Imagine a future where urban or rural communities thrive on local nutrient-rich, locally grown produce, cultivated from traditional, open-pollinated seeds. Seed Central is a huge part of the circular economy vision driving Sow Study Sustain, a groundbreaking initiative that’s empowering home based “super growers” and building a more sustainable nutrientContinue Reading

While the great and the greedy are filling each boot with loot, we need to meet greet and realise that urban green mines are the gold mines we can eat. Sow, Study, Sustain however is not just about growing food; its about cultivating community resilience through a circular economy approach.Continue Reading

In an era marked by increasing health and economic challenges, communities are seeking innovative ways to foster resilience and well-being. Our Sow Study Sustain initiative offers a compelling model for achieving these goals through the simple yet powerful act of growing food. By connecting people across generations and social strata,Continue Reading

Transforming your community green space into a regenerative growing area with polytunnels, raised beds, and composters is a timely initiative! Spring is a month away and food price rises and widening wealth gaps gathering pace. When I was 7 my grandad said to me “Gent the younger, you can achieveContinue Reading

When we think of Medium of Exchange we think money. That is because the financial model has been allowed to increasingly benefit a decreasing number of people. We the many stakeholders, namely humanity and our planet of finite resources, are waking up to the fact that we are facing theContinue Reading

GDP as a measure of our crumbling system no longer works. Despite being gas lit by our politicians people are having to work twice as hard because they can only afford half the stuff. The greed based ‘kick the can down the road’ linear model of take make, break andContinue Reading

It’s about the food folks not just a distracting, hastily called general election ahead of the long overdue financial crash in August. That is a story for another day, the plates (debt, derivatives, commercial, retail and private property) have been spun for the vested interests and greedy politicians, for asContinue Reading

As regular readers of our Sow Study Sustain Newsletter on LinkedIn will know (sign up here) Sow Study Sustain, a program devised by UK-based Ecolearn CIC, is more than just a community gardening initiative. It’s a vibrant tapestry woven from the threads of circular economy, health and well-being, inter-generational bonding,Continue Reading

The Ecolearn Buzz-term for 2024 – Community and Circular Regenerative Agriculture – will kick off with a vertical grow micro farm to feed food banks in Mablethorpe. Despite no external funding all year our Micro farm at Kenwick Park survived and thrived. The network of super growers and volunteers continuedContinue Reading