Three talks by Mark Ridsdill Smith repeated through out the day. 

How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. 

The talk will include practical demonstrations of how to grow some of the easiest and most productive crops to grow in small spaces. 

Growing food in a small space can help you eat healthier, tastier and more affordable food nearly all year round.

Growing at home in containers has several advantages over an allotment and will often make as much - if not more - difference to the food you eat. 

The secret is to choose carefully what to grow and to use your harvests to add diversity and flavour to your meals. 

In this workshop you will discover how and what to grow in containers to:-

• Eat organic, affordable and tasty fresh vegetables and herbs all year round. 
• Grow your own herbs and spring onions to transform low cost staples like beans and rice into delicious meals. 
• Eat a wider diversity by growing plants that aren't sold in the supermarkets. 

HOW TO BOOK: Same talk repeated 3 times so just book one talk.

Talk 1: 11am - 11.45pm Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/star-and-shadow-cinema/t-rpegxvy

Talk 2: 1pm - 1.45pm Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/star-and-shadow-cinema/t-dvyxqzq

Talk 3: 2.30pm - 3.15pm Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/star-and-shadow-cinema/t-ganepvx

Home - Vertical Veg by Mark Ridsdill Smith

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Todays Events:

The Two Films and Three Veg Demonstrations/Talks on today are timed so that everyone should be able to watch at least one film and attend a Growing Veg talk.

The Growing Veg talks are the same talk repeated throughout the day. (45 minutes in length)

Tickets for films and talks are on sale via our website. There are  £0.00 priced tickets also.

The Café will be open for the day selling hot food and all refreshments.

The films will have English subtitles. The talks will have a BSL Interpreter.

 

11am – 12.30:  Film -  Food Inc 2. 90 minutes long.

Documentary looks at multinational corporations controlling our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health. With English Subtitles and Closed Captions.

Trigger warning: Contains scenes of animal cruelty.

 

11am – 11.45pm: Talk (1) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.

How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.

 

1pm – 1.45pm Talk (2) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.

How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.

 

2pm – 3.40pm: Film  - Farming the Revolution 105 minutes long.

Documentary looks at the massive year-long protests against the Indian government’s then newly enacted farm laws during the COVID lockdown.  

It was the world’s largest labour protest, with millions marching in solidarity against the corporations who once they assumed dominance over agricultural commodities, they would steal from the farmers who had dedicated their livelihoods for their families and their country.

Original Languages: Panjabi and Hindi with English Subtitles.

 

2.30pm – 3.15pm Talk (3) on Growing Veg. 45 minutes long.

How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the industrial food system. With BSL Interpreter.

 

More Information and Booking Links for each event:

Veg Growing Talk: Star and Shadow: Grow Food in Your Back Yard (Talk)

 

Food Inc 2 Film. Star and Shadow: FOOD INC 2 (2023)

 

Farming the Revolution Film Star and Shadow: FARMING THE REVOLUTION (INDIA 2024) with English Subtitles