• FOOD from the SKY

    THE ROOF IS CLOSED until further notice!

    FOOD from the SKY is a world first – A pioneering Permaculture food growing and educational initiative on the roof top of Thornton’s Budgens supermarket, Crouch End, North London. 'A new template for our future'.
    We grow fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits to organic standard that are harvested and sold 10 meters below to the Thorntons Budgens supermarket. 10 meters from Soil to Shelf!

    OUR VISION:
    ‘To grow Life, Food and Community in our most cemented places and to bring the Heart back in our supermarkets!'

    FOOD from the SKY is about inspiring and growing a healthy and sustainable relationship with food in cities and with our supermarkets.

    We are doing this through food growing on roofs and running educational programmes for individuals, schools, supermarket’s team members and organisations.

    By establishing an alternative approach to food production and consumption, we intend to build a 12 steps template that can be easily used by other community groups, supermarkets and organisations.

WE ARE CLOSED and GONE

Thank you to all of you who made it happen and the ones that are still inspired and contacting me about it.  FOOD from the SKY is now CLOSED and GONE, scattered into many seeds in the imagination and gardens growing in the most unusual places. KEEP DREAMING THE IMPOSSIBLE…it is the only way and … Continue reading

Back to Earth…part of FOOD from the SKY is moving to KEATS

Goodbye from FOOD from the SKY and hello to Keats Community Organics: http://www.facebook.com/KeatsCommunityOrganics You can go and celebrate them on Sat 22nd March (see below for more info) Dear friends of FOOD From The SKY, After much hard work, blood, sweat and tears, the FFTS team, along with last year’s apprentices on the roof and a crew … Continue reading

Almost Good Bye…any stories?

Hello all of you who ever had anything to do with us here at FOOD from the SKY. We are creating the possibility of  a celebratory film/document of the last 4 years of this wonderful and inspiring initiative! As you know FOOD from the SKY is closing down end of March.  Part of its assets … Continue reading

Azul-Valerie Thome, Force of Nature?

                                                        This is a very heart-full two page in a Complete London magazine sent to us last Saturday.  Thank you Rupert Mellor and team. It is a short story of … Continue reading

BIG GIVE AWAY of COMPOST at FOOD from the SKY!

Hi there dear friends We have tonnes of beautiful compost to give away (£ contribution welcome to help with the move) to any and everyone who would want to come up the roof and pick it up! Friday 21st Feb: 9am to 5pm Saturday 22nd Feb: 10am to 3pm Tuesday 25th Feb: 9am to 5pm- … Continue reading

2 more weeks before our TAKING OFF

Hell all and first of all a BIG THANK YOU!!!! for all your help, support, encouragement and community spirit of the last 3 weeks…thank you! NEWS: Time has a particular energy in that it keeps moving ;-)…and it seems to be moving super fast the rain and wind have needed much attention and few people came on … Continue reading

YOUR HELP is very much NEEDED the next 3 weeks!

Dear all, friends of FOOD from the SKY a big thank you for all your support so far in finding a new space.  We are following most of your suggestions and will keep you updated with what emerges on that front. Meanwhile we only have 3 weeks to go before the BIG MOVE on 28th … Continue reading

FOOD from the SKY needs a new HOME fast, can you help?

Yes that is true FOOD from the SKY needs a new temporary HOME and fast! The roof on which we have been pioneering,  growing, teaching and learning for the last 4 years is in need of major repair. We need to move everything … somewhere near by … as soon as possible. We will keep … Continue reading

OPENING TIMES UPDATES

Hi there I hope that the weather is not causing any harm where you are because here in London it is WILD!!! The roof at FOOD from the SKY, Crouch End, will be CLOSED between the 24th Dec 4pm to 3rd January 2014 9am. Poppy will be on the roof welcoming volunteers on Friday 3rd … Continue reading

Welcome to Poppy and farewell to Jack!

Dear all friends and supporters of FOOD from the SKY we have a very good news as we wrap up our amazing 2013! After weeks of advertising, selecting and interviewing we now have a new grower as we wrap up our 4th year on the roof….yes 4 years! (The seed of the idea was planted … Continue reading