In 2 days time! Scotland's first National Food Debate

We are hiring! A Membership Manager to grow our membership and support #communitysuportedagriculture farms. Deadline 26th April communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/we-are-hirin...

Tomorrow 10am, an interactive masterclass on growing inclusion in your CSA farm with The Real Farming Trust. Discounted tickets available @orfc.bsky.social communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/new-growing-...

Last week DEFRA Minister Dame Angela Eagle visited @growingcommunities.bsky.social Dagenham Farm. We are really pleased that the UK Fruit and Vegetable Coalition partners (which we are part of) made the case for a 'Market Garden Support Fund' for England.

Box of seasonal greens picked today and picked up this afternoon. A great big frilly red lettuce, leeks, salad bags, Nero Kale & spinnach

Four online webinars for diversifying and strengthening your CSA farm. One exciting in-person gathering Wales for shared learning, encouragement, celebration and visioning! www.tickettailor.com/events/commu...

Saw this and ordered our weekly winter salad & veg box: will pick it up tomorrow. Support local small growers, folks!

There is a need for an immediate market garden support scheme, in time to stop hundreds of small farms and decades of horticultural knowledge disappearing just when it’s most needed. communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/small-farms-...

🥕 Let’s make food policy a defining issue at this year’s election! Join us for Scotland’s flagship National Food Debate and hear directly from political parties on how they plan to deliver meaningful change to our food system. Sign up here ➡️ bit.ly/49E4CWI

Hi everyone, if you're in Wales, we have a CSA gathering coming up at the equinox on Sat 21 March, organised in collaboration the Social Farms & Gardens, the Landworkers' Alliance and the Organic Growers Alliance. Hope some of you can make it!

In March: 🌷Adding flowers with Hannah Lamb 🌳 Adding agroforestry with @benraskin.bsky.social of @thesoilassociation.bsky.social ☀️ Building resilience with Andy Dibben 💚 Growing inclusion through twinning with Jade Bashford of the Real Farming Trust www.tickettailor.com/events/commu...

See you at Oxford Real Farming Conference this week!

We're pleased to be one of the organisations behind the launch of @landmatchengland.bsky.social, a new not-for-profit land sharing service for England, bringing together land seekers and landowners

We dream of seeing a thriving CSA in every neighbourhood in the UK. If you're ready to join us in making that a reality by starting your local CSA or keeping your CSA going, our masterclasses will equip you with the basics and beyond: www.tickettailor.com/events/commu...

We're excited to put this out into the world with @ogagrowers.bsky.social and funded by @afnnetwork.bsky.social

We're in Westminster today launching the UK Fruit & Veg Coalition, which we co-founded! We're meeting with MPs and other politicians to discuss our key messages: grow more fruit & veg in the uk, reduce reliance on imports and make healthy, fresh, sustainable produce available to all

CSAs continue to deliver public goods that supermarkets never could: fresh food grown with care, thriving ecosystems & meaningful work that brings people together. Check out our Annual Report for stories, numbers & people behind the year in CSA: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/rooted-in-re...

Join us for our AGM! Tuesday 14th October | 3-5pm | Online This is your chance to help shape the CSA Network’s work for the year ahead, connect with fellow members, share ideas and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. Come along if you're a member: calendar.app.google/KMQTAwR9fhSm...

Introducing the Rivers at Risk 💧 We're looking beneath the surface of some iconic and important National Park rivers to highlight key risks and why we need to rescue our rivers. You can take action for our rivers 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...

🌱Growers, smart water use matters more than ever This webinar looks at how soil moisture probes & weather stations can transform irrigation decisions John Taylor: Pollybell Farm Peter White: Moisture Moisture Sense With our head of hort Carolyn Coxe 15/10, 3pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1639854582...

We're hiring a development worker in Wales! The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 19th October so be quick! The Development Worker Wales with work closely with our team to develop Community Supported Agriculture in Wales. communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/

Cam from Offgrid Organics tells about how the Community Supported Agriculture farm got started and how our course Grow Your Own CSA (starting Tuesday 30th) helped. You can book on here: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/gyocsa/

🌱 CSA Gatherings this Sept in Scotland & Wales 🌱 A day for CSA farmers to connect, share experiences, learn together & enjoy farm tours, workshops & shared meals 🌾 📍 Edinburgh – Sat 13 Sept 📍 Llanidloes – Sat 27 Sept 💷 £40–50 Info & tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/regional-csa...

