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Charity's food growing mission reaches Buckingham Palace | Quote: | Garden Organic, which has been campaigning for back-garden food growing since 1958, has donated seeds to kick-start the new vegetable allotment in the Buckingham Palace garden.
For the first time since the Second World War, Buckingham Palace will grow beans, lettuce and tomatoes from seeds donated by Garden Organic on a new allotment plot in its gardens. Garden Organic's Chief Executive, Myles Bremner, said, “We are thrilled that the Palace not only has its own allotment, but that it is also brimming with vegetables grown from rare seeds donated by Garden Organic.”
“It is so important for our food security, for the environment and for our health, to get more of the population growing seasonal, local, organic produce, in their gardens. To see the Palace reflecting this message is so inspiring and great news for the grow your own movement.”
“The fact that this is the first time that food has been grown at the Palace since the Second World War will undoubtedly bring about the 'dig for victory' analogies, but those challenges for self sufficiency and a need to re-skill a generation in how to feed itself resonate even now. What is important is to put people back in touch with food and how to grow, and hopefully the Palace allotment will be a driver for getting more people to achieve this.”
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