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Originally Posted by steeljack
Just wondering ....how many 'ethnic' folks have allotments (hen-pens) or access to a community garden where these classes can be carried out ?
Also is the climate in Accrington suitable to the growing of crops required for this multi national cusine ?
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Not many 'ethinc' have allotments in Accrington (to my knowledge) but in Blackburn there are quite a number of asian/ethnic members, going through the annual show results, they were quite succesfull with their efforts, as most of the older end grew their own produce in their 'mother' countries. As for climate fit for growing of crops, you can grow almost anything in Accrington given a little practice and advice, hence the advantage of having quality advice provided by the grants. I do not think livestock will be included in the scheme, but I am not sure. Just as an aside, some of the best wine I have tasted came from our own grapevines, also chillies,squashes, sweet potato etc can be grown with the help of a 'Polytunnel'. These grants also help renovate land run down by lack of use by previous tennants, who may have had to much land to manage single handed.