Free training sessions for CSA Network UK members on engaging with local media. We’ve teamed up with the Local Storytelling Exchange to run two sessions to equip you with the fundamental knowledge and tools to achieve local media hits and...

Over recent years, demand for local, sustainably produced food in the UK has substantially increased. Yet domestic production is constrained by a range of structural barriers. Expanding organic and agroecological horticulture across the UK to meet this demand represents a...

A quarterly online space for CSAs to meet and share. We know from listening to you that hearing from each other is one of the most powerful ways you can learn and connect in the CSA movement. We also know...

Happy Summer Solstice. In a busy time for growing and with so much going on in the world we hope you find a moment to slow down, breathe and connect with the land. We also hope you are surviving this...

Our Northern Ireland community farming gathering took place on Saturday 9th May at Jubilee Farm in Larne, hosted in partnership between the Landworkers' Alliance NI and the CSA Network — and what a day it was!We were delighted to welcome...

The Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 will reopen on 30th June. We know from our annual survey this year that ⅓ of our CSA farm members receive SFI payments so we hope that sharing this information will be useful to those...

The CSA Network UK is looking for a freelancer to coordinate and deliver outdoor activities at Kirkstall Valley Farm and Swillington Organic Farm between August 2026 and September 2027. This role will suit a gregarious community worker with an interest...

The CSA Network UK is pleased to announce a new project in West Yorkshire funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. And as part of this will be hiring a Freelance Activities Coordinator. Friendly Farms is a new project providing...

Our member survey results 2026 Every year we run an annual survey to keep track of how our CSA farm members are doing and to collect data to continue advocating for CSA in the UK. Climate and extreme weather came...

"Make sure market gardens can be revived, that could be a really good way to ensure we have a healthier supply of fresh fruit and veg to communities that don't often get access to it. Short supply chains, local growing,...

The 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme will launch in June. Farms over 3 hectares will be eligible, the revised offering will be simpler and more focused with fewer options, reviewed payment rates and agreement value caps. If you are thinking...

Our Welsh Development Worker Eva Walters-Jones has been on the ground, connecting with growers and gathering data to help our Welsh network thrive. Here is a snapshot of what’s been happening.To better understand the landscape, we recently conducted a member...

Councils including Middlesbrough, Brighton and Hove, Bristol and Cambridge have recently been awarded £155,000 each from Defra to improve how food is procured, increase the provision of healthier and more sustainable food options, and support local and small food businesses...

This April, our staff team and board of directors visited the Midlands, as an opportunity to gather the people behind the CSA Network from the various places of the UK we live and work.. from Cornwall to Yorkshire to Northern...

Following on from two successful schemes that ended in 2023, in Spring 2024 CSA Network launched a new programme to provide support to CSAs in the process of getting off the ground, and work towards the Network’s vision of ‘a...

Last year we were generously funded by The JJ Charitable Trust and The Serve All Trust for a two-year project exploring ways to increase access and inclusion in our CSAs. The pilot project is based in West Yorkshire and is...

On 18th March 2026 the government unveiled England’s first Land Use Framework which guides how the country's finite land resource is managed across competing demands including food production, nature recovery, climate action, housing, and energy infrastructure.  We were part of...

Extreme and unpredictable weather is no longer a future threat; it’s the daily reality for growers. For small- and medium-scale agroecological farms and CSAs, these pressures are felt most intensely. Yet this scale of farming also holds many of the...