During the summer 150 stakeholders including GCDA, Good Food in Greenwich and Good Food Lewisham and thousands of Londoners gave their feedback on the plan to ensure the final strategy is robust, ambitious and inclusive to reflect the food needs of all.  The strategy has taken 18 months and is now available to view. Claire Pritchard, Chair of London Food Board and CEO of … [Read more...]

Claire Pritchard, GCDA’s Director has just returned from Seoul in South Korea where she’s been addressing the International Conference on Urban Food Planning. The aim was to target policy makers who are hoping to forge a regional food planning network in East Asia. Claire’s considerable expertise in establishing and running social enterprises and co-operatives meant she was … [Read more...]

Congratulations to GCDA’s Fay Williams and the Cookery Club team for clocking up a special mention in the South East London Journal. Fay, who runs cookery clubs for GCDA throughout the whole of Lewisham, was commissioned to run a series of workshops for Deptford-based 999 Club, which is a charity for homeless and vulnerable people in South East London. Through a series of … [Read more...]

GCDA’s Livia La Camera, who runs low cost fruit and vegetable stalls at various venues throughout the borough of Greenwich has just been featured in the Autumn edition of Jellied Eel – London’s magazine for good food! Livia’s been talking to Jellied Eel about Lewisham’s Veg City campaign – part of a bid to get people eating more healthily. Check out what Livia has to say … [Read more...]

On Wednesday 19th September 11-3pm Borough Market will be hosting the Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency (GCDA) as they become the first British business to import fully traceable High-Quality Cassava Flour into the UK, in order to help create a sustainable future for female farm workers in West Africa. Cassava is an edible root which is naturally gluten-free.  In … [Read more...]