Our mission is to help create a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture Project) within reach of every neighbourhood of the UK.
That’s an ambitious mission, and we’ve got a long way to go.
- 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
Job opportunity with Cae Tan: Seeking a grower
Cae Tan is looking for a grower to join their CSA to work on equal footing with the other grower. Growing veg all year round to supply their 130-household membership. Cae Tan is a dynamic CSA and as such requires a dynamic and motivated grower. It is a rewarding and enjoyable project in a beautiful location.…
CSA partnership / lease opportunity in Highland
Knockfarrel Produce is a croft-based market garden, 20 miles north of Inverness, led by grower Jo Hunt. For the past 14 years we have been growing 81 different types of fruit and veg at 58 degrees north. We have all the physical resources needed: organic-certified land in good condition, polytunnel and Keder growing space, lots of…
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…
Part-time Grower Opportunity – Sims Hill Shared Harvest – Closes 15th August 2024
Sims Hill Shared Harvest is recruiting for a part-time grower. Status: Part-time fixed term contract (October 2024 – February 2026) Start date: 2nd October 2024 Hours: Pay: £11.76 per hour (to be reviewed for 2025) Sims Hill Shared Harvest is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) run using a cooperative structure, based in Frenchay on the edge of Bristol.…
Double the land used to grow fruit and veg
We have backed an open letter coordinated by the Soil Association to the new Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling him to back and scale-up British fruit and vegetable farming. Along with other farming and environmental groups, influencers and TV presenters we have sent the letter asking the Prime Minister to double the land used for…
Land Matching
We are part of a working group investigating the viability of a new Land Matching service for England which will bring new entrants, landworkers, landholders and landowners together to open up more space for farming and growing. The CSA Network UK, Shared Assets, The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture, The Landworkers’ Alliance, Tamar Grow Local community interest…
Our demands for the new government
This is a prime moment to write to your local elected candidate (no matter which political party they are part of) to tell them all about the numerous public, social and environmental benefits of CSA and encourage them to provide more support. You can even invite them to visit your CSA farm if you are connected…
CSA Member survey 2024
A snapshot of CSA in the UK and its impacts are summarised in this one pager here. Here we share a more detailed overview of the 2024 member survey results, thank you to all those who took part. A survey sent to the 190 CSA Network UK member farms in January 2024 had 78 responses.…
New research finds more farmers trying CSA
Almost 40% of farmers said they were trying out Community Supported Agriculture to diversify their farm. Research of 100 freehold farmers across the UK, from wealth manager Investec Wealth & Investment, have found that farmers are diversifying traditional arable, dairy, or livestock farming to use their land in new ways to increase or supplement their…
