There hasn’t been any grocers in this town of 28,000 people for 15 years. Now a group of locals wants to change that by opening a community-owned greengrocers.

Working with local growers and food producers, it will create a permanent outlet where people can buy local food. Veg will be loose and they’ll stock local and heritage varieties.

Chris Dobbs is one of the suppliers they've lined up: “Over the years we’ve lost the connection between our local farms and our local households, but Carrick Greengrocers is going to tie those back together and get fresh food from farms into people’s homes. Being so close, I can get vegetables off the farm and into the grocers in 10 minutes.”

The project is giving people a chance to become co-owners and raising funds to open the business by June with community shares. If successful, it would be the first community-owned business in Carrickfergus, and the first community-owned greengrocers in Northern Ireland.

Find out more about their story here: https://carrickgreengrocers.org/ and watch their sweet video here: https://vimeo.com/822473545

#localfood #slowfood #climateaction #community #cooperative #communityowned #neweconomy #towncentre #northernireland #goodnews #growyourown

Ashby town very busy today
#photooftheday #365 #148
#town #nwleicestershire #towncentre #townlife #shopping #traffic #cars

Ashby town very busy today
#photooftheday #365 #148
#town #nwleicestershire #towncentre #townlife #shopping #traffic #cars

Paving in town centre

Charlotte is strongly against the lazy KCC option of slapping down black asphalt which almost transforms Ashford High Street back to a road system. 

Let us defend pedestrianisation!

People before cars.

#environment

#TownCentre

#Planning

#Ashford

#Kent

#KentCountyCouncil 

kentbylines.co.uk/paving-for-t...

Paving in town centre
Charlotte is strongly against the lazy KCC option of slapping down black asphalt which almost transforms Ashford High Street back to a road system.
Let us defend pedestrianisation!
People before cars.
#environment
#TownCentre
#Planning
#Ashford
#Kent
#KentCountyCouncil
https://kentbylines.co.uk/paving-for-town-centre/

Paving in town centre
Charlotte is strongly against the lazy KCC option of slapping down black asphalt which almost transforms Ashford High Street back to a road system.
Let us defend pedestrianisation!
People before cars.
#environment
#TownCentre
#Planning
#Ashford
#Kent
#KentCountyCouncil
https://kentbylines.co.uk/paving-for-town-centre/

Kilmarnock
#kilmarnock #ayrshire #towncentre #scotland #sonyrx100mkvii #photography

Moin.

Grey morning here at the southern shore of the #BalticSea with temp. up to 10 deg. C. max. expected.

Wind SE 2 Bft, gales 4 and turning E for the next days, bringing colder temperatures and then frost at the weekend. Maybe a first snowflake too.

Have a good Tuesday!

And a #Geskizzel from the #archive.

#scribble #OwnStuff #art #MastoArt #Wismar #history #towncentre #medieval #church #StNikolai