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Help Us With The Next Stage Of Our Vision Today we launch our first Crowdfunder in partnership with the Aviva Community Fund. We have set a target to raise £20,000 by Sunday 1st December. To help boost the impact of your kind donation during this period the Aviva Community Fund will match up to £250… Continue reading Crowdfund Launched

As we prepare to launch our Crowdfunder, we wanted to have a quick look at where we are, how we got here, and what more we want to do in the future (spoiler: lots of things). Wellington Community Food was established in 2022 with a mission to improve people’s lives by: We were incredibly lucky… Continue reading Our story so far…

An exciting opportunity for a paid grower to join our team as we enter our second growing season. At Wellington Community Food we grow vegetables on 2.5 acres within a 12 acre field in the heart of Wellington, Somerset. In our first year 2023 we produced 18 veg boxes a week, in 2024 we plan… Continue reading Vacancy: Seasonal Grower

We have a limited number of Crop Shares available now for 2024. Join our Community Benefit Society and enjoy eating fresh, healthy food grown on our sustainable, biodiverse farm in Wellington. Crop Shares are for 6 months of weekly veg boxes, paid in advance to fund our grower and enable us to buy seeds, materials,… Continue reading 2024 Crop Share Offer

Join us as we open the new Wellington Community Farmon Sunday 23rd July. Come and tour the farm and see whatwe have been doing in its first weeks of growing and find out about our plans for the future. Refreshments available on Fox’s Field (see over) or Neil’sCoffee van by the Basins. Bring a picnic… Continue reading Community Farm Open Day – Sunday 23 July

Our first volunteer planting session was a real success. We marked out the beds, put up the rabbit-proof fencing and planted 3000 onions and 30kg of seed potatoes. Thanks to everyone who was able to come and help at short notice. There is still plenty more to do! If you would like to get involved,… Continue reading Planting Begins!

After what has seemed like an endless cycle of rain the ground has finally dried out enough to plough and harrow the trial plot. Why plough? We are aiming for a minimal tillage system in order to disturb the soil as little as possible. However, it was decided that an initial plough and harrow was… Continue reading Ploughing the Plot