Community Supported Agriculture Network UK
@csanetworkuk.bsky.social
Bringing farmers and communities together by supporting CSA farms and promoting the CSA movement across the UK
We're excited to put this out into the world with @ogagrowers.bsky.social and funded by @afnnetwork.bsky.social
The #OrganicGrower magazine winter issue is at the printers. Members will get theirs soon, plus a new guide for growers on Climate Resilience organicgrowersalliance.co.uk/join-oga/
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We're excited to put this out into the world with @ogagrowers.bsky.social and funded by @afnnetwork.bsky.social
We're in Westminster today launching the UK Fruit & Veg Coalition, which we co-founded! We're meeting with MPs and other politicians to discuss our key messages: grow more fruit & veg in the uk, reduce reliance on imports and make healthy, fresh, sustainable produce available to all
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're in Westminster today launching the UK Fruit & Veg Coalition, which we co-founded! We're meeting with MPs and other politicians to discuss our key messages: grow more fruit & veg in the uk, reduce reliance on imports and make healthy, fresh, sustainable produce available to all
CSAs continue to deliver public goods that supermarkets never could: fresh food grown with care, thriving ecosystems & meaningful work that brings people together.
Check out our Annual Report for stories, numbers & people behind the year in CSA: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/rooted-in-re...
Check out our Annual Report for stories, numbers & people behind the year in CSA: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/rooted-in-re...
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
CSAs continue to deliver public goods that supermarkets never could: fresh food grown with care, thriving ecosystems & meaningful work that brings people together.
Check out our Annual Report for stories, numbers & people behind the year in CSA: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/rooted-in-re...
Check out our Annual Report for stories, numbers & people behind the year in CSA: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/rooted-in-re...
Join us for our AGM!
Tuesday 14th October | 3-5pm | Online
This is your chance to help shape the CSA Network’s work for the year ahead, connect with fellow members, share ideas and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. Come along if you're a member: calendar.app.google/KMQTAwR9fhSm...
Tuesday 14th October | 3-5pm | Online
This is your chance to help shape the CSA Network’s work for the year ahead, connect with fellow members, share ideas and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. Come along if you're a member: calendar.app.google/KMQTAwR9fhSm...
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Join us for our AGM!
Tuesday 14th October | 3-5pm | Online
This is your chance to help shape the CSA Network’s work for the year ahead, connect with fellow members, share ideas and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. Come along if you're a member: calendar.app.google/KMQTAwR9fhSm...
Tuesday 14th October | 3-5pm | Online
This is your chance to help shape the CSA Network’s work for the year ahead, connect with fellow members, share ideas and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. Come along if you're a member: calendar.app.google/KMQTAwR9fhSm...
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Introducing the Rivers at Risk 💧
We're looking beneath the surface of some iconic and important National Park rivers to highlight key risks and why we need to rescue our rivers.
You can take action for our rivers 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
We're looking beneath the surface of some iconic and important National Park rivers to highlight key risks and why we need to rescue our rivers.
You can take action for our rivers 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Introducing the Rivers at Risk 💧
We're looking beneath the surface of some iconic and important National Park rivers to highlight key risks and why we need to rescue our rivers.
You can take action for our rivers 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
We're looking beneath the surface of some iconic and important National Park rivers to highlight key risks and why we need to rescue our rivers.
You can take action for our rivers 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
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🌱Growers, smart water use matters more than ever
This webinar looks at how soil moisture probes & weather stations can transform irrigation decisions
John Taylor: Pollybell Farm
Peter White: Moisture Moisture Sense
With our head of hort Carolyn Coxe
15/10, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1639854582...
This webinar looks at how soil moisture probes & weather stations can transform irrigation decisions
John Taylor: Pollybell Farm
Peter White: Moisture Moisture Sense
With our head of hort Carolyn Coxe
15/10, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1639854582...
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🌱Growers, smart water use matters more than ever
This webinar looks at how soil moisture probes & weather stations can transform irrigation decisions
John Taylor: Pollybell Farm
Peter White: Moisture Moisture Sense
With our head of hort Carolyn Coxe
15/10, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1639854582...
