Check out our latest news and upcoming events.
Read our annual report for 2024-2025 to find out how we have been supporting and advocating for our member farms
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New! Building Resilience on your CSA
NEW DATE! Wednesday 1st April 2026 10am-12pm 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 solutions: diversity, community connection, low-input systems and deep…
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Our 2026 CSA Annual Survey, win £50!
Our annual survey is open until Friday 20th March 2026 Survey link here Please fill in our survey to help us help you! Less than 15 minutes of your time and all complete survey entries will be entered into a draw for a £50 voucher for the Ethical Shop. Deadline 20th March. The annual survey…
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New! Growing inclusion in your CSA through twinning
Wed 25 Mar 2026 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT | online How can CSAs become truly accessible, welcoming and relevant to the full diversity of the local communities they serve? One promising approach is twinning, bringing two groups, organisations or communities into a long-term, mutually supportive relationship that shares resources, builds trust and opens up new…
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Equinox Wales CSA gathering 21st March
The deadline to sign up to our Wales CSA gathering at Ash and Elm Horticulture is this Saturday 14th March. For just £15 a head you will enjoy a farm tour of Ash and Elm Horticulture, workshops on Scaling Up with Tony Little of Sustainable Farming Consultancy and Community and volunteer-led growing with Nikki Giles…
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Newquay Orchard is hiring a Market Garden Development Lead
Urban Biodiversity CIC, the team behind Newquay Orchard, is looking for an inspiring Market Garden Development Lead to build on the success of our veg bag scheme, Grown by Newquay Orchard, lead volunteers and drive forward our food strategy. Do you have a passion for agroecological growing, social justice and the skills to lead a…
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Small farms excluded from vital farm payment scheme
Community Supported Agriculture UK (CSA UK) is extremely disappointed that the Government’s 2026 Sustainable Farm Initiative excludes farmers and growers operating on fewer than three hectares of land. For small CSA farms, already struggling in a hostile business environment, this announcement is a death knell when it could have been the start of a real…
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Three Turnips Market Garden is seeking a head grower
Full-time grower (single or a couple) required immediately – accommodation available – at The Three Turnips market garden at Lower Hampen Farm, Andoversford, Glos GL54 4JJ Applicants must be enthusiastic and passionate about growing a diverse range of veg in an organic, no-dig system to supply our small farm shop and the local community all…
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Market gardener at Stone Farm, East Sussex
Stone Farm is a 40-acre, family-run, mixed farm and micro dairy in the High Weald of East Sussex. The farm is set up as a raw milk micro-dairy, and this year we are launching a veg box CSA scheme. This will start from a small but established chemical free, no-dig vegetable garden that has previously…
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Assistant grower at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Leeds
Assistant Grower📍 Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Leeds⏱ Part-time, fixed term (12 months, with a view to becoming permanent)💷 £12.71 per hour📅 Start: April 2026 Meanwood Valley Urban Farm is looking for an Assistant Grower to join their small Market Garden team. You’ll help grow high-quality organic vegetables for their year-round CSA veg box scheme, working…
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Land opportunity at Upper Marsh Farm, Wiltshire
Upper Marsh Farm, Wiltshire, is offering up to 3 hectares for an experienced grower to establish an organic market garden (vegetables and/or flowers) as part of the farm’s transition toward regenerative land use. The opportunity is suited to someone with practical experience who is looking to run a commercial growing enterprise, with flexible terms to…
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We have a new development worker in Wales!
Eva Walter Jones recently joined our team as our CSA development worker in Wales, working on the ground to grow the CSA movement there and help us work out how best we can support Welsh CSAs as a network. We asked her a few questions about how she sees the new role. What are you…
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Our 2026 CSA Masterclasses are open for booking!
Winter is the time for planning, dreaming and learning in the agricultural calendar, which is why our masterclasses kick off in January. This series is one of the key trainings we offer annually as part of our commitment to growing the community supported agriculture (CSA) movement across the UK to realise our vision of everyone…
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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…