Hull Is This

**“People are realising where their food is coming from and the impact it’s having on the environment. It makes sense to grow food where you live, eat what’s in season, eat local basically.”**Frith Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture project in Beverley, is supplying food to FEASTival. You can also catch them with their stall outside Grain on Newland Avenue every Saturday - making locally grown food more accessible on the 'Hight Street'.Frith Farm's website: [https://frithfarming.com/about/](https://frithfarming.com/about/)This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival here:https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

Young local food growers at Youth in Nature have been planting and raising salad crops for FEASTival this year. They're very excited that food they have grown will be helping to feed FEASTival visitors.This Youth in Nature project is based at the new allotments provided by Keepmoat Homes on the Hawthorn Avenue housing redevelopment. Youth in Nature is a Big Lottery project funded by Our Bright Future initiative - Probe Hull Ltd, Child Dynamix & Yorkshire Wildlife Trust working together to help young people & wildlife.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival here:https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"There's things we can all do to look at food sustainability, it could be something really basic like looking at the amount of food we use and waste."**Bryony MacFadyen works for Hull Food Partnership which promotes food sustainability in the city, encouraging the growth of local food enterprise too.[http://hullfoodpartnership.org.uk](http://hullfoodpartnership.org.uk)This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**“It’s about encouraging people to start growing their own veg, and for children to see it growing as well. The allotment is a place of rest, haha!”**Margaret Milner is secretary of Hull and East Yorkshire Allotment Society.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

The Common Vegetable, by Dave Windass, performed by Charlie Sellers.Originally commissioned by Invisible Dust for their Surroundings project.This recording produced by @photomoments.(Advisory: mild use of bad language). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"FEASTival - it's a fantastic project. It's great to have things that aren't based on a cash value. It's where skills are shared, and people are coming together to work together for something which is beneficial to all."**Graham Brooks is Director of Arthur's Organics, for many years delivering veg boxes to customers in Hull and the East Riding. Now, Graham also grows some of the produce his business delivers, with a bit of help from volunteers.[www.arthursorganics.com](http://www.arthursorganics.com)This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"How far do you want to go back? … They say the way to stay young is to keep on learning. That's true yes," says David Longthorn.**David shares a wealth of grower's knowledge and experience with other volunteers at Down 2 Earth, a project on the Newland allotment site that is providing food for Freedom FEASTival. He tells me how his own passion for growing and foraging is all about maintaining a sustainable balance between his need for food and the needs of the earth.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"They [honey bees] are doing better in cities than they are in the countryside, that's because in a city you're more likely to have people growing flowers for the maximum time in a year."**Karen Mouett keeps bees at a very industrial location, outside ABP Port House in east Hull.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"The notion of the guerrilla was to have lots of lines of attack - not really attack - but going into the community and trying to spread the word of how easy it is, really, to grow your own vegetables and your own food."**Wendy Gregory is a grower at the Community Garden Guerrillas, which has land at East Hull Community Farm on Barham Road.Find the group's facebook page **[here](https://www.facebook.com/groups/572975656200299/about/)**.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"It can be beneficial just to spend time in nature. As we become increasingly detached from methods of food production, to reconnect with the outdoors can be really beneficial in terms of physical exercise and also mental health."**Andy Steele grows for food and nature at Down 2 Earth, a community woodland at Newland Avenue allotments.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"I want people to think that food doesn't have to come hundreds of miles to your plate, you can grow it here. A lot of the food at FEASTival is grown within the boundaries of the city, in the incredible allotments that Hull has got."**John Pickles grows food right in the heart of the city, in the bed outside The Wilson Centre. It's food for people to harvest as they pass by.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:[https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/](https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"Grow your own vegetables, supply your needs, start a revolution with a packet of seeds. Undermine the capitalist system by growing your own vegetables."**Robert Eunson is a poet and musician, and has 2 plots at Newland allotments.This #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"There's a lot [of businesses] saying 'can you get us some salad here, something to try', and the point is it's grown on the old Victoria Dock, what better way of promoting their food?"**Adrian Fisher is Director of Rooted in Hull, an innovative urban agriculture project currently being developed on St Peter Street in the centre of the city.http://www.rootedinhull.org.ukThis #freedomFEASTival series of portrait/podcasts has been commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust, in partnership with Timebank Hull & ER, and Artlink.More about Freedom Festival FEASTival 2018 here:https://www.freedomfestival.co.uk/projects/freedom-feastival/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**"We Know What We Are," claims author Russ Litten.**Recorded in front of an audience in @photomoments' modest studio in Hull, Russ shares pre-drinks, reads from his latest collection of short stories, and chats about confinement in prisons and sheds.[https://www.obliteratipress.com](https://www.obliteratipress.com)[@RussLitten](https://twitter.com/RussLitten)With co-host & arts blogger [@msmichdee](https://twitter.com/msmichdee).[www.photomoments.news](http://photomoments.news) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

A unique and thought-provoking event presented by MacMillan charity - 'Let's Celebrate Life.'Dozens of charities, organisations, and services gathered, and were joined by hundreds of visitors, to explore the theme 'my life, my choice'.Why are we so bad at talking about death and preparing for the end of life?  This event in Hull has started a more open conversation, helping to break the taboo of talking about death.Presented and sponsored by MacMillan Cancer Support, with additional support from Hull City Council, KCOM, East Riding Council, and NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**Recorded in front of an audience at @photomoments' modest studio in Hull, poet Matt Nicholson enjoys pre-drinks and reads from his latest collection - 'We Are Not All Blessed With A Hat-Shaped Head.'**Also round the table with us is voice of culture Michelle Dee, arts blogger and critic.Matt Nicholson - @MattpoetHull, www.kingsengland.comMichelle Dee - @msmichdee, www.culturemarathon.co.uk, www.hotpotatohull.co.uk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

**The Big Malarkey Festival is Hull’s children’s literature festival produced by the Hull Library Service, held on a colourful tented site in East Park.**Last year (2017) nearly 8000 people came to the park to meet writers, illustrators, poets, performers and puppet-makers, and try their hand at all kinds of practical activities.This well-loved festival returns in June, opening to the public on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th.In this podcast festival director Ellen Bianchini, and local writers Joe Hakim and Norah Hanson, share some revelations about the exciting programme of activity and inspiration on offer.Find out more, and book festival tickets, on the website:[http://thebigmalarkeyfestival.com](http://thebigmalarkeyfestival.com) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

A small excerpt from a developing project by Michelle Dee. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

Mark Charlton, Assistant City Manager (Community Safety and Partnerships) at Hull City Council, describes the work he oversees helping troubled families in the city.Recorded at the 'Help Through Crisis Event', organised by Hull and East Riding CAB, April 2018. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com

Kim McBirnie, a DWP disability consultant, briefly describes the support available to disabled people.Recorded at the 'Help Through Crisis Event', organised by Hull and East Riding CAB, April 2018. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeromew.substack.com