Everyday Growing Futures (13 minutes, 2013) 

With the continued popularity of ‘growing your own’, allotment waiting lists remain high and unable to meet demand, this short documentary explores how NGOs in three cities, Manchester, Sheffield and New York, are tackling the challenge of providing growing space for urban residents to grow food.

The film is directed and produced by Caroline Ward and Erinma Ochu and commissioned as part of the Everyday Growing Cultures project (everydaygrowingcultures.org). This project is partly concerned with identifying citizen-led solutions to the current allotment waitlist crisis and is funded by the Communities and Culture Network+.

We are keen for the film to be screened far and wide, at film festivals, food forums, residents meetings – if you would like to screen the film or have a suggestion as to where to screen it, please email

Screenings

2013

28 Nov, Engage, Bristol

6 Nov, Grow Old Trafford, Old Trafford Community Centre, Manchester

6 Sep, Digital Practices, Invisible Communities, Leeds University, Leeds

9 Aug Dig the City gardening festival Manchester

23 Jul Everyday Growing Cultures public event, Sheffield, Showcase Cinema