theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#ORFC25 supporter tickets on sale!

ORFC brings the movement together every Jan to lead the way towards a fairer food + farming system in the UK + beyond🌾Supporter tickets help to make ORFC accessible to all 🌍

9-10 Jan 2025 🌱Oxford, UK + Livestream
🎟️ orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-2025…

Fantastic to see agroecology being discussed on Sky News. The current dominant model is broken at every stage, and those working to fix it need practical support.

A people-led renaissance needs people-centred spaces foodsociety.wales/a-people-led-r…

Are you a small scale agroecological food or farming business in the UK? LEAP funding offers loans between £10k and £100k, with business mentoring and a grant to support your social impact. Closing date for the next round is March 22nd - more details: realfarming.org/programmes/lea…

Updated Deadline: The next round of applications for LEAP funding is now open to small scale agroecological food and farming businesses - more details and how to apply on our website realfarming.org/news-features/…

🥕Community groups, farmers and growers 🥕

Come and meet each other at this #ORFC24 side event on 3rd January to see how we can get more good produce to community food projects. ORFC Tamar Grow Local

Booking essential: realfarming.org/event/communit…

Join ORFC online to get access to 45 sessions featuring 150 incredible speakers, all livestreamed from Oxford #ORFC24

Send us your expression of interest in LEAP funding by the end of this week - deadline Friday 15th... 🥦

🥕🥦🌾Register your interest in the next round of LEAP funding by Friday 15 December. Please share far and wide...🥕🥦🌾

#agroecology #ethicalfunding #smallscalefarming #communityfoodbusinesses

Invest and be a co-owner of Soul Farm:

🔆There's still time to join two free webinars this week:

🗓️Tue 21 Nov, 12:30-2:30pm
Food support for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees

🗓️Wed 22 Nov, 1:00-2:30pm
Photovoice for participatory evaluation and advocacy

Register here: realfarming.org/events/

🚨💥NEW REPORT💥🚨

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP: A BETTER FORM OF BUSINESS

New research from the Plunkett Foundation shows that despite financial pressures, community businesses continue to put people first.

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Read our new report here 👉 plunkett.co.uk/new-research-s…

Important report from @PlunkettFoundat on the resilience of #community businesses, continuing to put people first despite pressures created by the prevailing economic system. It's why we support community food & farming enterprises with funding & mentoring through LEAP

Tickets on sale now... be quick! #ORFC24

Register your interest soon - if your business meets the criteria we'll invite you to make a full application by 20th October:

🌾New funding for small-scale food & farming - register your interest now 🌾

LEAP offers a mix of loan & grant. We support agroecological veg box schemes, micro-dairies, bakeries, ethical supermarkets and more.

Find out more and register your interest:
realfarming.org/programmes/lea…

The wellbeing of agroecological business owners is threatened by the pressures of operating in an industrial food system.

Social Impact Manager Rob Wannerton shares our latest report: realfarming.org/news-features/…

One day left to register interest for this first round👇

NEW funding for small scale food and farming
🙂APPLY BY 7 JULY🙂

We have launched the next phase of LEAP funding with £1.5 million available to support UK agroecological & community food businesses. Please register your interest as soon as poss!

realfarming.org/programmes/lea…