{"id":72,"date":"2019-03-08T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:52:34","slug":"about-ngg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/about-ngg\/","title":{"rendered":"About NGG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"72\" class=\"elementor elementor-72\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ba6d0dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ba6d0dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-346075a3\" data-id=\"346075a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4b4c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b4b4c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Welcome<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n.jpg?fit=718%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"718,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n.jpg?fit=718%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n.jpg?resize=450%2C602\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n.jpg?w=718&amp;ssl=1 718w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nggonline.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/245776073_4566473430104627_1160743289982767467_n.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">We are a 100% renewable energy and volunteer run festival up north!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">Our Story<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We started our journey in 1997 with a small green gathering. At the time there were very few festivals in the North, everyone went South. We wanted to help build up a Northern network of festival providers. We chose to keep our events small enough to allow community and close relationships to thrive. Embedded in our ethos of accessibility we have kept tickets and traders fees low, however we run on volunteer time and goodwill, so if you can\u2019t pay but have a skill to share you can still gather with us. We have always had an open door policy so as many people as possible could feel empowered to take part.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Until 2002 we ran events annually. \u00a0From 2002-08 we took a few breaks and allowed things to scale down in size but went on the road, contributing a \u2018Green Festival\u2019 space to other events. We then ran at Lime Tree Farm in North Yorkshire 2008 -10, then Fell Edge Farm, an organic farm near Skipton in 2011 and 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">In 2014 we moved south, to Bradley Nook Farm, an organic livestock farm in the Derbyshire Dales. The farmers, Jay and Katja, after meeting and connecting with the Vegan Society at NGG 2015, established a plan to divest from the meat industry and move to organic vegetable farming. In 2016 they decided to give away their herd of beef cattle to Hillside Animal Sanctuary, a move which gained significant media coverage after the documentary <i>73 Cows,\u00a0<\/i>based on their story,\u00a0won BAFTA Best Short Film.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">This left Northern Green Gathering in search of pastures new.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Scholey Park in Lincolnshire was our happy home for 2021 &amp; 2022 and Ben was an amazing host!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> We had a break in 2023 to find a new site in Yorkshire, closer to our original roots.. 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