This webinar looks at how soil moisture probes & weather stations can transform irrigation decisions
John Taylor: Pollybell Farm
Peter White: Moisture Moisture Sense
With our head of hort Carolyn Coxe
15/10, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1639854582...
We're hiring a development worker in Wales! The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 19th October so be quick!
The Development Worker Wales with work closely with our team to develop Community Supported Agriculture in Wales.
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
The Development Worker Wales with work closely with our team to develop Community Supported Agriculture in Wales.
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're hiring a development worker in Wales! The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 19th October so be quick!
The Development Worker Wales with work closely with our team to develop Community Supported Agriculture in Wales.
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
The Development Worker Wales with work closely with our team to develop Community Supported Agriculture in Wales.
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
Cam from Offgrid Organics tells about how the Community Supported Agriculture farm got started and how our course Grow Your Own CSA (starting Tuesday 30th) helped. You can book on here: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/gyocsa/
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cam from Offgrid Organics tells about how the Community Supported Agriculture farm got started and how our course Grow Your Own CSA (starting Tuesday 30th) helped. You can book on here: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/gyocsa/
🌱 CSA Gatherings this Sept in Scotland & Wales 🌱
A day for CSA farmers to connect, share experiences, learn together & enjoy farm tours, workshops & shared meals 🌾
📍 Edinburgh – Sat 13 Sept
📍 Llanidloes – Sat 27 Sept
💷 £40–50
Info & tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/regional-csa...
A day for CSA farmers to connect, share experiences, learn together & enjoy farm tours, workshops & shared meals 🌾
📍 Edinburgh – Sat 13 Sept
📍 Llanidloes – Sat 27 Sept
💷 £40–50
Info & tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/regional-csa...
Regional CSA Gatherings 2025
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🌱 CSA Gatherings this Sept in Scotland & Wales 🌱
A day for CSA farmers to connect, share experiences, learn together & enjoy farm tours, workshops & shared meals 🌾
📍 Edinburgh – Sat 13 Sept
📍 Llanidloes – Sat 27 Sept
💷 £40–50
Info & tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/regional-csa...
A day for CSA farmers to connect, share experiences, learn together & enjoy farm tours, workshops & shared meals 🌾
📍 Edinburgh – Sat 13 Sept
📍 Llanidloes – Sat 27 Sept
💷 £40–50
Info & tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/regional-csa...
Our 2-day in-person course, Setting up & Scaling up your CSA, offers real-world insights, step-by-step guidance, space to explore ideas and share challenges plus first-hand experience from the host CSA
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s...
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s...
June 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Our 2-day in-person course, Setting up & Scaling up your CSA, offers real-world insights, step-by-step guidance, space to explore ideas and share challenges plus first-hand experience from the host CSA
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s...
communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s...
CSA in the @theguardian.com: "In Edinburgh, Lauriston Farm is run by a majority-women workers’ cooperative, who are drawing on the power of local people to restore a 100-acre urban growing site. When it started in 2021 it was the largest urban farm in Scotland" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I felt hopeful about my daughter’s future’: the farmers fixing our eco crisis – in pictures
From Northern Irish handkerchief-makers to Scilly Isles fisherman who know when to let stocks replenish, a new book showcases radical solutions to our environmental problems
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
CSA in the @theguardian.com: "In Edinburgh, Lauriston Farm is run by a majority-women workers’ cooperative, who are drawing on the power of local people to restore a 100-acre urban growing site. When it started in 2021 it was the largest urban farm in Scotland" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
🌱 Two-day CSA training with Ed Hamer this July
For growers + organisers building just, local food systems.
In-person, hands-on, rooted in agroecology.
📅 19th-20th July 📍 Leamington Spa
🎟 Info + tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s... #CSA #agroecology #landjustice
For growers + organisers building just, local food systems.
In-person, hands-on, rooted in agroecology.
📅 19th-20th July 📍 Leamington Spa
🎟 Info + tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s... #CSA #agroecology #landjustice
May 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🌱 Two-day CSA training with Ed Hamer this July
For growers + organisers building just, local food systems.
