Big Lunch...

The Eden Project team are running their Big Lunch campaign for the first time this year. Peterborough is getting on board, and even better the idea behind the Big Lunch ties in perfectly with the Green Festival 2009 theme - grow it, cook it, eat it!

The idea of the Big Lunch is that neighbours hold street parties and enjoy a bring and share lunch made up from home grown things...

Taking place on 19 July, The Big Lunch aims to bring together as many of the 61 million people in the UK, to simultaneously eat lunch with their neighbours. There are lots of ways for people to get involved, from growing their own food and flowers to forming a band or creating a piece of pavement art.

Paul Twivy, CEO of The Big Lunch, commented: “Let’s all express our talents, get over our embarrassment, shake hands and work with our neighbours and realise that the neighbourhood where we live is the biggest untapped source of happiness we possess. The way to tackle this recession and global warming is through Human Warming.”

Eden Project Chief Executive, Tim Smit, commented: “Imagine a summer's day on which millions of us, throughout the UK, sit down to have lunch together with our neighbours: in the middle of our streets, around our tower blocks and on every patch of common ground. The food, entertainment, music and decorations we will have grown, cooked, or created ourselves. This will be a day to break bread with our neighbours, to put a smile on Britain's face.”

The Green Festival is the perfect opportunity for you to find out about growing your own food, pick up free vegetable seeds, and learn from gardening experts. The two week Festival launches on 23rd May for a day of activities and events around the grow it, cook it, eat it theme. Head down to Bridge Street, Queensgate and the Cathedral Grounds for the launch on Saturday 23rd May. Look out for events over the next fortnight accross the city.

The event is being supported by Riverford Organic Vegetables, Opportunity Peterborough, and the Peterborough Primary Care Trust.