{"id":7319,"date":"2011-12-06T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:55:36","slug":"cardiffs-allotment-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/food\/cardiffs-allotment-shortage","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff\u2019s allotment shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Old vacant allotments being left to decline<\/h2>\n<p>Allotments are a great way to enjoy the outdoors and grow your own crops as part of a community but a source reveals they may not be in such short supply for Cardiff\u2019s budding gardeners.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 28 active allotment sites in Cardiff with over 2000 tenanted plots. Allotments are in high demand, with waiting lists at some sites up to five years long.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/malcom-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7328\" title=\"malcom crop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/malcom-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malcom at Pontcanna allotments serves soup made from produce grown in the allotment and cooked on a Creative Ethical Wood Fuel System (CEWFS)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lewis Mottram, a volunteer at Riverside Community Allotment Project said, \u201cOne of the problems we have is that the council have got no budget for renovating old allotments which have gone to seed.\u201d He believes there are lots of empty allotments in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cardiff Council\u2019s Allotment Strategy aims \u201cTo increase investment in allotments providing effective and appropriate allocation of resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old vacant allotments being left to decline Allotments are a great way to enjoy the outdoors and grow your own crops as part of a community but a source reveals they may not be in such short supply for Cardiff\u2019s budding gardeners. 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