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Fighting for Community Garden via Aberdare Blog April 7th, 2008 at 18:41

image Adrian Shepherd is fighting for the survival of the Allotment Gardens at Trallwng, near Pontypridd. This is the second allotment site in Rhondda Cynon Taf threatened with closure. It defies common sense that in a time of rapidly rising energy costs, places to grow food locally are being stolen from communities in Rhondda Cynon Taff. Read the full story on Green Drinks, Rhondda Cynon......

Save Our Rhondda Cynon Taff Allotment via Green Drinks Rhondda Cynon Taff ยป Green Drinks Rhondda Cynon Taff April 5th, 2008 at 08:16

image Yet another Rhondda Cynon Taff Allotment site is threatened with closure, this time it’s in the village of Trallwng, near Pontypridd. Adrian Sheperd (in the photo left), Field Secretary of Mordecai’s Allotment on Merthyr Road, Trallwng, explained : “Rhondda Cynon Taf are proposing the sale of the allotment land as surplus to requirements”. Occupancy at Mordecai’s Field Allotment site is 100% with a long waiting list. Two plots on the allotment are taken in a partnership with a local school offering precious experiences to children on how food can be grown locally. Allotment gardening in Rhondda Cynon Taff is very popular with full occupancy and waiting lists throughout the County Borough. There is, however, intense pressure on the Labour-controlled County...