the campaign please also visit www.capitalgrowth.org.

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Existing Capital Growth Projects If you are a member of one of the projects we are supporting, join Project Dirt and mark yourself as a grower on your Project Dirt profile and/or project space. Use this project space to share thoughts, experiences and tips on setting up and running an innovative project – What are the advantages of new ideas led by community-based groups? What are the challenges? Have you found ways to get over them that others could learn from?


*** NEWS FLASH*** A new page is currently in development ***.

For an up-to-date map of Capital Growth projects, including volunteer opportunities, and a list of projects by borough, click on this link.