REAL PEOPLE. REAL FOOD. STRONGER COMMUNITIES. A NEW FOOD FUTURE.
We're helping people grow food, build practical skills and create stronger, more resilient communities.
The Journey so far
FROM GROWING SKILLS TO GROWING COMMUNITIES
NOW
GROWING SKILLS
With our ongoing food and herbal education programmes.
ACHIEVED
15 FOOD GROWING TEAMS
18 months of community growing together.
next
GROWING LOCALLY
Planned community projects in Essex and Sussex.
our ambition
MORE LOCAL FOOD
More land, community gardens and potential veg box schemes.
Here at the people's food and farming alliance ~
Here at the people's food and farming alliance ~
We’re helping people reconnect with real food, develop practical skills and build stronger, more resilient communities.
From growing your own food and learning to cook and preserve seasonal produce to exploring traditional herbal preparations, we share knowledge that helps people become more confident, capable and connected.
And we're taking the next step.
Following the success of our Together We Grow Community Initiative, which supported 15 teams across the UK over 18 months, we're now working towards establishing community growing projects where people can come together in person to grow food, share skills and contribute to something that benefits everyone.
A better food future starts with what we learn, what we grow and what we build together.
Growing skills. Growing confidence. Growing community.
Together We Grow
Entering our fourth year, helping people develop the skills and confidence to grow their own food, Together We Grow offers accessible guidance to help people grow vegetables at home, whether they have a garden, an allotment, a patio or just a few pots.
You don't need acres of land or years of experience. With the right knowledge and a willingness to learn, under our expert guidance you can take practical steps towards growing more of your own food.
Explore Together We Grow at Home and our growing resources.
Cook, preserve and make the most of real food
Growing is only part of the journey.
Our Grow, Cook and Thrive Workshop Series shares knowledge that helps people make the most of real food, from understanding how to grow it to preparing, preserving and enjoying the harvest. turn ingredients into nourishing meals, preserve seasonal harvests and develop skills that last a lifetime.
Because growing food is only the beginning. Knowing how to use it well is just as important.
Discover our food education and Grow, Cook & Thrive resources.
Reconnect with traditional skills
Through herbal education and practical workshops, we help people explore the plants around them and learn traditional ways of preparing herbs and creating a home apothecary.
The Seasonal Apothecary
Discover the world of seasonal herbs and traditional herbal preparations through monthly accessible education that helps you explore the plants around you and develop practical skills for your own home apothecary.
Herbal Farmacy Recorded Workshops
Our recorded workshops provide another way to explore herbal knowledge and practical preparation skills, allowing people to learn in their own time.
Discover our herbal education work and collaborations.
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Support local farmers and producers
Our food system depends on the people who grow and produce our food. Through education, campaigns and community connections, we encourage people to support local producers and help strengthen local food networks.
TOGETHER WE GROW COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
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TOGETHER WE GROW COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ~
A project completed. A new chapter beginning.
We've already started growing change
15 teams. Communities across the country. A wealth of practical growing experience.
For 18 months, our Together We Grow Community Initiative supported 15 teams across the UK to learn how to grow real food together in their communities. With online workshops, guidance and shared learning, participants developed practical skills and experienced what becomes possible when people work towards a common goal.
The initiative has now successfully completed, leaving behind practical experience, shared learning and a stronger foundation for the work ahead.
Running this project helped inform our next ambition: taking community food growing beyond the online world and bringing it into local spaces where people can learn together, grow food and contribute in ways that suit their abilities and experience.
our team
core team | directors
Vikki Ede
Project Manager | Director
Vikki is channeling her energy into building a nationwide network of community farms across the UK. She’s deeply aware of the flaws in current food systems and is determined to forge a new brighter path.
sam williams
Growing Expert | Director
With nearly 20 years experience growing food, Sam’s journey has included everything from growing in her back garden, to an allotment for 7 years, to an outdoor education centre for young adults with special needs to a 1/4 acre community garden with her friends to a now 2.5 acre private estate for a family wishing to grow their own food supply.
SUPPORT team
Tasj TYLER
Creative & Tech
Dealing with all things website, design, social & video related.
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