Enthusiastic about community orchards, vegetable box schemes, food co-ops or having more contact with a local farm? Nothing happening in your area? Why not set one up yourself or get together with a group of friends. An excellent source of information on how to get started is Local Food for Local People – a practical guide to developing sustainable local food economies. It introduces local food links, details all the different types of local food initiatives and provides a ten step guide to setting up a scheme. There is a wealth of other information also available and lots of organisations that can help you – see www.soilassociation.org/localfood for details. » buy Local Food for Local People » find out about community supported agriculture (CSA) and get our CSA action manual at www.cuco.org.uk

Local food links If there is a local food link group in your area they may be able to help you, put you in touch with other interested people and groups and help with funding advice. You can also contact the Local Agenda 21 officer at your local council. You may also like to consider community supported agriculture where a community and farm link up for mutual support and benefit. » see what's happening in your area from our events page » funding opportunities with the SEED programme