We have been hosting this Incredible Edible Somerset site for over 10 years and we are just reviewing whether it is still a useful resource/tool for those involved in all things community food across Somerset.

We know there are fantastic people and projects registered here as members, but appreciate that networking sites and habits change over time. However, If use does not pick up, we will look at closing the site later this year.

Please do share your news, thoughts and…

Join us at our next Grow for Good Forum on Wednesday 6th of July at 7:30-9pm (on Zoom). Sign up here. 

It's a friendly and supportive meet-up for anyone who is involved with food, growing and gardening to support positive change. We are excited to announce we have 2 really inspiring speakers at this forum:

Helen Gillingham, co-ordinator of Transition…

Growing Grants will support projects that involve:

• growing food as a community effort
• educating local people about healthy food and nutrition
• teaching and supporting people in your community how to shop and cook healthier
• serving balanced and nutritious communal meals
• using food and growing projects to help connect local people to each other
• building networks of…

Somerset Community Food will be getting people together again in the new year. We will be organising talks and workshops in partnership with Glastonbury Seedy Saturday!

Alongside the seed swap there will be stalls and demonstrations, home-cooked…

The Incredible Edible Somerset Open Gardens Scheme is designed to show off Somerset’s edible assets, from community orchards to home gardens, with a whole weekend of free workshops & plenty of projects open to the public.

The weekend is a chance to learn new…

A new project in Yeovil is helping to bring people together to make friends, share laughter and chatter, combating not only social isolation but also the issues surrounding rising food costs.

Food prices have risen nearly twice as fast as rent in the last five years and today (23rd April) the British Heart Foundation published findings that two thirds of people in the UK wish they could eat more healthily, but 42% said they can't because it’s too expensive. Nearly…

What is School Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?

We are the UK’s only no-dig, certified-organic community farm. We are building a model to help local communities take control of how their food is produced and to invest in their own futures by creating sustainable livelihoods…

A national environmental campaigning group seeks a gathering site for a long weekend in August in West Somerset. We will need the site for 10 days for set up and take down. We are experienced…

Date: Monday 18th November 2013, 9am to 5pm.

Venue: Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrew’s Place, London, NW1 4LE…

About the scheme:

The scheme is designed to develop new skilled growers through a combination of on-site learning on a host farm with mentoring, further training and resources provided by the Soil Association. We have over 500 potential trainees and apprentices keen to find a placement and are now taking applications from farms to…

Thomas Etty, based near Ilminster has just released a new catalogue of heritage and organic seeds.

Click here to download the catalogue.

With Charles Dowding

December 14th and 15th 2013 

Charles takes you through:

Day one, the costs and benefits of creating an undug growing space

1 setting up an area for market growing: how big, how quickly, mulching inputs

2 maintaining productive soil without…

More than 30 people came together for the Community Growers Gathering that took place on Saturday 19th October 2013, three days after World Food Day.

People traveled from across the South West to participate in the day.

Participants introduced themselves then shared their access to land stories and queries with Jade Bashford from the Community Land Advisory Service.

Nicole Vosper from Incredible Edible Somerset then facilitated a…

With Oliver Dowding & Prof Mick Fuller

Chaired by Prof John Bryant

 Will GM feed the world?

TUESDAY 29^th OCTOBER 8.00 pm

NORTH CURRY VILLAGE HALL…

The Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens (FCFCG) is holding a specialist ‘Setting up a Community…

The Resilience Garden Open Day September 2013

The Resilience Garden project develops ordinary gardens to provide an emergency supply of fresh food for the immediate neighbourhood.  A significant amount of home grown food for the householder all year round is a useful side effect.

This garden, in Coxley, was built using reclaimed materials, at very little cost.  A raised bed system is used as the local soil is a heavy clay, difficult to raise vegetables on. The growing…

Check out these amazing pictures from Glastonbury Harvest Show 2013. All were kindly taken by Ingrid Crawford.

To find out more about this delightful community event visit: http://glastonburyharvestshow.wordpress.com…

Over 80 people attended Good Food For Everyone Forever - an evening of Speakers and Local Food Feast that took place on Friday 13th September 2013.

People from across Somerset and the South West brought food to share, including soups and stuffed marrows, local chutnies, home grown salad and more. Everyone ate together while listening to speakers.

Nicole Vosper started the evening by talking…

Saturday 19th October 2013 10am - 4pm Taunton



A FREE networking event for community gardens & local food projects in the South West

Workshops include:

• Access to land for community growing - with Jade Bashford from the Community Land Advisory Service
• Growing in Small Spaces - a practical session with one of the Somerset Master Gardeners
• Food Sovereignty - What is it &…

Over 25 different workshops and sites will be open to the public this weekend, Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September.

The weekend is a chance to learn new skills, pick up tips, tickle your tastebuds and be inspired by community food growing in Somerset.

With more than 135 participating in workshops in 2012 and many more visiting sites, 2013 looks to be even better!

Workshops on Saturday include:

• Walking tour of Edible Gardens in…