Resources
Practical guides, local information and useful links to help communities grow, cook, share and access good food in Somerset.
Find an allotment near you, learn how to create a community site, and get practical advice on planning, agreements and insurance.
Allotments
Find community venues across Somerset with kitchen facilities available to hire for cooking, food projects and community events.
Community cooking facilities
Practical ideas, tools and advice for people working together to create a fairer, more sustainable local food system.
Community food organising guidebook
Find local inspiration and practical guidance for creating a shared space to grow fruit, support wildlife and bring people together.
Community orchards and forest gardens
Community supported agriculture and local veg boxes
Find locally grown veg boxes and community-supported farms in Somerset, or explore how to start a community-led growing scheme.
Practical ideas, tools and advice for people working together to create a fairer, more sustainable local food system.
Cooking ideas and recipes
Find out how community food-buying groups work, and get practical help to start one in your area.
Food co-operatives
Food sovereignty and guerrilla gardening
Explore how communities can build fairer, more sustainable food systems through local action, shared growing and collective decision-making.
Find grants, funding advice and useful links for community food, growing and other local projects in Somerset.
Funding opportunities
Practical advice for growing fruit and vegetables at home, from windowsills and containers to no-dig plots, harvesting and sharing a garden.
How to get growing at home.
Find local food pantries across Somerset, with opening times, venues and contact details. Learn how to join, volunteer or donate food.
Local food pantries
Running seed swaps and community events
Practical guidance and resources for running seed swaps, seed libraries, food events, film nights and local food festivals.
Ideas, local examples and practical resources to help schools and youth groups grow, cook and learn about good food.
School projects and young people
Setting up a growing group
Practical guidance for turning an idea into a community growing project.
Somerset Food resilience map and network
Find local food support, community food projects, events and ways to connect with Somerset’s food resilience network.
Find local food, growing, environmental and community organisations, useful contacts and national networks.
Somerset organisations and contacts
Practical ideas to reduce food waste, share surplus food and find local donation and food-sharing routes.
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