Shares and BBQ on Sunday 10th June 2018
Three weeks to go and we are half way to our target of raising £105,000 to buy the land! Thanks to all those who have so far invested generously helping to ensure that Canalside is secure into the future. However we still have some way to go (the carrot is only half full) so if you haven’t had a chance to apply for shares why not come along to our BBQ on Sunday (10th June) where there will be an opportunity to do so in good company! And Dom will be giving tours of the farm so apart from food and drink there is a great chance to see how the season is going and how the veg is growing.
If you can’t get down to the farm don’t panic! You can apply for shares online at https://www.canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk/share-offer/buy-shares-in-the-land/
Diverse benefits from farms like Canalside!
(We knew that but now here’s academic proof!)
See the recently published report, ‘A Matter of Scale’, on research into the benefits of small-scale, agroecological* farms here:
https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/…/small-scale-agroecol…/…
The research was conducted by the Land Workers’ Alliance (LWA) in conjunction with the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University, and Canalside was one of the 69 farms that participated.
* agroecological = an ecological approach to agriculture that views agricultural areas as ecosystems and is concerned with the ecological impact of agricultural practices
Open Farm Sunday, 11th June 2017
Come to an open day on Sunday 11th June at:
Canalside Community Food
Southam Road, Radford Semele CV31 1TY
- Tours start at 11.30am and 2pm – meet one of our growers and look round the fields, polytunnels and orchard
- Find out how our community supported agriculture scheme works and what vegetables and fruits we grow
- Bring a picnic to enjoy in our social area
- Children’s activities and play area
More information about Open Farm Sunday across the country on:
https://farmsunday.org/
Open day and apple pressing at Canalside, Sat 1st Oct ’16
Coming up is our second opportunity of 2016 to look around Canalside and find out more about what we do.
Apple pressing from 11am – bring apples to press and bottles to take juice home in.
Tour at 1.30pm.
Bring a picnic to enjoy in our grassy social area.
Children will love trying their hand at apple pressing or playing on our chunky play equipment and in the willow play tunnels.
Children on an open day tour at Canalside
Apple pressing
Open Farm Sunday at Canalside this Sunday (5th June ’16)
If you’ve never been to Canalside, or if you have but didn’t have the opportunity to look around, or it was a long time ago, why not pop down this Sunday to join one of our tours for Open Farm Sunday.
Come down between 11am and 3pm.
Tours at 11.30am and 1.30pm.
Bring a picnic to enjoy in our grassy social area – the forecast is looking good for this!
Children will love our chunky play equipment and willow play tunnels, with activities to take on the tour and fun farm activity books* and other freebies* to take away.
*limited availability
Children on an open day tour at Canalside
Job opportunity at Canalside – assistant grower
Canalside Community Food, a pioneering CSA based outside Leamington Spa, is looking for a new grower. We are seeking an assistant grower to join our team producing organic vegetables and fruit throughout the year for our community of over 150 members. The successful candidate will work alongside the grower manager, administration team and seasonal staff. We currently have 7 acres of field scale vegetables, 7 large polytunnels for protected cropping and a 2 acre orchard of top and soft fruit. This position is for 30 hours a week year round (equivalent to 7.5 hours per day for 4 days a week – we are also open to a job share if suitable candidates apply) £15,912, with statutory holiday entitlement and auto-enrolment in the company pension scheme if eligible.
Email mail@canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk for more details and full job description, or download from here. Application deadline – noon Friday 13th May 2016. Selection will be based on a half-day working interview, to take place in the month following the application deadline. To start mid-July.
Dates for 2016 events
All the dates for this year’s events are now uploaded.
Find out where you can see us.
See what member events we’re planning this year.
Education visits will restart from 1st April. Discover what opportunities we offer to school groups.
Website restructured and updated
After months of work, the structure and content of this website now fully reflects what we offer – a combined veg and fruit share which contains veg all year round and fruit when in season.
We hope you find the new structure informative and easier to navigate. Please contact us if you find a broken link so that we can fix it!
Summer party tickets now on sale!
You can now buy tickets for our annual summer extravaganza on Saturday 11th July.
* Live music * Dancing * Food * Licensed bar * Children’s play area * Fire circle *
Full details are here
Buy your ticket here (small booking fee applies), or head to Gaia, 7 Regent Place, Leamington
Opportunity to win local food hamper!
If you use our website, can you spare a few minutes to take part in some research that is being carried out by Coventry University? If you complete the survey by Monday 16th June, you can opt to be entered in a prize draw to win a local food hamper – there are 2 up for grabs one worth £50 and the other worth £30.
https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/coventry/socialmedia_canalside/