Access to land is a pressing issue for many new entrants and those looking to expand their business.
Land Seekers and Land Owners
We are really excited to be working with Landmatch England with their pilot programme running across the South West of England. The land matching scheme will soon be opening for applications from both Land Seekers and Land Owners, but for the time being you can register your interest here.
If you have previously filled in our landseekers or landowners survey, you should be contacted directly about participating in the Landmatch programme.
Fringe Farming – the potential for peri-urban food growing
Over the last three years, we have been part of a national project exploring peri-urban growing. The project has been run by Sustain, Shared Assets and the Landworkers’ Alliance, as well as partners in Bristol (that’s us!), Sheffield and Glasgow. As part of this work in 2021, we held a stakeholder meeting and produced a briefing summarising our research and learning about the issue of access to land. This briefing also included key asks of Bristol City Council.
They have recently produced a Fringe Farming toolkit full of useful information on three barriers:
- Accessing land for agroecological food production
- Understanding how the planning system works for fringe farms
- Gaining local authority support for fringe farming
Useful Resources
Please visit our Finding land for growing page within our Resource Directory for information on looking for and leasing land for your project or enterprise, working with landowners and legal issues.