Food Glorious Food
Food Glorious Food (FGF) is a National Trust campaign which aims to engage young people and their parents in the growing, purchasing, eating and celebration of local and seasonal food.
The National Trust believes in sustainable food production – it's beneficial for the special places we care for, good for the environment and helps tackle issues like food miles. Through the FGF campaign we seek to equip people with the food knowledge and skills necessary to help create a more self-sufficient nation.
As part of the campaign, the National Trust is giving away three quarters of a million packets of rocket, lettuce and pumpkin seeds, and will be teaching children and adults how to plant, grow and cook their own food in an effort to encourage more active, healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
The National Trust believes in sustainable food production – it's beneficial for the special places we care for, good for the environment and helps tackle issues like food miles. Through the FGF campaign we seek to equip people with the food knowledge and skills necessary to help create a more self-sufficient nation.
As part of the campaign, the National Trust is giving away three quarters of a million packets of rocket, lettuce and pumpkin seeds, and will be teaching children and adults how to plant, grow and cook their own food in an effort to encourage more active, healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
This website
The FGF website has been created to support children and parents in the learning journey from plot to plate. Promoting hands-on family fun and activity, this site offers budding young growers the chance to create their own virtual vegetable patch that requires nurturing and care, just as real plants do.
The site also encourages people of all ages to grow their own real-life vegetables at home, providing email advice and step-by-step guidance for all stages of the growth cycle, from sowing through to harvest. There are recipes for all the family, plus additional resources for those who want to continue to grow their own. There's also information on local food-related events being held at National Trust properties between May and October 2009.
The FGF website has been created to support children and parents in the learning journey from plot to plate. Promoting hands-on family fun and activity, this site offers budding young growers the chance to create their own virtual vegetable patch that requires nurturing and care, just as real plants do.
The site also encourages people of all ages to grow their own real-life vegetables at home, providing email advice and step-by-step guidance for all stages of the growth cycle, from sowing through to harvest. There are recipes for all the family, plus additional resources for those who want to continue to grow their own. There's also information on local food-related events being held at National Trust properties between May and October 2009.
At a glance
Information for parents
How kids can use this website, and how interaction with the site could improve their food skills and knowledge.
Information for growers
An introduction to our online growing guides, plus details of National Trust food and horticultural events taking place across the UK.
My Patch
Kids' area, featuring a game and a virtual vegetable patch
How kids can use this website, and how interaction with the site could improve their food skills and knowledge.
Information for growers
An introduction to our online growing guides, plus details of National Trust food and horticultural events taking place across the UK.
My Patch
Kids' area, featuring a game and a virtual vegetable patch
Resources
Links to additional growing and cooking information for those who want to continue their home-grown journey.
Growing Guides
Step-by-step growing guides for Mixed Baby Lettuce, Salad Rocket and Jack 'O' Lantern Pumpkin.
Cooking Guides
Step-by-step cooking guides and recipes for local, seasonal dishes using your home-grown produce.
Links to additional growing and cooking information for those who want to continue their home-grown journey.
Growing Guides
Step-by-step growing guides for Mixed Baby Lettuce, Salad Rocket and Jack 'O' Lantern Pumpkin.
Cooking Guides
Step-by-step cooking guides and recipes for local, seasonal dishes using your home-grown produce.
The National Trust
The National Trust owns over 200,000 hectares of farmed land, which is used by us and our tenant farmers to produce everything from milk to vegetables to venison. We also care for historic kitchen gardens, growing unique heritage varieties of vegetable, plus orchards and mills. We run a large catering business as well, with 150 tea rooms, cafes and restaurants in some very special places across the country. We've been working to use seasonal food produced locally on our own land in our catering, and to make sure that all the food and drink we sell is good quality, value for money and sustainable. To find out more visit the National Trust
The National Trust owns over 200,000 hectares of farmed land, which is used by us and our tenant farmers to produce everything from milk to vegetables to venison. We also care for historic kitchen gardens, growing unique heritage varieties of vegetable, plus orchards and mills. We run a large catering business as well, with 150 tea rooms, cafes and restaurants in some very special places across the country. We've been working to use seasonal food produced locally on our own land in our catering, and to make sure that all the food and drink we sell is good quality, value for money and sustainable. To find out more visit the National Trust
Find out more about growing your own food, or create your own virtual patch where you can pamper your pumpkins, love your lettuce and raise your rocket!
Resources Continuing the home-grown journey
Here are some external links to additional sources of information we think you might find useful as you grow and enjoy home-grown fruit and vegetables.
Tuck in to your nearest
Food Glorious Food event
Haggle with farmers, taste food, win prizes and grab your own seeds at events all over the country.