Our 2-day in-person course, Setting up & Scaling up your CSA, offers real-world insights, step-by-step guidance, space to explore ideas and share challenges plus first-hand experience from the host CSA communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s...

CSA in the @theguardian.com: "In Edinburgh, Lauriston Farm is run by a majority-women workers’ cooperative, who are drawing on the power of local people to restore a 100-acre urban growing site. When it started in 2021 it was the largest urban farm in Scotland" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

🌱 Two-day CSA training with Ed Hamer this July For growers + organisers building just, local food systems. In-person, hands-on, rooted in agroecology. 📅 19th-20th July 📍 Leamington Spa 🎟 Info + tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s... #CSA #agroecology #landjustice

UK upland & lowland sheep farmers Join our webinar on Weds May 7, 6pm for expert, practical advice on 🪱 improving soil health 🌱 pasture management 🐏 grazing systems to boost productivity/animal health www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-s... And we'll be at National Sheep Assoc events this May & June

We're running free online information sessions THIS WEEK all about Community Supported Agriculture for growers and community organisers in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Book at communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/csa-informat...

We're looking for a development worker in West Yorkshire to help us support and grow Community Supported Agriculture in the region: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm in Leeds is looking for a head grower to manage their small market team. The deadline for applications is this Sunday! communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/head-grower-...

We want to see farms growing and raising good food for their local communities thrive. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an important model for making that happen, putting farmers and local people directly in touch with each other.  #agroecology #communityresilence #foodsovereignty

▶️ Deadline soon: 31 March! ▶️ Sustain is seeking a dynamic, organised and personable individual with a keen interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team as our Food Growing and Networks Officer.

It's Food Waste Action Week! If you're a Community Supported Agriculture veg farm, tell members how to reduce food waste by 🥕 Scrubbing instead of peeling 🥕 How to store veg to get the most out of it 🥕 How to use up the veg box 🥕 Which vegetables to keep the skin on 🥕 Composting instead of binning

☀️ We're hiring! ☀️ The CSA Network UK is looking for a part-time team-member to work on a project to explore how to enhance engagement with CSAs in West Yorkshire: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/ #agroecology #nonprofit #communitysupportedagriculture

The future of small, local abattoirs is at risk ⚠️. Threatening the availability of local meat and the viability of farmers producing high-quality meat alongside vital public goods 🌿. 📝 Complete this survey and help show why government support is crucial: www.surveymonkey.com...

We are disappointed that the UK government has stopped the Sustainable Farming Initiative in England with no notice and with no consultation with the farming sector. This was their flagship environmental scheme, so where does it leave agroecological, sustainable farming?

Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed food #supportfarmers #ukfarming #localfood

Calling all seedsavers, farmer and farmworker groups and more! Sign this statement from civil society groups in response to a conference that's taking place this week on the future of biotechnology. Read: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/1fAn...

CSA is an opportunity to exercise your economic power as a consumer and say that you want a food system that pays farmers fairly, treats your local landscape ethically and allows you and your community to be well fed. To support our work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-...

Community Supported Agriculture makes it into today's episode of Escape to the Country via CSA Network UK member farm, Wellington Community Food! Tune in to BBC One at 15:00!

New Resource: Cultivating Wisdom’ is a collection of agroecological research summaries from practitioners in @landworkersuk.bsky.social ‘Experts in Your Field’ project. #AgroecologyResearchCollaboration @csanetworkuk.bsky.social agricology.co.uk/resource/cul...

These connections between education and agroecological work on the ground are so vital. Is this something that could work in your area? "Being able to experience a CSA model firsthand, I was struck by the genuine bond between the farmers, their land, and the entire production process" #agroecology

Do you eat bread? Thought so. Here's something for you calendar 🔽 From 15 to 23 February 2025, it's the time for people to BAKE Real Bread, BUY Real Bread and BOOST the @RealBread Campaign! Find out how to get a slice of the action.

It's easy to shop without thinking about where the produce has come from, whether it's in season, what the farmers were paid and how much it cost the earth. But if you can, source food directly from your farmer to secure their livelihood and make much needed economic, social and ecological change

Some of our thoughts from this year's ORFC. Our network coordinator Suzy Russell spoke with the Minister of State for Food Security & Rural Affairs, along with Rebecca Laughton from the Land workers Alliance & Cath Dalmeny from Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food & Farming.