We’re committed to seeing a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture project) established in neighbourhood of the UK.
That’s an ambitious vision and we have a long way to go. But the movement is growing.
- So, what is a CSA?
- Perhaps you’ve already started a project and want to improve it.
- You could be looking for a CSA you can join in your area.
- You may want to support our movement to make a more secure and efficient food system.
If any of these things interest you, you’ve come to the right place. As you’ll find out, the network and this website is a rich source of information, inspiration and knowledge.
On the 18th of March 2024, the staff and directors of CSA Network UK visited four CSAs on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea in South Wales. They were four very different CSAs, but they all shared one common feature. They all saw the benefits of running their farms as a CSA because of the advantages the CSA farm business model gave them.
News and Events
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Chagford CSA is hiring an Assistant Grower
From Chagford CSA in Devon: Chagford CSA is a ten-acre community-supported market garden on the north-east edge of Dartmoor supplying 130 CSA veg-shares a week to local households. We’re going into our seventeenth growing-season and looking to recruit a part-time Assistant Grower for six-months from mid April – mid October 2026. We have recently moved…
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Rooted in Resilience: How CSAs Kept Growing Through Another Tough Year
This year has tested us all, from rising costs and erratic weather to shifting farm policy and the ongoing strain of keeping food both fair and local. Yet across the UK, our community supported agriculture (CSA) farms have kept feeding people, building soil, supporting biodiversity and nurturing connection. It’s no small thing. Our 2024–25 Annual…
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New Shoots in Leeds
The last few months have seen the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Network UK welcome Jude Woods to the team to work on a new project in West Yorkshire, generously funded by the JJ Charitable Trust and Roger Ross from Serve All Trust. Jude is bringing their considerable experience of community engagement work to a project…
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Small Farms Still Face Big Barriers: What Our 5Ha Survey Revealed
Earlier this year, we surveyed small-scale growers across England to understand how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is working for farms under 5 hectares, following the welcome removal of the minimum area threshold in July 2024. The survey, run by the UK Fruit & Vegetable Coalition (including CSA Network UK, Landworkers Alliance, Organic Growers Alliance,…
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Getting Grounded in Leeds: What We Learned from Visiting CSA Farms
In March, our staff team and board of directors took a trip to Leeds for our annual “away day”, more than an opportunity to gather the people behind the CSA Network from the various pockets of the UK we work in. We met with CSA farms and community projects, at different stages of development, in…
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Next in-person training this July – Setting Up and Scaling Up Your CSA with Ed Hamer
We’ve just launched the first of this year’s CSA Network two-day, in-person training courses designed for growers, organisers, and landworkers who are ready to build rooted, community-powered food systems. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to grow your existing CSA, this course offers the tools, insight and inspiration to take your next steps with…
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How a CSA farm in the UK raised £350K in community investment
At our Annual General Meeting last week, Laurence and Adele of Soul Farm gave an informal presentation about how their farm converted to a cooperative and ran a community investment campaign that raised £350k in community shares. The video can now be viewed below or on our YouTube channel (subscribe for more CSA content), complete…
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Annual General Meeting + How to raise £350K in investment
The CSA Network UK AGM is coming up! All members are invited to join us on Tuesday 8th October at 3-5pm. Only CSA farm members, however, will have voting rights. We’ll cover the usual AGM bits, keeping you in touch with the work you’re supporting and then we’ll talk about accessing vital funds for the valuable work you’re doing! Network Co-ordinator…
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Meet some of our new CSAs
Following on from two successful previous schemes that ended last year, this spring the CSA Network UK launched a new programme to provide support to CSAs in the process of getting off the ground. Thanks to Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust we had funding for six places on the programme but with so many exciting new…