Through the work that we have done, we have come across some great people, organisations and projects. Below is a list of links which has been carefully compiled over the years and hopefully offers some useful signposting for those interested in sustainable land use, sustainable livelihoods, food growing in tune with nature, and supporting wildlife. The headings are a guide only, as there is much overlap.
Woodlands and Green Woodwork
The Coppice Plot – Managing woodlands in order to produce coppice products ranging from top quality Pembrokeshire charcoal to a variety of beautiful greenwood work items www.thecoppiceplot.com
Association of Pole-Lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers (of which there is a Surrey Group – some sessions are run at The Garden House) https://www.bodgers.org.uk
Hill Holt Wood – woodland enterprise hillholtwood.com
Ben Law – woodsman, author and natural eco builder https://ben-law.co.uk
Permaculture – An ecological based design approach
Permaculture Association (Britain) – supporting ecological design approaches www.permaculture.org.uk
Darren Doherty – a leading light in permaculture design www.heenandoherty.com/new/index.htm
Permaculture Magazine www.permaculture.co.uk
Permanent Publications – A broad range of sustainable living titles https://www.permanentpublications.co.uk
Food Growing
Emergent Generation – Aimed at 18-35 year olds interested in building agroecological / sustainable food and farming systems https://www.emergentgeneration.co.uk
Social Farms and Gardens (previously Federation of City Farms and Care Farms UK) https://www.farmgarden.org.uk
FarmEd – Centre for agroecological farming education and development https://www.farm-ed.co.uk
The Oxford Real Farming Conference http://www.oxfordrealfarmingconference.org
Charles Dowding – no dig growing www.charlesdowding.co.uk
Ferme du Bec Hellouin https://www.fermedubec.com/english
Richard Perkins and Ridgedale Farm https://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/about-us.html
Joel Salatin’s Farm http://permaculturenews.org/2013/12/17/polyface-farm-documentary-campaign/
Ragmans Lane Farm – sustainable farming www.ragmans.co.uk
Soil Association – supporting the organic movement www.soilassociation.org
Garden Organic – supporting organic growing www.gardenorganic.org.uk
The Agroforestry Research Trust – forest gardening research and development www.agroforestry.co.uk
Wakelyns Farm – Suffolk, organic agroforestry, food, horticulture hub https://wakelyns.co.uk
The Kindling Trust – Farm Start – helping people to make the first step to earning a living on the land www.kindling.org.uk/node/1091
The Land Workers Alliance https://landworkersalliance.org.uk
Organic Growers Alliance – information exchange and support for organic growers www.organicgrowersalliance.co.uk
The Urban Farming Guys – resources for sustainable urban farming http://theurbanfarmingguys.com
Farm Hack – open source resources for agricultural tools http://farmhack.net
The Organic Research Centre – Elm Farm www.organicresearchcentre.com
Tollhurst Organic – Stockfree organic growing with Iain Tollhurst and others https://www.tolhurstorganic.co.uk
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Network https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk
Chagfood – community supported agriculture (CSA) – farming with horses www.chagfood.org.uk
Stroud CSA – very well established and successful CSA www.stroudcommunityagriculture.org
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms http://wwoofinternational.org
Wildlife and Habitat
Freshwater Habitat’s Trust – aiming to protect freshwater life for everyone to enjoy http://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk
Froglife – conserving amphibians and reptiles – frogs ,toads, newts, snakes and lizards https://www.froglife.org
ARG UK – Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK – ‘promotes the conservation of our native amphibians and reptiles and their environment’
https://www.arguk.org
Buglife – ‘saving the small things that run the planet’ – website includes section on resources
https://www.buglife.org.uk
Hedgelink – Resources and support for hedges https://hedgelink.org.uk
Access to Land
Ecological Land Cooperative – opportunities for sustainable rural livelihoods based on low impact growing www.ecologicalland.coop
Community Land Advisory Service www.communitylandadvice.org.uk
Chapter 7 – Land rights campaign for Britain https://tlio.org.uk
Sustainable Technology
The Centre for Alternative Technology www.cat.org.uk
Sustainable Living
Transition Network https://transitionnetwork.org
Hockerton Housing Project – sustainable housing www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk
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Funding
The Plunkett Foundation – supports co-operatives and social enterprises in rural communities www.plunkett.co.uk
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation – Supporting the preservation and improvement of species health and habitats, clean and healthy freshwater, and sustainable and ethical food https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk
The Garden House 