England

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...

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...

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,...

Restoring the resilience of UK fruit and vegetable production. Along with the Landworkers' Alliance, Soil Association, Sustain, OF&G Organic, Growing Communities, Regather, The Wildlife Trusts, Propagate and the Better Food Traders we have sent a letter to Steve Reed, the...

A snapshot of CSA in the UK and its impacts CSAs have many public, social and environmental benefits. Our latest member survey and research summarises some of these numerous benefits here. These include: There are around 230+ CSA farms in...

“We shouldn’t be reliant on foreign food,” prime minister Rishi Sunak posted on social media recently. “Buy British.” But his own government have made it harder to do so, farmers and campaigners have warned. Our Network Coordinator Suzy Russell in...

With less than 2 weeks until election day on July 4th, we have prepared a letter that you can send to your local candidates to ask them to support Community Supported Agriculture in your area. Please use this letter as...

Soon small farms and market gardens will be eligible to apply for the DEFRA Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). This was previously only available for farms larger than 5 hectares. The SFI will also be open to new entrants who previously...

Ahead of the local council elections taking place in England 6 May, we would like to invite CSA members to write to their local elected leaders and ask them to support CSA in their local area. Some ways to get...