Set up in 2007, Fork and Dig it pass on their knowledge freely. In 2011 they started Brighton’s first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), producing a weekly share of the crop for subscribers. This has evolved into Brighton CSA – Fork and Dig it CIC.
A ‘Community Food Growing Project committed to Organic Principles’, Fork and Dig it offer a traineeship entitled ‘Principles and Practices of Organic Food Production’; provide education days, team building events and much more.
The space feels alive—not just with the mixture of crops and pollinators, but with conversation and the sharing of knowledge.
Fridays are open to volunteers, but an email requesting to come along is needed. The work can be hard. One of the trainees said that he liked to watch the horses in the adjoining meadow—sometimes they seemed to gallop for the pleasure of being fast. Another said it was good to be around like-minded people. It had rained in the morning, and inside the polytunnels it was warm. Soup, made in the on-site kitchen shed, was shared out during the lunch break.