In-person, hands-on, rooted in agroecology.
📅 19th-20th July 📍 Leamington Spa
🎟 Info + tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s... #CSA #agroecology #landjustice
For growers + organisers building just, local food systems.
In-person, hands-on, rooted in agroecology.
📅 19th-20th July 📍 Leamington Spa
🎟 Info + tickets: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/setting-up-s... #CSA #agroecology #landjustice
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UK upland & lowland sheep farmers
Join our webinar on Weds May 7, 6pm for expert, practical advice on
🪱 improving soil health
🌱 pasture management
🐏 grazing systems to boost productivity/animal health
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-s...
And we'll be at National Sheep Assoc events this May & June
Join our webinar on Weds May 7, 6pm for expert, practical advice on
🪱 improving soil health
🌱 pasture management
🐏 grazing systems to boost productivity/animal health
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-s...
And we'll be at National Sheep Assoc events this May & June
April 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
UK upland & lowland sheep farmers
Join our webinar on Weds May 7, 6pm for expert, practical advice on
🪱 improving soil health
🌱 pasture management
🐏 grazing systems to boost productivity/animal health
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-s...
And we'll be at National Sheep Assoc events this May & June
Join our webinar on Weds May 7, 6pm for expert, practical advice on
🪱 improving soil health
🌱 pasture management
🐏 grazing systems to boost productivity/animal health
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-s...
And we'll be at National Sheep Assoc events this May & June
We're running free online information sessions THIS WEEK all about Community Supported Agriculture for growers and community organisers in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
Book at communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/csa-informat...
Book at communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/csa-informat...
April 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're running free online information sessions THIS WEEK all about Community Supported Agriculture for growers and community organisers in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
Book at communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/csa-informat...
Book at communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/csa-informat...
We're looking for a development worker in West Yorkshire to help us support and grow Community Supported Agriculture in the region: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
April 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We're looking for a development worker in West Yorkshire to help us support and grow Community Supported Agriculture in the region: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm in Leeds is looking for a head grower to manage their small market team. The deadline for applications is this Sunday! communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/head-grower-...
April 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm in Leeds is looking for a head grower to manage their small market team. The deadline for applications is this Sunday! communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/head-grower-...
We want to see farms growing and raising good food for their local communities thrive. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an important model for making that happen, putting farmers and local people directly in touch with each other.
#agroecology #communityresilence #foodsovereignty
#agroecology #communityresilence #foodsovereignty
March 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We want to see farms growing and raising good food for their local communities thrive. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an important model for making that happen, putting farmers and local people directly in touch with each other.
#agroecology #communityresilence #foodsovereignty
#agroecology #communityresilence #foodsovereignty
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▶️ Deadline soon: 31 March!
▶️ Sustain is seeking a dynamic, organised and personable individual with a keen interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team as our Food Growing and Networks Officer.
▶️ Sustain is seeking a dynamic, organised and personable individual with a keen interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team as our Food Growing and Networks Officer.
Food Growing and Networks Officer: London | Sustain
Sustain recruiting for a Food Growing and Networks Officer with an interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team.
www.sustainweb.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
▶️ Deadline soon: 31 March!
▶️ Sustain is seeking a dynamic, organised and personable individual with a keen interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team as our Food Growing and Networks Officer.
▶️ Sustain is seeking a dynamic, organised and personable individual with a keen interest in food growing to join our Capital Growth team as our Food Growing and Networks Officer.
