Training events

Details of training and events relating to community supported agriculture...
 

Scaling Up local food enterprises

10 February 2012

Romero Centre, All Hallows College, Brooklands Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 8LB

The event is aimed at buying groups and Transition food groups. This Scaling Up event will bring together existing larger scale community food enterprises, including our host Food 4 MACC direct, True...

Growing Together: An all-Ireland conference on Community Supported Agriculture

17 February 2012

Cloughjordan, Tipperary

Organised by the Cloughjordan Community Farm In association with the National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS), The Soil Association (UK), Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA), URGEN...

Simply Legal training day

22 February 2012

Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle

Co-operatives UK, as part of the Making Local Food Work programme, is offering free Good Food, Good Governance Simply Legal and Simply Governance workshops until March 2012. The training workshop is ...

Soil Association Annual Conference

02 March 2012

Royal Horticultural Halls, London

The Soil Association’s annual conference 2012 will celebrate innovation in food and farming today. We will explore this through the two major themes of our organisation’s strategy: Facing the Future,...

Simply Legal training day

14 March 2012

 Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter

Co-operatives UK, as part of the Making Local Food Work programme, is offering free Good Food, Good Governance Simply Legal and Simply Governance workshops until March 2012. The training workshop is ...

Making Local Food Our Future Conference

20 March 2012

Mermaid Conference Centre, London

We are now accepting bookings for Making Local Food Our Future, the final national conference for Making Local Food Work, to be held on Tuesday 20th March at the Mermaid Conference Centre in London. ...

Simply Governance training day

21 March 2012

The Coach House (CDA BRAVE Ltd) , Bristol

Co-operatives UK, as part of the Making Local Food Work programme, is offering free Good Food, Good Governance Simply Legal and Simply Governance workshops until March 2012. The training workshop is ...

CSA get together and open day at Dragon Orchard CSA

22 March 2012

Meet At Putley Village Hall, Herefordshire.
The day is an opportunity to meet and share ideas with other CSAs and to learn about the established CSA at Dragon Orchard. Who should come? The day is open to anyone with an interest in CSAs, especi...

Open day at The Community Farm near Bristol

23 March 2012

 The Community Farm, Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol BS40 8SZ

The Community Farm is an impressive new CSA South of Bristol providing vegetable boxes for members. They have set up an IPS which raised £120,000 in community shares to buy a box scheme and they prod...

CSA networking event - Wiltshire

07 April 2012

at Riverbourne Community Farm, Cow Lane, Laverstock, Salisbury SP1 2SR

Come and share your experiences with other CSAs at Riverbourne Community Farm. The day will include a farm tour of the beautiful Riverbourne CSA, an opportunity not to be missed. Riverbourne CSA incl...
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Additional training and advice

Horticultural mentoring

Horticultural mentoring in the North East
Following the success of our horticultural mentoring groups for CSAs in the South West and South East, we have now set up a new group in the North East. Meetings are planned to take place during November through to February. These groups are lead by an experienced grower and give CSAs the opportunity to come together and learn horticultural skills and ideas and solutions for your CSA.
Please get in touch with Charlotte Muspratt (cmuspratt@soilassociation.org) for more details.

Organic buying groups training

More information available on the Organic Buying Groups training page.

Free advice from our Making Local Food Work partners

  • For enterprise support advice call 01993 814 388 (Plunkett Foundation)
  • For governance and legal support call 0161 246 2907 (Co-operatives UK) 

Organic Farm School

The Soil Association is running 300 courses over the next two years as part of the Organic Farm School. On offer are hands-on courses in growing your own food, rearing animals, cooking and rural crafts. Participants can learn practical skills direct from organic farmers, growers and producers with personal experience.

Charity Bank

Charity Bank are running free workshops for charities or community groups on how to make social enterprise projects self-sustaining and raise funds.


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