An Urban Garden Community
A part of our strategic research is to investigate making our community an urban garden community.
The vision is to develop a community network where we grow vegetables as micro farmers within the community and harvest collectively.
The following are links to key websites that informed our strategic thinking.
SARE
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a producer-driven, decentralized competitive grants and education program operating in every state and island protectorate.
Montegatta Farm
A type of urban farm, micro-farming is exactly what it sounds like: a small scale farm. But the benefits both to the Micro-farmer and to the greater community are enormous.
Social Farms and Gardens
Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together.
Green Future Associates CIC
A social enterprise and consultancy set up in 2016 by Jeremy Iles, a pioneering campaigner with 40 years of experience in the environmental sector in the UK.
Community Supported Agriculture
Our mission is to help create a CSA in every neighbourhood of the UK.
Social Farms and Gardens
Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together.
Three Strategic Actions
The research has highlighted three actions to build into a strategic vision.
Action 1
Advice guidance and training need to be provided to develop community growers
Impact
Community becomes less reliant on supermarket supply chains.
Action 2
A strong coalition with local stakeholders is essential to integrate community farming.
Impact
The whole community has the opportunity to have access to local seasonal vegetables.
Action 3
The initiative must involve local farmers and businesses as a jigsaw of local growers growers, suppliers and consumers.
Impact
The local agricultural becomes less dependant on supplying supermarkets.
Growing Links Academy 