We are looking for a new farm grower to join our team! Grower – Stroud Community Agriculture – To start March 2025 Stroud Community Agriculture (SCA) is a mixed Organic and Biodynamic CSA in Stroud, Gloucestershire. We produce approx. 225 organic veg shares a week all year round, as well as rearing a small herd […]
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We’re hiring! Seasonal grower – 2025
We are looking for a seasonal grower to join our team! Seasonal Grower – Stroud Community Agriculture – To start Mid March 2025 Stroud Community Agriculture (SCA) is a mixed Organic and Biodynamic CSA in Stroud, Gloucestershire. We produce approx. 225 organic veg shares a week, as well as rearing a small herd of Hereford […]
Farm News – Autumn ’24
Download the SCA Autumn Newsletter here! Autumn is here! Tis the season for big harvests and transitioning from shorts to everyday waterproofs. Autumn also heralds “second spring”, which involves taking the summer crops out of the tunnel to make way for winter salads and more. It’s also a race with the weather to get all […]
Come to our compost party!
Farm members are invited to the launch of the Farm’s composting bays on 1st September, 3:00pm, up at the farm! Built by fantastic volunteers with timber from Follywood and as part of the Growing Places project – we hope to see you there! During the autumn a range of arts activities will be happening at […]
Farm News – Summer ’24 issue
Download the SCA Summer Newsletter here! The wetness of winter and spring feels like a distant memory as the brave farm team run around watering the plants and themselves. How quickly things turn. Long gone is the spring-time anxiety of waiting for gaps in the rain so that we can prep the soil and get […]
We’re hiring! Seasonal grower – June 2024
We are looking for a seasonal grower to join our team! Stroud Community Agriculture (SCA) is a large Biodynamic CSA in Stroud, Gloucestershire. We produce approx. 255 organic veg shares a week, as well as rearing a small herd of Hereford cows whose meat we sell to our members. SCA has been feeding the local […]
Farm News – Spring ’24 issue
Spring is most definitely here, everything is growing quicker in the polytunnels at Hawkwood (which sadly includes the weeds), daffodils are up around the site, buds are bursting on some of the trees. We’ve been busy seed sowing and the propagation tunnel at Oakbrook is filling up. We’ve got much more in there than this […]
Winter Farm News (2023)
Veggie Fields Bring on the Brussel sprouts! Perhaps the most anticipated veg of the year… sown in spring, nursed as seedlings, beds prepared for them, carefully transplanted, weeded of competitors, and again, provided healthy soil containing worms, microbes, fungi, plenty of sun and rain and finally… they’re ready to eat. Ours are currently looking resplendent […]
Autumn Farm News (2023)
Veggie fields Welcoming autumn on the farm means gearing up for what we call “second spring”, the transition from summer to winter crops. It is a balance between eking out the last of the tomatoes, peppers and beans and getting the salads and over winter crops in as soon as possible to make the most […]
Core Group Members needed to support our wonderful Farm Team
SCA is more than just a veg box scheme: it’s a community. And it needs the involvement of members in order to function and thrive. We have an exceptional Farm Team who manage the farm, look after the land, and produce nutritious, delicious food for us throughout the whole year. And they need a ‘Core […]