Check out our latest news and upcoming events.
Read our latest Summer Solstice newsletter here
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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CSA Media Training
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 feel confident engaging with local media. Getting local and regional media coverage is a fantastic…
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UK Horticulture Sector Growth Plan: Unlocking Organic and Agroecological Growth
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 significant opportunity to support environmental restoration, improve public health and strengthen the resilience of our…
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CSA Open Space
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 its hard to make it to face to face events. So we are introducing CSA Open…
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Our Summer Solstice newsletter
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 heat, wherever you are. Since our last general update in the Spring we’ve been busy.…
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Northern Ireland Community Farming Gathering
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 over 20 people on a gloriously sunny day. The highlight for many was getting…
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Sustainable Farming Incentive & Capital Grants 2026 – everything you need to know to apply
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 of you that are interested in applying. There are 2 application windows this year There…
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We are hiring a freelance Friendly Farms Activity Coordinator
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 in environmental issues, food, farming and health with excellent organisational skills. Funded by The National…
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Friendly Farms, a new National Lottery funded project
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 outdoor activities at Kirkstall Valley Farm and Swillington Organic Farm between August 2026 and Oct…
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Resilient community farms for a resilient community future
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 up as a common issue. Many CSAs experienced drought or extreme heat last year, resulting…
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Market Gardens and Agroecology key in the future of our fruit and veg
“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, we will see what we can do to encourage that.” Farming Minister Dame Angela Eagle…
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The 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive
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 of applying, we recommend registering now. Defra blog: Get ready to apply for SFI26 Sustainable Food…
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CSA Development in Wales / Cymru
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 survey for our Welsh farms. The results are clear; the top areas our members…
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Local councils in England awarded Defra funding for local procurement
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 to understand better how to supply to the public sector. According to Better Food Traders,…
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The CSA Network UK team meet in the Midlands
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 Ireland! We visited 4 established CSAs: Canalside Community Farm in Leamington Spa, Five Acre Community Farm in Coventry, Community Harvest…
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The CSA Incubator programme 2 years on…
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 thriving CSA in every UK neighbourhood’. It was aimed at CSAs who were ready to…
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Getting More Connected – CSA Network UK’s Your Farm Your Community Project
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 working out of two CSAs: Kirkstall Valley Farm and Swillington Organic Farm. Getting out and…
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We are hiring a new Membership Manager!
The CSA Network UK is looking for a new part-time Membership Manager to work alongside the Network Coordinator and Policy and Communications Manager. Together the three staff members will work towards the network vision of a CSA in every UK neighbourhood. Membership Manager Hours: 16 hours per week Remuneration:£31,858 per annum (pro rata) Application Deadline:12am midnight…
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England’s first Land Use Framework published
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 the Sustain alliance response along with 21 other organisations back in early 2025, welcoming the…
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New! Building Resilience on your CSA
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 ecological understanding. In this webinar, we’ll explore how…
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Our 2026 CSA Annual Survey, win £50!
Our annual survey is open until Saturday 5th April 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 one of three £50 voucher! To the Ethical Shop, Bam Clothing or Peace…