It's Food Waste Action Week! If you're a Community Supported Agriculture veg farm, tell members how to reduce food waste by
🥕 Scrubbing instead of peeling
🥕 How to store veg to get the most out of it
🥕 How to use up the veg box
🥕 Which vegetables to keep the skin on
🥕 Composting instead of binning
🥕 Scrubbing instead of peeling
🥕 How to store veg to get the most out of it
🥕 How to use up the veg box
🥕 Which vegetables to keep the skin on
🥕 Composting instead of binning
March 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's Food Waste Action Week! If you're a Community Supported Agriculture veg farm, tell members how to reduce food waste by
🥕 Scrubbing instead of peeling
🥕 How to store veg to get the most out of it
🥕 How to use up the veg box
🥕 Which vegetables to keep the skin on
🥕 Composting instead of binning
🥕 Scrubbing instead of peeling
🥕 How to store veg to get the most out of it
🥕 How to use up the veg box
🥕 Which vegetables to keep the skin on
🥕 Composting instead of binning
☀️ We're hiring! ☀️
The CSA Network UK is looking for a part-time team-member to work on a project to explore how to enhance engagement with CSAs in West Yorkshire: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
#agroecology #nonprofit #communitysupportedagriculture
The CSA Network UK is looking for a part-time team-member to work on a project to explore how to enhance engagement with CSAs in West Yorkshire: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
#agroecology #nonprofit #communitysupportedagriculture
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
☀️ We're hiring! ☀️
The CSA Network UK is looking for a part-time team-member to work on a project to explore how to enhance engagement with CSAs in West Yorkshire: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
#agroecology #nonprofit #communitysupportedagriculture
The CSA Network UK is looking for a part-time team-member to work on a project to explore how to enhance engagement with CSAs in West Yorkshire: communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/work-with-us/
#agroecology #nonprofit #communitysupportedagriculture
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The future of small, local abattoirs is at risk ⚠️. Threatening the availability of local meat and the viability of farmers producing high-quality meat alongside vital public goods 🌿.
📝 Complete this survey and help show why government support is crucial: www.surveymonkey.com...
📝 Complete this survey and help show why government support is crucial: www.surveymonkey.com...
March 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The future of small, local abattoirs is at risk ⚠️. Threatening the availability of local meat and the viability of farmers producing high-quality meat alongside vital public goods 🌿.
📝 Complete this survey and help show why government support is crucial: www.surveymonkey.com...
📝 Complete this survey and help show why government support is crucial: www.surveymonkey.com...
We are disappointed that the UK government has stopped the Sustainable Farming Initiative in England with no notice and with no consultation with the farming sector.
This was their flagship environmental scheme, so where does it leave agroecological, sustainable farming?
This was their flagship environmental scheme, so where does it leave agroecological, sustainable farming?
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are disappointed that the UK government has stopped the Sustainable Farming Initiative in England with no notice and with no consultation with the farming sector.
This was their flagship environmental scheme, so where does it leave agroecological, sustainable farming?
This was their flagship environmental scheme, so where does it leave agroecological, sustainable farming?
Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed food #supportfarmers #ukfarming #localfood
UK farmers’ incomes stagnant since the 1970s, report finds
Exclusive: Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed food
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Research shows drop in produce prices as households consume more imported and ultra-processed food #supportfarmers #ukfarming #localfood
Calling all seedsavers, farmer and farmworker groups and more!
Sign this statement from civil society groups in response to a conference that's taking place this week on the future of biotechnology.
Read: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/1fAn...
Sign this statement from civil society groups in response to a conference that's taking place this week on the future of biotechnology.
Read: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/1fAn...
DRAFT Asilomar Statement
FINAL TEXT An Open Statement from Civil Society (nonprofits) Addressing the 'Spirit of Asilomar and the future of Biotechnology' conference and to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Asilomar Confer...
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Calling all seedsavers, farmer and farmworker groups and more!
Sign this statement from civil society groups in response to a conference that's taking place this week on the future of biotechnology.
Read: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/1fAn...
Sign this statement from civil society groups in response to a conference that's taking place this week on the future of biotechnology.
Read: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/1fAn...
CSA is an opportunity to exercise your economic power as a consumer and say that you want a food system that pays farmers fairly, treats your local landscape ethically and allows you and your community to be well fed.
To support our work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-...
To support our work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-...
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
CSA is an opportunity to exercise your economic power as a consumer and say that you want a food system that pays farmers fairly, treats your local landscape ethically and allows you and your community to be well fed.
To support our work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-...
To support our work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-...