Oxford's Community Food Heritage
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Oxford's Community Food Heritage
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This collection brings together various items, from a Moroccan tagine dish to a Polish fartuch, that relate to Oxford's community food heritage. We'd love to hear your own stories and memories below.
Collection Items
Allotment Diary March, April, May & June 2025
English version
Upon my arrival at my allotment plot on the 2nd March 2025 I was deeply amazed to see that last year’s beetroot crop was still there - which means I will continue to harvest and eat this crop as well as sharing with my daughters…
Upon my arrival at my allotment plot on the 2nd March 2025 I was deeply amazed to see that last year’s beetroot crop was still there - which means I will continue to harvest and eat this crop as well as sharing with my daughters…
Harvesting crops/vegetables at my Allotment
Friday morning on the 1st November 2024 was cloudy, but this kind of description of the weather did it deter me from excitedly gathering my strength to be able to take a stroll to my allotment? Of course the quick answer is no. I strolled briskly via…
Njahi - Kenyan Cuisine
This story was shared by Rebecca Wanjiru in January 2024, during a Community Collecting Day at the Museum of Oxford. The event was part of the Oxford Digs In exhibition programme.
Winnowing basket, a whisk and wooden spoon
Mai Thandiwe (Florence) also shared this poem, which she wrote in 2013 to thank her mother for everything she has done.Mai/ Mother’s Day
A glowing star
Up Above the sky
Shimmering with sparkles
Of unconditional love
Thoughts are shared on Mai's day…
A story of my grandmother that inspired my foraging for local fruits in my village of Mazvihwa in Zimbabwe & Oxford
My dear grandmother was the mother of my father and my three aunties whom my family and the extended family treasured. She was a widow and she lived at the same homestead with my family, but she had her own two bedroom bungalow with a veranda and a…
My Allotment by Florence (Mai Thandiwe)
My country of birth is Zimbabwe. I have lived in Oxford for more than 20 years and before I moved to Headington in 2005, I lived in Littlemore, Oxford. While I was living in Littlemore I took an adult access course for higher education (HE) and I…
Rewilding Jericho
Dr Kiki Isidoros is an ecological anthropologist who has created Rewilding Jericho project and an Oxfordshire-wide facebook group to encourage people to discover the joys and gain confidence of growing your own fruit and veg, reduce food shopping…
Oxford Community Soup Kitchen- Icolyn Smith Foundation
The Oxford Community Soup Kitchen run by the Icolyn Smith Foundation feed and help people in need in Oxfordshire by a twice-weekly soup kitchen. Icolyn 'Ma' Smith has been working with the homeless for over 30 years. She has been awarded an MBE for…
"Gaudy Welsh" teacup and saucer
In the kitchen of my parents house in Cardiff, there’s a set of china cups, saucers and plates on a large dresser. The blue is a shiny dark cobalt blue and the orange on the flowers a deep earthy colour. The pattern is quite simple with a distinctive…
Abundance Oxford
Abundance Oxford is a not-for-profit community harvesting, redistributing & preserving collective.
They harvest excess fruit & veg from all over Oxford and redistribute it to community groups who want & need fruit, primarily through the…
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