The Organic Honey Question

One question we get asked regularly at Black Bee Honey is, “Are your honeys organic?” The short answer to that question is no, and here’s why: the Soil Association’s Organic farming standards...

"Lessons From Lockdown": what COVID-19 has revealed about our local food system

Since the beginning of lockdown, people involved with local food and farming in and around Bristol have had all sorts of interesting challenges emerge that shed new light on our local food system...

Introducing: Kim Brooks, Managing Director

Dear Friends of the Farm: Now over halfway through a tumultuous year, deep in the depths of our farming busy season, it’s the start of a new era here at The Community Farm as we wave goodbye to Ped,...

Family on The Farm: a lockdown story

With lockdown in full swing in early April, I found myself seated alongside two other members of my household upon a moving tractor planter, carefully bedding plant starts into the soil while...

The Black Lives Matter movement and The Farm

Over the last couple of months we have had various conversations at The Farm about the Black Lives Matter movement. Although originally protesting police brutality against people of colour, the...

What should we spend on food?

In this article, Ped Asgarian, our Managing Director, investigates just how much people are spending on food, and whether it adds up... How much do you spend on food per week? Maybe, like me, you’ve...

The COVID-19 Fund Update

The response from customers since our fund launched has been nothing short of inspiring. So far we have managed to raise £1,131 for our curated fund recipients. TwoTrees Catering and Earthwise have...

News From The Farm: Learning Area Update

As we roar into the full swing of the growing season, all sorts of green shoots have been spotted reaching for summer sun on The Farm. Our Learning Area is one such shoot that has been busily...

“The COVID-19 Fund”: welcoming EcoWild!

The third recipient to be awarded a grant from The COVID-19 Fund is our longstanding partner, EcoWild , who, since early 2013, have used woodland-based activities to help adults and children find a...

“The COVID-19 Fund”: welcoming Earthwise!

We are very excited to announce that Earthwise will be the second recipient of support from The COVID-19 Fund. Founded by Claire Rosling in 2015, Earthwise aims to get more children outdoors and...

Introducing: "The COVID-19 Fund"

The full and tragic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unfolding. All of us here at The Community Farm have been determined to do whatever we can to be of service during this strange time of...

News From The Farm: The Hungry Gap

Hello! We’ve been a bit quiet lately. Not because we’re hibernating - quite the opposite! Things have never been busier at The Farm, and we’re only just now starting to feel like we’ve managed to...

Veg of the Month: Gourmet Mushrooms

You may have noticed that we started stocking two sizes of a spectacular "Gourmet Mushroom Medley" extra some weeks ago. Unfortunately, the launch of this product coincided with the start of...