Food

Getting involved

With Food Kirklees and Kirklees Food 2020 you can find information on where you can buy from your local suppliers, how you can get involved and see the vision for Kirklees.

• Kirklees Food 2020 vision

Local food projects

Learn how to plant, eat and grow your own produce. Find local food bans and enterprises.

• Growing Newsome
  Growing Newsome aims to build and strengthen relationships between local residents through the shared activity of growing and eating our own local food.
• Plant it, Grow it, Eat it
  Plant it, Grow it, Eat it is a community growing project, funded through the BIG Lottery up until March 2014.
• Stirly farm
  Stirley Community Farm is one of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's most ambitious projects to date - to turn a failed, derelict dairy farm on the edge of Huddersfield into a sustainable working farm.
• Food banks
  The Welcome Centre offers practical support, including food, toiletries, bedding, household items and warm clothes to individuals and families in crisis.
• Growing works
  Growing works, Growing on Wheels and Growing Healthy.
• Edibles
  Edibles inspires people to grow their own food, teaches vital skills and provides hands on experience that aims to put food at the heart of community.
• Golcar local food growing cooperative
  A community based cooperative which grow fruit and vegetables in Golcar.

Cooking and eating healthy

Learn how to cook healthy and the nutritional values of certain foods.

Cooking

• Kirklees Food Initiative Nutrition Education
  Free healthy eating training to paid workers and/or volunteers who work in Kirklees
• FoodWise
  FoodWise offers one to one appointments about healthy eating and to set individual goals to change the way children and young people eat.

Healthy eating

• What's best to eat and when
  Every fruit or vegetable has a season when you can enjoy it at its freshest and tastiest. To help you get the most out of fresh produce during its prime time.
• Breastfeeding support
  Support from midwives and health visitors are available at the Baby Bistro and cafes in Kirklees.
• Vitamin D
  Vitamin D has several important functions. For example, it helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body.
• Weight management
  Vitamin D has several important functions. For example, it helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body.

Allotments and Gardening

If you are thinking about getting involved in gardening and renting an allotment, there is plenty of information available to help get you started. You can apply online to rent an allotment and start growing your own food or raise live stock.

• Gardening and allotments

Food safety and hygiene

Find hygiene ratings of local restaurants, takeaways and other food businesses online. You can also make a complaint about a recent food purchase or if you are suffering from suspected food poisoning.

• Food safety
• Food hygiene ratings