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Batch-cooked by volunteers with donated ingredients, the charity's meals reach people in Sharrow, Highfield, Broomhall and Nether Edge every week. They told us about their ambitions.

Social Pickle tell us more about the positive power of social fermenting and pickling and how it can help preserve the best of season, ahead of Pickle Fest 2023 later this month.

This week Arts Catalyst host a special event of eating, sharing and considering the ways we can deepen our relationship to the ground that connects us. They told us more about the gathering and the wider programme.

Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen celebrates and challenges the way we think about food and cooking. The writer told us more about the book and its ideas ahead of an in-conversation event at Gut Level with Juno Books.

Co-founder Miranda updates us on the new Meersbrook micro bakery a few months after they opened their doors – including on the importance of choosing the right wheat.

Founder and chef Chris Hanson talks about his ambitions to connect people through food by running pop-up meals across Sheffield.

It only takes a few committed people to change a corner of a community, Hillsborough residents have discovered.

Now Then food editor Ros shares her experiences of escaping from her desk and getting her hands dirty as a volunteer with the local growing co-op.

General manager Justin Rowntree tells us how the not-for-profit dining and events space is using hospitality "as a catalyst" to support local people and build community.

In operation since 1939, Archer Lane Allotment and Home Garden Society are finding new purpose as a group of growers who want to make a difference.

All of Sheffield’s communities and institutions should be able to influence our food system, says the city’s food partnership.

Local foodie, cinephile and programme curator Ryan Finnigan tells us about the Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Food on Film programme 'menu', running from March to May at the Sheffield cinema.

Be a part of community breadmaking this Saturday 11 March using wheat grown in gardens and small plots across the city.

In the last of our spotlights on Sheffield street food spots, we speak to Mexican food specialists Pellizco.

"We wanted to bring more diversity and some really authentic Japanese flavours to the heart of Sheffield’s growing mix of cultures."

Zero waste shop The Bare Alternative and local food coop Regather share their top tips for reducing food waste in Sheffield.

In the first of our spotlights on Sheffield's best street food, Clapping Seoul told us what's on the menu.

From one of the minds behind Deckards, Best Boy will be "slinging freshly-baked, hand-rolled bagels by day" and bao buns by night when it opens on Chesterfield Road early this year. Dec Stafford filled us in on the details, including their crowdfunder.

The team behind the local delivery service's plant-based fusion feasts tell us about their winter rituals, combining traditional Christmas fare with a bright, colourful winter solstice sit-down.

The Sheffield Fruit Trees crowdfunder, live until 12 December, will triple the growing capacity of the community-run nursery, for the benefit of gardens and public spaces across the city.