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"We set up the Clitterhouse Farm Projectin 2013 because we believe in the power of community and reclaiming public land for community purposes. During the pandemic we supported local food banks and then started our own Grub Club at the farm, offering up thousands of healthy meals, for free or on a pay-as-you-feel basis, and all cooked from surplus food. We got a lot of donations from places like Barnet Food Hub and Go Grow as well as supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsburys, and served it outside under gazebos because the community café we've been working on wasn't quite ready then, though it's open now. We were also doing loads of work on the garden, and we sent out hundreds of grow packs into our community to bring the joy of food-growing and Nature into people’s homes.
"A ridiculous number of people helped and supported us. It's been amazing to see the generosity of people giving their labour, or their time and expertise, and we've already managed to do a lot with very little money. We also have a guilt-free policy here because we don't want anyone to feel intimidated, or obliged to offer any more of their time than they can manage. It's really nice to see that a small, grassroots project like this, with volunteers from all different backgrounds coming together and working towards the same goal, can work so well. And there's no politics, no egos, even though of course sometimes we disagree. People have truly embraced it. They go, 'You know what? I'm going to come again!'"
"We set up the Clitterhouse Farm Projectin 2013 because we believe in the power of community and reclaiming public land for community purposes. During the pandemic we supported local food banks and then started our own Grub Club at the farm, offering up thousands of healthy meals, for free or on a pay-as-you-feel basis, and all cooked from surplus food. We got a lot of donations from places like Barnet Food Hub and Go Grow as well as supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsburys, and served it outside under gazebos because the community café we've been working on wasn't quite ready then, though it's open now. We were also doing loads of work on the garden, and we sent out hundreds of grow packs into our community to bring the joy of food-growing and Nature into people’s homes.
"A ridiculous number of people helped and supported us. It's been amazing to see the generosity of people giving their labour, or their time and expertise, and we've already managed to do a lot with very little money. We also have a guilt-free policy here because we don't want anyone to feel intimidated, or obliged to offer any more of their time than they can manage. It's really nice to see that a small, grassroots project like this, with volunteers from all different backgrounds coming together and working towards the same goal, can work so well. And there's no politics, no egos, even though of course sometimes we disagree. People have truly embraced it. They go, 'You know what? I'm going to come again!'"
