Webinar: Diversifying your CSA

The CSA Network UK is the only organisation working solely to promote CSA - community supported agriculture - across the UK.We provide a national platform to promote CSA and map farms, enabling us to track the growth of the CSA movement in the UK.We give support and advice to CSA farms through events, networking, sharing experiences, skills and expertise.We provide information, resources, training and mentoring to individuals and communities wanting to start a CSA farm.We aim to raise public awareness of CSA and encourage policymakers to recognise its benefits.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Network UK

What opportunities are there to diversify a CSA into new products and sales routes?

There are many ways for CSAs to diversify their offering and varying routes for sales, but how do CSAs choose which are right for them? How do different types of enterprise work within a CSA model?In this webinar we will hear from four farms that have diversified in a variety of ways and the opportunities and challenges that has presented. We will look at questions of capacity, practical requirements, financial implications, impact on members and more.This webinar is aimed at a Scottish CSA audience, but may be of interest to anyone considering diversifying their farm. We are very grateful to The Pebble Trust for supporting this series of webinars. You may also be interested in our webinar on 29th November<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-and-storing-vegetables-in-the-winter-tickets-461858259487"> "Growing and Storing Vegetables in the Winter"</a>.<h2>About the Speakers:</h2>Mhairi Player Mhairi runs Berwick Wood Produce to the north of Aberdeen with her partner. They’ve built a farm inside a mature conifer woodland, which is being thinned and strategically felled to be replaced by more native trees. They have 19 ha trees, 6 ha open land, 0.5 ha agroforestry planted market garden, as well as ponds, waterways, solar panels and buildings. They do the equivalent of 50 veg boxes for 30 weeks per year and additionally supply two small cafes and a few shops. They’re converting to CSA from a veg box scheme next year. They are in their first year of producing forest-raised pork and are supplying firewood to the local area, which they’d like to move to a CSA  model. Mhairi says, “We have tried to base our food production around the regenerative needs of our land rather than markets which has made selling a challenge at times.”Christine Morrison Christine Morrison is part of GO Local Food, growing seasonal veg in beautiful Northumberland. Go Local Food has been up and running for 11 years… and survived! Part of the journey towards creating an environmentally and financially sustainable CSA has involved using their interests and resources to develop complimentary activities for members and local communities, including social events, workshops, and ‘field sales’. Christine will attempt to tell the story of the what, how and why they have invested in this development.Dan BurstonDan is Joint head grower and director at School Farm CSA, and was previously involved in running Chagfood. He began growing at Embercombe under the mentorship of Jo Clark. This is Dan’s 7th season running a CSA and 11th as a grower. He’ll share his experiences of generating income streams alongside a vegetable CSA, including external sales, growing commercial seed crops, and developing the farm into a subscription-based local food hub.Jo CartwrightJo runs Swillington Farm in Yorkshire, selling meat, veg and egg subscriptions directly from the farm. Under her stewardship, the farm has expanded significantly, established an on-site abattoir and butchery and converted to organic.

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