In Zuiderpark (300 m2), a group has started the Netherlands' first so-called Food Swamp. Here, they are experimenting with wet cultivation in the peat meadow area and investigating alternative earning models for agricultural entrepreneurs. This year, they plan to offer the first harvest of unknown edible crops (such as water mint, licorice shoots and…
Dear people, After a short winter break, De Volkskeuken's Wednesday dinners are restarting. At a new location at Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3. For the first few weeks, the theme is Cucina povera and the table of abundance. The dinners are on a donation basis and you can join us every Wednesday from 18:00. More…
We are glad that you are a participant of Lekkernassûh and thus joining our mission for a fair, healthy, local food system and against food waste. As a participant, you have a responsibility to manage your profile carefully. If you are on ACTIVE on Sunday evening at 8 o’clock, we will order a package…
December was the last Volkskeuken dinner for now during the fresh market in the Gymzaal. In 2023 there will be a new location for the Volkskeuken dinners, and possibly in the future in the Gymzaal. We will of course keep you informed. We want to thank all the new and familiar faces for the…
We wish you all happy holidays and a Happy New Year! Next Wednesday there will be no Lekkernassûh fresh market. However, you are welcome to visit the packaging-free store on Saturday, December 24 and 31 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. In the new year we look forward seeing you the 4th of January…
This Saturday, right after the packaging-free store, there will be a sustainable Christmas market in the Gym! At the various tables, you will learn how to make your own laundry detergent or kombucha, how to save energy when cooking, and how to grow your own sprouts, among other things. 💚 From 10-13 a.m. you…
We were very pleased and a bit overwhelmed by so many people who attended our De Volkskeuken The Hague dinner last Wednesday at the Gymzaal. To help us plan ahead, please sign up by noon on Wednesday if you would like to attend the dinner! You can do this by filling in this form..First…
Preparation for the renovation is progressing well.After forming a Renovation Group of concerned people, Corine Keus was selected as architect. Three working sessions have now taken place and a sketch design, an element budget and a preliminary planning have emerged. We in the renovation group are very happy with the design. Below you can…
Last Wednesday was the first dinner in a long time at De Volkskeuken The Hague. As usual, we will cook and eat together during the fresh market. Awesome! The meals are vegetarian (vegan options), locally/directly involved with the producer as much as possible and organic in any case. We usually make 4-6 dishes. Time:…
Did you know that the eggs you can buy at Lekkernassuh fresh market have been coming from very close by for a few weeks now? In addition to the vegetables from our harvest section that come in your pack every week, our eggs now also come from Hoeve Biesland in Delfgauw. The chickens live…
On October 12, there will be a wheelbarrow march through The Hague. Why are we doing it?We face many challenges: CO2, nitrogen, water, climate and health. Solutions to these challenges come together in the soil. If we put the living soil at the center, we solve them all work-wise and simultaneously. This can be…
Next Saturday, September 17, we are hosting a dinner for our entire community in collaboration with Hoeve Biesland. Would you like to be there? Then reserve your seat(s) no later than September 10. You can buy your ticket during the market or in the packaging-free store.Cost: €12.50 pp and €6.25 for children between 4…
From Wednesday August 24, the Lekkernassûh market on the Mozartlaan will take place in Buurthuis Wings: Mozartlaan 195, on the side of the Mozartpark. The opening hours have remained the same, every Wednesday from 17.00 – 18.30. What is Lekkernassûh? At the market, you can buy a vegetable package with various locally grown vegetables,…
JUST DO IT:"Liselotte invites everyone to get to know 'the power of just doing'. "We should see society a bit more as a playground in which we explore and experiment a lot. Maybe we sometimes fall out of the climbing frame, but that also works out. As long as you start, the rest will…
On Friday 8 July, Patrick from the procurement team and I get a tour of Hoeve Biesland's vegetable garden. There, we meet Natasja (pictured), the farmer's wife who runs it on a day-to-day basis, Linda Duijndam, co-owner of Hoeve Biesland and numerous assistant farmers who are busy weeding and everything else that needs to…
