Carbon Army

Growing your own food at home or down at the allotment helps reduce food miles. By this, we mean the miles travelled by food from the field via the shops and then onto your plate. This travelling requires vehicles & the adding of carbon to our atmosphere. BTCV is all about practical action and the Carbon Army is based around what action we can take to reduce our carbon footprint.



Above: 'Jill and co.' surrounded by all sorts of vegetables that won't be travelling across the country to make a brief appearance on your plate (very very brief if it were my plate)!

Growing your own food and taking on an allotment plot can be a very rewarding and ultimately satisfying passtime. Peace and quiet, exercise and social opportunities can all be found at the allotments as well as tasty vegetables (all the tastier for they are nurtured by you!).

If you want to join in our allotment projects in Bedford and learn more about it, call Jill on 07740 899634.