Harvest Festival
Community dinner and frozen meal distribution.
Initiator(s)
Grizedale Arts
Description
The old tradition of a harvest meal and festival was revived by a community dinner and frozen meal distribution created from donations in the village of Coniston.
Goals
To reinvigorate the harvest dinner tradition by producing freezer meals for the elderly, made using local produce. To bring together different groups in the village.
Beneficial outcomes
A community day of cooking, a large scale village dinner production, and distribution of 200 freezer meals for the elderly.
Location
United Kingdom
Users
Church and village community of Coniston.
Maintained by
Village church
Duration
2010
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social