Market Garden
Host: Kate
Participants: Jane Durney, Rachel Pose
Main points:
- What to grow? – mixed farming, salads, tomatoes, beans etc
- Land availability – unused, privately owned land, Laughton, Firle, Glynde, allotment land in Lewes, rich houses with walled gardens
- Design – permaculture?
- Labour – wwoof – working on an organic farm
- Distribution/selling – local shop, market stall
- Education – cookery with the seasons, resource, schools, Plumpton College
- Café
- Skills/ resource to plan/oversee
Focus areas:
- land – talk to people about sites available
- talk to and involve local agricultural college
- decide how food will be distributed
Get involved: contact one of the Group contacts on the Groups page
