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Somerset West and Taunton (SWT) Council says it has secured funds, subject to approval, to purchase approximately 63 acres of land between the Basins and Rockwell Green, including the proposed site of Wellington Community Food. If approved, this would present a really exciting development. If SWT is unable to proceed with the purchase then Wellington… Continue reading Town and District Councils Support Purchase of ‘Green Corridor’

We are pleased to announce that after working on this for over a year Wellington Community Food is now fully set up as a Community Benefit Society.  We held our first meeting as a Society last week and we are excited that things are starting to come together in a more formal way.  This puts… Continue reading Wellington Community Food incorporates as a Community Benefit Society

Last week a few of us visited a small scale farm in South Devon which also acts as a consultancy service for aspiring community growers. It was very inspiring and gave us a good sense of what will be possible. The Apricot Center is helping us to draw up a realistic business plan which will… Continue reading Trip to Apricot Center for business plan development

We have the potential to develop the farm on around 20 acres of land providing sufficient room for a significant amount of vegetable and fruit production. This is a map of the proposed area: The farm will strengthen the food culture in the town, provide opportunities for volunteering and employment, provide an educational resource for… Continue reading Call for Supporter Members

Community groups have come together in Wellington aiming to create a Green Corridor of open space in permanent public ownership stretching nearly a mile from Tonedale Mill to Hilly Head and including the Basins waterways. The plan builds on the purchase of Fox’s Field by Somerset West and Taunton district council in 2019 and will… Continue reading Wellington Community Food part of funding bid for Wellington ‘Green Corridor’

It has been a while since we last posted so I thought it would be good to continue to develop the conversation around Wellington Community Food. The below all seems quite serious, the objective remains to access a plot of land (targeting a minimum of 1 acre to start) and try out growing together. However… Continue reading November 2020 Update

Why it all started by Adam Lockyear. Over the last couple of years I have begun to start each year by attending the Oxford Real Farming Conference (https://orfc.org.uk/about/). It was set up as an alternative look at the future of agriculture whilst the official Oxford Farming Conference was taking place next door. 10 years on… Continue reading Origins of an idea

Q1 In order to access land, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) will be determined by the capital investment we can secure. The CSA could buy or rent land. The survey showed a preference for either buying land outright or some purchase of land with rental land to expand Q2 – Q5. How would you like to… Continue reading Wellington Community Food Survey – Results