LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD SOURCES

Single Step Wholefoods Co-Op
Web Link: www.singlestep.org.uk
78a Penny St, Lancaster tel: (01524) 63021
Sells locally grown organic fruit and veg in season and other produce made from organically grown ingredients. Also a centre for local campaigning groups in its basement and there's a vegetarian restaurant, the Whale Tail, in the same building.

Growing Your Own
Find out about Allotments in Lancaster at
www.lancaster.gov.uk/allotments.

Cumbria Organics
A network of farmers, growers, retailers and consumers interested in organic production. Discover where you can find fresh, local, organic produce at a reasonable cost.

Growing with Nature Organic Vegetable Club
Bradshaw Lane Nursery,
Pilling Nr. Preston Lancashire PR3 6AX
Telephone/Fax: 01253 790046

Keer Falls Forest Farm is a small family run Organic farm near Arkholme that supplies freezer packs of organically reared beef and lamb to Soil Association standards. Delivers locally for free. Visit the web site at www.keerfalls.co.uk to see more about how environmentally sensitive farming can look.

The Organic Mill
The Watermill, Little Salkeld Penrith Cumbria CA10 1NN
Tel: 01768 881523 Fax : 01768 881047
Supplies flour to Single Step. All of its products are now available from its new online shop.

Whale Tail Vegetarian Cafe
78a Penny Street, Lancaster LA1 1XN Tel. 01524 845133
Opening times: Mon-Fri 9.00-4.00 Saturday 10.00-5.00 Sunday 10.00-3.00pm Ist floor, no lift, sorry.
Food at the Whale Tail is always imaginative, delicious and vegetarian, with a large selection of vegan meals to boot. There is also a daily organic snack menu - with an organic main meal provided each Friday. They serve full cooked breakfasts, mid-morning snacks, gorgeous cakes, speciality coffees and herb teas as well as light and hearty lunches - not forgetting an enticing range of desserts. Well-behaved children are welcome. Provides a children's play corner and a separate children's menu. Also a good selection of newspapers.
What's it like?
Recommended. Terrific vegetarian restaurant - a lifesaver for vegans. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed!

Food for Thought?
Poulton Memorial Hall (nr the Town Hall) Morecambe.
Open Tues - Fri 9am - 4pm.  
Cafe serving lots of local and organic food.  All meals are under £3!  It's run by the Healthy Living Centre (tel: 01524 425531) so they grow some of the food in the community garden.  

NATIONAL RESOURCES

• Big Barn
Find local producers in your area and lots more!

• City Farmer (Urban Agriculture Notes)
Urban Agriculture Notes is written for those who want to start up their own "Office of Urban Agriculture", for those who have already done so, and for gardeners who are curious about what some call "political horticulture".

• IVU
If you are a non meat eater and have had trouble finding suitable food when you travel then you'll appreciate this site. Offering a vast selection of vegan and vegetarian restaurants across the globe, the site is an excellent traveling partner. Plus with vegetarian phrases in many languages, recipes and access to local issues and organizations, you won't feel like the only veggie in Venezuela.

• Organic Foodee
Organic lifestyle magazine. Database of organic retailers, information etc. "A world of information free of pesticides and 'Frankenstein Foods'."

• Organic Research
CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DE United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1491 832111 Fax: +44 1491 833508
E-mail: cabi@cabi.org
A huge site devoted to organic research. Subscription required but offers a free 30-day trial access to its some 110,000 articles dating back to 1973.

• Organic Smart
11 Copythorn Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0EB, United Kingdom.
 Tel: +44 (0)23 9269 5790 Fax: +44 (0)23 9269 5790
E-mail: organicsmart@organicsmart.co.uk
This site provides a comprehensive guide to the world of organic food and lifestyles, including a list of all UK supermarkets and the organic products that they sell. You can also browse through categories such as restaurants, farm gate sales and organic wholesalers.

• Simply Organic
Olympic House, 196 The Broadway, Wimbledon London SW19 1SN
Tel: +44 0845 1000 444 Fax: +44 020 8545 7699
One of Britain's largest organic e-tailers. This company offers a printed catalogue for people not on the net.

• Understanding the fertility of organically farmed soils
An article on the ADAS web site, a leading consultancy and research organisation to the land-based industries

ORGANISATIONS
• Food Ethics Council
Minster Chambers, Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire NG25 0HD.
Tel/Fax: 01636 812622 E-mail: info@foodethicscouncil.org
The Food Ethics Council was launched in 1998 in response to widespread public concern over recent developments in the agricultural and food industries, some of which appear to infringe widely held ethical principles.

• The Soil Association
Bristol House, 40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY, United Kingdom
Tel: 0117 929 0661 Fax: 0117 925 2504
E-mail: info@soilassociation.org
What is organic? Definitions vary, but Britain's Soil Association has some clear ideas and how to take it up.

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