In April 2024, IEL organized a summit for food growers, bringing together more than 50 food growing groups from across London to fight for the Right to Grow. We will now be working with IE CIC, IE Hackney and IE Barnet to build the campaign in London over the next year.

Up and down the country, public land is being left unloved, costing our local authorities money to care for it, and giving nothing back to the community in return. Incredible Edible growers have shown that with a little care, these parcels of land can be turned into oases for food and wildlife.

Red tape and complex leases often stop communities from making good use of public land, not to mention the fact that it can be incredibly hard for growers to find support in their local authorities.

IEL is working with partners across the country for the Right to Grow – an opportunity to take up our seed packets, spades and watering cans, and nourish our communities, without all the hoop jumping. 

We want to:

• Make it straight forward for community groups to secure free leases, permission and resources to cultivate the land and more support from Lambeth
• Provide more funding for food growing 

See here for more information, resources and a sign up form to the national Right to Grow campaign