Page in development – check back soon for more resources I’ve found helpful over the years.
Looking for your local food producer?
In Cambridgeshire:
- Lode (East Cambs) – Waterland CSA
- Linton (South Cambs) – Flourish
- Royston – Guilden Gate
- The Gransdens – Fat Hen Farm
- Willingham – Briar Farm
- Various local markets – Riverdale Organic Farm
- Catworth – Alpino Garden Farm
Thanks to Joel from Landworkers Alliance East Anglia for making this fantastic map of the region
Around the UK:
- Find your CSA (community supported agriculture)
- Better Food Traders
- Open Food Network
- Ooooby
- Find your local Sustainable Food group / Transition town
- Big Barn
Organisations working for a better food system (UK)
I’m a member of these organisations
Also check out:
- Sustain – Alliance for better food and farming
- The Gaia Foundation – Seed Sovereignty
- Fruit and Vegetable Alliance
- Sustainable Food Places
- Good to grow week – April each year
- FarmED – Education Centre
- Wakelyns – OG Agroforestry research centre and Enterprise stacking
- Hodmedods – Bringing back British grown pulses and grains. Also working on Barleybird CIC
- Nature Friendly Farming Network
- Sustainable Food Trust
Podcasts (UK)
- Farmerama – I especially loved the cereal series
- Meet the Farmers
- Landworkers Alliance Podcast
- New! Organic Growers Alliance Podcast
Starting a Market Garden? Some resources I’ve found useful:
- ‘UK Organic Market Gardeners’ page on facebook. There is also a UK Market Farms and Food Economies discord chat.
- Landworkers Alliance, CSA network and OGA resources.
- Growing for Market Magazine
Books:
Gardening for Profit – Kate Collyns – an overview on everything to consider when starting a business in the UK. Very useful.
Sustainable Market Farming – Pam Dawling – A wealth of information with great tables.
New Organic Grower – Elliot Coleman – This was a foundation text for my growing knowledge
The Lean Farm – Ben Hartman – How to design/amend a market garden to cut costs and improve efficiency
The Resilient Gardener – Carol Deppe – Core principles for growing with climate uncertainty