In Summer 2025 the GREAT Market Garden was awarded funding from Cotswold District Council to support Community Volunteering at the market garden. There are two sets of weekly volunteering sessions planned, the first lot took place in Autumn 2025, and the second lot will start in Spring 2026. Volunteers from the local community, as well as students from the RAU join together with our trained volunteer coodinator, Archie, to help harvest tomatoes, make biochar, and build bug ho

In the Summer of 2025 the GREAT Market Garden was awarded funding from Greener Gloucestershire's Community Climate Change Fund to create a composting project at our GREAT Market Garden. Work has begun working with Eddie from Rhizophillia to design a new composting system on the site and a community composting workshop is planned for Spring 2026. Our volunteer team got stuck in straight away helping to create a wind row strip along with help from Gloucestershire's Master Comp

The GREAT Market Garden adjacent to the RAU in Cirencester, Gloucestershire is seeking an experienced Head Grower to join our supportive project team, leading on the commercial element of the project. See FWAG SW's website for further details and how to apply! Deadline Monday 9th February 2026. small polytunnel and propagation

FWAG SouthWest worked with CCRI to produce these four case studies of farms on the floodplains of Gloucesteshire. Debbie manages Norton...

GREAT Zerodig Project is looking for a Head Grower for its new site located at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester and...

This is the second report from Jonty Brunyee and Danielle Semple of FarmED, put together for the GREAT Project. It helps to map key...

Event Date: 6th September 2023 Venue: Wye Organic, Goodrich Village Hall, Goodrich, Ross on Wye, HR9 6HX Speakers Kitty Stainsby,...

Beginning early on a cool and fresh summer’s morning, a group of over 40 agroecological changemakers working across the food and farming...

Pasture for Life has published their report into Mob Grazing in the Cairngorms. The project was a partnership with the Park Authority,...

As part of the GREAT New Farmers Network , we've been providing FREE one-to-one support to farmers, growers and advisors taking their 1st...

Since kicking off the GREAT New Farmers Network last summer, we've been learning from new entrants about their needs, and working with...

After an incredible and thought-provoking 3 day conference, we were inspired to write a blog about our experience of bringing the GREAT...

A new professional development course for professional advisors, community convenors and other team and project facilitators has been...

This case study explores Clive and Lydia Handy's fascinating journey to a more regenerative system at Lower Hampen Farm, which has...

The GREAT Project is funding a further four farms or groups to receive long-term support to set up new Community Supportive Agriculture...

This document is one of three written for The GREAT Project to build a narrative for a regenerative farming future and to signpost...

Ruralink is working with the GREAT Project to develop farm advisor, community facilitator and mentor eduction and training pathways. A...

GREAT partner Ruralink has supported Brodie and Daisy during the last year as they began planning for Brodie’s career change from army...

The GREAT Project is subsidising 15 tickets to the Oxford Real Farming Conference for current students at the RAU who are studying a...

GREAT Project partner Ruralink is getting ready deliver training for regenerative agriculture advisors, local food conveners and mentors....

We're looking for a freelancer to support us with high quality digital communications to get the word out about all the wonderful things...

Got a sustainable food & farming business idea? Bookings are open for The GREAT Project’s enterprise bootcamp, starting 10-11th ...

Tuesday 27th July 2021 Trailblazing regenerative agriculture programme launched in Gloucestershire Gloucestershire farmers, growers and...

At FarmED we are all about soil health to gut health and everything in between. Dr Sally Bell came this weekend to talk about ‘Mood Food’...

As the country has continued to open up, we've enjoyed welcoming more visitors back to FarmED. One group enjoyed a Seasonal Supper,...

Our visitors this weekend included a local group, keen to see natural history given more prominence on the school curriculum. The...