Food growing definition
Food growing in this document means the cultivation of vegetables, fruit, herbs and/or flowers, in open spaces that are on public land. The Community Empowerment Act doesn’t cover allotments and community growing projects on non-council land, or private gardens. However, this strategy does acknowledge the numerous existing community growing initiatives on non- council ground in West Lothian and can be used to encourage people to grow food in these other spaces as well.
Food growing in this document means the cultivation of vegetables, fruit, herbs and/or flowers, in open spaces that are on public land. The Community Empowerment Act doesn’t cover allotments and community growing projects on non-council land, or private gardens. However, it doesn’t prohibit this strategy from acknowledging private community growing spaces or encouraging people to grow food in these other spaces as well, for example through the council’s annual West Lothian Gardens Competition.