Continuing our exploration of Whitehawk Community Food Project, Standing on Common Ground, in Brighton UK.

Olia and Gloria talk about the importance of knowing where your food comes from, that participating is more than volunteering, and the delight in an area of ‘wildness’ on the edge of the city.

Standing on Common Ground is one in a series of short films focusing on different aspects of community food growing.

The films centre on the activities of the Whitehawk Community Food Project, on the edges of a large public housing estate in Brighton (UK); although the experiences are local, the issues discussed have wider implications for community and wellbeing.

On Whitehawk Hill is one in a series of short films [Standing on Common Ground] focusing on different aspects of community food growing.

The films centre on the activities of the Whitehawk Community Food Project, on the edges of a large public housing estate in Brighton (UK); although the experiences are local, the issues discussed have wider implications for community and wellbeing.

Seeds is one in a series of short films, collectively titled Standing on Common Ground focusing on different aspects of community food growing.

The films centre on the activities of the Whitehawk Community Food Project, on the edges of a large public housing estate in Brighton (UK); although the experiences are local, the issues discussed have wider implications for community and wellbeing.

A short film,made during Seedy Sunday on 6th. February 2011 in Brighton, UK. Marking 10 years of seed swapping, participants reflect on the issues involved: control of seed production by multi-national companies; role of seed saving in maintaining local biodiversity; the principles behind a community seed swap. The film glimpses a pioneering community event at a point of transition.

Seedy Sunday marks the beginning of a series of short films exploring people’s relationship to growing on communal land situated on the urban fringes of the city.