Harvest Party Sat 30th Aug!
9.30am-12pm Farm day taster session- help out on the farm
From 2.30pm Activities- Farm tour, games, natural crafts, circus skills
5pm onwards BBQ fired up and Ceilidh with Jumping Beans
Late campfire, live music and overnight camping
Homebrew, soft drinks, bread, and fresh farm salads provided. Bring something to put on the BBQ and a bottle.
Great for newcomers and old CropShare hands!
Event free, but donations very welcome to fund our compost toilet building project (CrapShare!)...
Community Supported Agriculture UK Network
Exciting news for schemes like CropShare all over the UK…. the UK community supported agriculture (CSA) movement has launched a crowd funding campaign to raise £19,140 to support its work encouraging farmers and growers to work in partnership with their local communities....
CropShare – loved by the Community!
On Saturday 15th March we spent another beautiful day at Willow Farm for our fourth CropShare farm day of the season. This was the first one since our CropShare information evening at CB1, so there were lots of new faces on the farm! 🙂
Thanks to Heike for giving us an account of her first day at CropShare…
What jobs did you do? Putting leek seeds into tiny pots.
What did you do or learn that was...
All in it Together: Community Supported Agriculture and Cambridge CropShare
Guest post by Caitlin McCormack
I spend some of my Saturdays helping out on a local farm. A group of us go and lend a hand with the sowing, planting, harvesting or weeding that needs doing that particular week. In return, we take home seasonal veg, as well as joining in on a big, shared lunch where everyone brings a dish and sits around drinking tea and chatting. The fresh air and exercise and chance...
Come find out about CropShare 2014!
Why are these two looking really pleased with themselves? Well they’re looking forward to spending fun times on the farm again this year!
Thursday 6th March: CropShare at the Cafe
CB1 Cafe, 32 Mill Road, CB1 2AD
19:30-21:00
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Come and hear about the new season of CropShare – Transition Cambridge’s very own Community Supported Agriculture project in partnership with local farm Waterland Organics.
Newcomers and CropShare old hands both very welcome, come and share...
Stuvad Grönkål (Swedish Christmas kale dish)
No Swedish Julbord is complete without this jummy side dish!...
Buckwheat Pumpkin Bread
Buckwheat Pumpkin Bread
From: Madeleine Yates...
Brunkål (Swedish Christmas white cabbage dish)
Never has a cabbage dish tasted more festive than this!...
CropShare on the big screen!
A group of us farming types swapped the muddy fields for the red carpet last night and went to see the short film about CropShare premiere at the Arts Picture House!...
The Hole truth and nothing but the truth
This week’s CropShare farm day saw Farmer Paul (@waterlanderman on twitter) hit rock bottom as he attempted to dig himself into the ground for his winter hibernation. Read on to discover what could have driven him to this state…
First job to get stuck into was planting out 40 or so native saplings, kindly given to us by Bev as part of her Woodland Trust project – ta Bev! We dug holes and planted rowan, wild...