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The Impact of Community Supported Agriculture

A new evaluation report which found that more than 80 CSA initiatives are providing multiple benefits to thousands of members, their communities, local economies and the environment.

• The Impact of Community Supported Agriculture

Battery hens looking for new homes!

If your CSA is looking for some hens, why not contact the British Hen Welfare Trust which is looking to re-house a large number of hens for a donation of only £2.00 per bird. 

• www.BHWT.org.uk 

Fresh organic produce from Spain

Matthis and Mariann, who used to farm at Earthshare, the first CSA in Scotland, have been farming in Spain for a few years now and every February they drive over to the UK with a van load of delicious produce from their ancient olive trees and citrus and nut groves and drop off boxes at CSAs all over the country.  If you'd like to order this unique produce, see the order form below and contact La Jimena directly.

• La Jimena order form

New meanwhile lease available for leasing out land to community groups

Increased interest in people growing their own fruit and vegetables has led to a shortage of allotments and pressure to find alternative solutions. A Meanwhile Lease has been developed which, it is hoped, will help provide access to land on a temporary basis for community groups and individuals interested in growing food and make it easier for landowners to confidently lease land on a temporary basis. Defra are now looking to road-test it. If you are interested in leasing out some of your land please contact Liz.moorman@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

JOBS

The Severn Project in Bristol

The Severn Project is looking for a grower to manage a total of 9.5acres over two sites. The project seeks to support socially excluded individuals and is looking to set up a CSA scheme.  For more information contact Steve Glover M: 07960290943  T: 0117 9353780

• http://www.thesevernproject.org

The Handmade Bakery, West Yorkshire

A new full time café coop member is needed at this community supported artisan bakery and café in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire.  It operates as a worker co-operative and produces traditionally crafted bread and patisserie that is slow fermented, using ethical, organic and local ingredients with no improvers or preservatives. 

• http://www.thehandmadebakery.coop/vacancies

Hazelhurst CSA co-op with Heeley City Farm, Sheffield

Are looking for a part-time Growing Team Leader to lead the cultivation and food growing at this new CSA. The post is for an initial 6 months with possibilities of extension, funding allowing. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified grower to develop the organic cultivation on 2 acres in the Moss Valley, near Sheffield and be part of developing a new project.
For more information contact: jobs@heeleyfarm.org.uk  Deadline for completed applications is 3 January 2012.

Press Cuttings

• Keeping it in the Community, Vegetarian Living magazine, August 2011
• Biodynamic Farmland Trust: from Vision to Action, Star and Furrow, April 2011
• A new way to work for UK farms, The Journal, 12 March 2011
• Upper Crust: inside a Yorkshire Bakery, The Telegraph, 13 January 2011
• The Organic Grower - The journal of the Organic Growers Alliance, Winter 2010, no.13, pages 18-25
• Local recipes for success, New Start Magazine, June 2010
• The journalist who uncovered a plot in the countryside, Western Morning News, 26 April 2010
• Green light for town garden scheme, Okehampton Times, 17 March 2010
• Community supported agriculture: A model of our times? The Food Magazine,Feb 2010
• Keep our produce fresh, local & personal PLUS Food with a face Inspired Times, March 2010
• Residents join forces to feed themselves, The Guardian, 3 Feb 2010
• Food with a face – Organic Farming, Summer 2009
• How to get community investment in green projects, The Ecologist, 11 November 09
• Agriculture for All, Cornwall Life, September 09
• Community bakery finds permanent new home, British Baker, 31 July 09
• Enjoy bread as it used to be baked, by Helen Peacocke, The Oxford Times, 5 January 09
• Sowing the seeds of food awareness, by Saba Salman, The Guardian, 16 April 09
• Dig for recovery: allotments boom as thousands go to ground in recession, by Rebecca Smithers, The Guardian, 19 Feb 09
• Can Daisy help the ailing dairy industry bloom?, by Michael Wale, The Times, 14 Feb 09
• Education all part of the service at Whitmuir, Scottish Farmer, 17 Jan 09
• We're all farmers now, by Tessa Boase, The Telegraph, 22 Nov 08
• Stearns community farm - Earth mother guided by the moon, The Telegraph, 22 Nov 08
• All hands to the plough, by Ed Hamer, The Ecologist Magazine, Sep 08 [PDF, 482 KB]
• Community farming is a growing concern, Western Morning News, 1 Sept 08
• Community action revives Welsh mountain farm, The Guardian, 13 Aug 2008

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