🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

🗓️ Mark the 13th March at 6PM in your diaries! We‘re gearing up to launch our first discussion paper in collaboration with @Autonomy_UK and The Basic Income Conversation! Please share Natalie Bennett Scott Santens Simon J Duffy ORFC @feedbackorg Better Food Traders Riverford

Every step from farm to fork makes up our #FoodSystems. Today, these systems are failing to deliver food security, good nutrition and equitable livelihoods for millions of people. 🔁 We need stronger, more resilient & inclusive food systems 🔁

NEW REPORT: unveiling insights from research into scaling the local food sector! From key barriers to innovative solutions, charting a course towards a healthier, more sustainable future.🌾🥕Access the report here localfoodplan.org/latest/may24-g…

Less than a week to register your interest in applying for LEAP loan finance - the closing date for this round is next Monday. Please circulate to your networks!

Excellent opportunity to support Glasbren as they establish their transformative project in Carmarthenshire - from £5 to have a tree planted through to £5k for a lifetime membership. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/glasbren

🚜 Farming Groups and key farming voices call on Government to Save UK Fruit and Veg buff.ly/3zU4nY4

Are you considering applying to LEAP? We are hosting online Q&A sessions on September 3rd and 6th to help you decide if it's right for your business. You can find more details, and how to book, on our blog: realfarming.org/news-features/…

We were so happy to read this blog post from Hampshire Market Garden, a start-up organic grower in Hambledon, about their experience of LEAP funding. They’re still first year on site, but already supplying veg boxes and stores across southern Hampshire. hampshiremarketgarden.co.uk/land-leases-pl…

LEAP has so far lent over £1 million to small scale food and farming businesses in the UK - could it be right for yours? Come along to our online Q&S on 3rd or 6th of September and find out. More details on our website, realfarming.org/news-features/…

LEAP loans come with an attached grant of up to £15,000 to grow the infrastructure your business needs to magnify social impact - find out more about whether they're right for you at our online Q&A sessions on September 3rd and 6th. Find out more: realfarming.org/news-features/…

🌱There are still a few tickets remaining for our in the field event at Comrie Croft in the Southern Highlands of Scotland! Due to extra funding, a limited number of subsidised tickets are also still available at £70 each. Find out more: orfc.org.uk/orfc-in-the-fi…

Delicious news - read about our friends at Sole Of Discretion and their work developing the Plymouth Fish Finger, supporting sustainable fisheries and reducing waste. positive.news/society/food-c…

The closing date for the latest round of investment has been extended to 1st October - still time to apply if your late winter and spring projects are needing a financial boost. Submit your expression of interest here: forms.gle/s2zH559HwRj36Y…

Sustain signatory of this letter to ‘Big Six’ supermarkets, asking supermarkets to honour their promises of supporting British farmers with better buying practices, especially the smaller-scale family farms who are struggling to survive.👇 #FarmersAgainstFarmwashing

Shocking revelations from new Riverford #farmersagainstfarmwashing campaign show how supermarkets are missleading shoppers with fake farms brands and failing to protect small family farmers. Let your MP know! 👉 buff.ly/3XWxzY0

Global ‘Slow Food’ movement embraces agroecology news.mongabay.com/2024/09/global…

Join us at #ORFC25 and take part in the annual gathering of the real food and farming movement! From a fringe protest of 50 people to a global gathering of 5000 🌾🌍 9-10 Jan 2025 🌱In-person and Online Livestream. Book now: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-2025…

🎟️ ORFC In-Person Ticket Tiers Explained 🎟️ To make sure ORFC 2025 reflects the radical and diverse community it represents, we offer tiered tickets to ensure that ORFC remains an equitable platform for the agroecological movement. Get your tickets: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-2025…

Short report launched on the impact of our Veg Boxes which we deliver from our Bellahouston hub in Glasgow: locavore.scot/5ADAY.pdf 36,694 veg boxes delivered since Feb providing 1.3million servings of local organic food, allowing people to live healthier more sustainable lives.

Impressive work from Locavore looking at just some of the changes they are helping to drive forward in Scotland and beyond.