Herts & Essex Community Farm
About Herts & Essex Community Farm
Herts & Essex Community Farm is a non for profit project which provides social, economic, environmental and educational benefits to Hertfordshire & Essex.
Herts & Essex Community Farm Description
Herts & Essex Community Farm is open to everyone and offers local people a space to grow fruits and vegetables using organic techniques.
The project has been an organic process with our diverse volunteers all bringing something different to the project.
You can find out more about the project here: www. hecommunityfarm. co. uk
If you are interested in the project and want to know more then please send us a message or email us: contact@hecommunityfarm. co. uk
What we aim to do:
- To develop and maintain the orchard, vegetables and fruits grown using organic techniques.
- Develop wildlife habitats to support organic gardening and conservation.
- Conserve local fruit tree varieties planted in the orchard.
- Grow heritage and other fruit & vegetable varieties and save seed for future use.
- Show participants how to grow food in a sustainable way.
- Give access to fresh food to the local community.
- Provide an opportunity for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems to learn practical and personal skills.
- Provide an opportunity to local residents to learn gardening /farming techniques for fruit and vegetable growing and also animal care.
- Encourage children to engage in gardening and conservation through school activities and family focused events.
- To be community led and non-for-profit.
Contact us: hello@hecommunityfarm. co. uk
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The deadline to submit a project to be considered for pitching at the next soup is Thurs 1st August, 3pm!
If you have an idea to make our town a better place, fill out a short proposal via our website and you could be awarded the cash to make it happen!
www.HarlowSoup.co.uk
Our first ever #honey extraction from 2 of our 4 beehives!
#bees #honey #savethebees
Free veg on our gate tonight including #pattypan squash #courgette #cucumber #frenchbean #broadbean
Help yourselves!
#supportlocal #harlow #essex
We were very sad to hear long time supporters of the farm were burgled recently losing much needed equipment they had worked hard for affecting their studies and jobs!
If you can please support them via the link below and share:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/raising-fund-f or-stolen-uni-equi…
... Thank You!
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This week’s delivery to Streets 2 Homes including #kale #cabbage #courgette #potato #frenchbeans #runners #carrot
All of the veg will be made into tasty meals by their volunteer chefs to feed service users 🥔 🥬 🥕 🍽
We had a lovely #volunteer day today despite the rain with over 25kg of produce picked!
Join us for our next volunteer day on Wednesday 10-2
#getoutdoors #harlow #essex #community
Lunchtime at the farm with some of our fresh veg #sundaylunch #veggie #growyourownfood
We are open today, 10-4pm!
Everyone welcome to get involved throughout the day and enjoy a veggie lunch to :)
It’s been so hot this past week that our young pomegranate tree (which is kept outside) has flowered.
The flower is beautiful but unusual in the U.K. for a pomegranate not kept in a polytunnel.
#climatechange #pomegranate #pomegranateflower
We certainly needed a downpour after the heatwave!
#rain #growyourown #harlow #essex