Volunteers are the backbone of Camel CSA’s community veg-growing enterprise in Cornwall

Our picking and packing team did a grand job on Friday picking veg and lifting more than 50kg of potatoes for our weekly vegetable boxes. Many thanks to Bridget, Charlotte, Mark M, Mark N, Ness, Toby and Trish.

Like to join us and get a weekly share of the harvest? Click here to arrange a month’s veg box trial. We’re a non-profit-making community enterprise.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:- *cucumbers, *basil, *new carrots, *spring greens, *beetroot, *new potatoes, *blackcurrants (Mark Norman, Bodmin), raspberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Standard boxes also have:- extra potatoes, *French beans, salad leaves, *courgettes (Mark Norman)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out lots of ways of preparing vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 380 recipes for you to browse.

Watch this video: How Camel Community Supported Agriculture is helping make local food work

Camel CSA’s contribution in Cornwall to Making Local Food Work is featured in a new YouTube video commissioned by the Plunkett Foundation, made by eclips film.

We turned our grow-your-own dream into reality with the support and guidance of the Soil Association via Making Local Food Work. We have £60,000 funding from the Big Lottery’s Local  Food programme and the East Cornwall Local Action Group (part of the South West Regional Development Agency).

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Camel CSA’s funding success makes the headlines

There’s been lots of media coverage about our Lottery and ECLAG grants over the past few days.

Camel residents grow their own – BBC News video

Green-fingered enthusiasts in north Cornwall are celebrating –  James Churchfield Show 28-10-10 – BBC Radio Cornwall 

Cornish vegetable home-growing scheme awarded £60,000 in grants – Western Morning News

Vegetable group wins grants – Cornish Guardian

Community Supported Agriculture near Wadebridge awarded £60,000 in funding – Wadebridge People

Community Supported Agriculture – words & pictures and that… blog

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Watch these videos about what Camel CSA does

These videos are about what we do and how we make local food work within our north Cornwall community. They were filmed at the Lottery and EU funding launch on our site behind St Kew Harvest Farm Shop at St Kew Highway.

David Wilcock of FoodiesSW recorded the first two videos on his smart phone. He also did own audio report of the event. Camel CSA member Shayne House videoed BBC Spotlight reporter John Danks as he was filming us.

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Watch new Camel CSA video – Our first harvest

Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s latest video celebrates our first harvest.  It marks the red letter day when members received their first vegetable box shares. 

This video features our volunteer picking and packing team at work, while two of our three expert growers reflect on what we’ve achieved so far.

Many thanks to Graham Smith of Ragged Trouser Productions.

Camel CSA - first volunteer day

Camel CSA - why we got involved

Click here to watch our two earlier videos: Camel CSA – Why we got involved and Camel CSA – First volunteer day.

Camel CSA – Why we got involved

There are lots of reasons why members of Cornwall’s first community-led agriculture project decided to get involved.  

Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s latest video features different people explaining what inspired them to join in.

Camel CSA - first volunteer day

 

 

Click here to watch an earlier video about our first volunteer day in March.

Camel CSA sows the first seeds of success

We’ve started to get stuck in!  Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s first vegetables are now in the ground.   We’ve planted several rows of broad beans and Jerusalem artichokes, guided by our team of expert growers.  Parsley, cabbage and calabrese seeds are all germinating in the poly tunnel. 

We’re inviting volunteers to come along and get involved every Sunday morning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on our site behind St Kew Harvest Farm Shop at St Kew Highway.

Remember to bring wellies, waterproofs, drinks and a snack.  And don’t forget a pair of gardening gloves! Also bring any tools, ideally wheelbarrows, shovel, spades, forks and rakes.   You’ll be made very welcome.

Find out more from Alex at alex@olivetreeevents.co.uk or Antonina at St Kew Harvest on 01208 841818.

Click here for directions to the site.