A better food system is possible! Food production, transportation and packaging is a huge contributor to the climate crisis. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The food system can be regenerative; not only minimising its impact but giving nature space to flourish, helping restore biodiversity and locking carbon up in the soils. Led by the principles of organic, we are doing all we can to deliver delicious, climate-friendly food that nourishes people and planet. Read on to find out what we’re doing to deliver that promise. We know we’re not perfect and we’re constantly working hard to improve, but by buying food from us, you can rest assured that your food shopping doesn’t cost the Earth. Organic Non-organic farming uses chemicals which release greenhouse gases when they’re produced and when they break down. If the whole of Europe moved over to organic food production, agricultural emissions could drop by up to 50%! Those same chemicals also disrupt biodiversity and the Earth’s...
By Daisy Sutcliffe, Communities and Partnerships Manager I’ve now been at The Farm for over three months and in late October I held my first event here to celebrate our harvest and Samhuinn. In the...
It feels like there is great momentum in local food at the moment. Covid and Brexit have driven a new appreciation of where our food comes from. The need for, and power of, the local community...
Meanwhile, back on the field, our adventure into no-dig, biointensive vegetable growing (also known as The Market Garden) is going well. Visitors to the farm will have seen that the 30 beds we...
More pollinator friends, so crucial to our farming here, have emerged! The cool, sunny spring days brought out some early butterflies, much to the delight of the wildlife group working on the flower...
Mental Health Awareness Week was this week (10th - 16th May), and with this year's theme set as Nature, local mental health charity Changes Bristol used this opportunity to celebrate the great...
I am sure many of us have been feeling positive this week; a feeling of freedom in sight as restrictions ease and we can see family again, Spring clearly in the air. I too have been feeling...
It's been a couple of years since we were awarded funding from The People's Project to spruce up our Learning Area, and since then it's gone from strength to strength. Our Grow and Make team have...
You may have noticed a bit more root veg and a few less leafy greens in your boxes over the last few weeks. Or maybe you’ve spotted a bit more imported produce starting to appear on our website....
It’s Springtime and our bumblebee friends are emerging from hibernation which is always an exciting time of year for those of us who volunteer for the Wildlife Group at The Farm! These early...
To kick off March and the official start of bird nesting season the Wildlife Group at the Community Farm have put together this handy guide to making your own open-fronted nesting box. This design...
Jobs in farming are more white dominated than almost any other sector, and along with many others, we at the Farm can feel uncomfortable talking about race. So, inspired by the Black Lives Matter...
Every year the Oxford Real Farming Conference draws together nature-friendly farmers from across the UK. Believe it or not, it’s a hot-ticket. As the conference moved online this year, it went...
