Welcome to Cultivate. We are a co-operative social enterprise owned by the community and dedicated to local food in and around Oxford. We believe that strengthening our local food system also empowers our communities, increases the resilience of our local economy, protects our natural environment, promotes health and wellbeing and enriches our culture.
This is what we do:
Growing | We grow fruit and vegetables without artificial pesticides and fertilisers on 10 acres of land just outside Oxford.
> Volunteer with us.
Selling | Cultivate’s VegVan mobile shop brings food from our market garden and other local farmers direct to the city.
> Eat local and sustainable with Cultivate.
Education | We are part of the movement for more sustainable food and agriculture.
> Find out about our education and community work.
Cultivate is people-powered! Join us and support the work of our co-operative by becoming a member, contact us for a chat, or just sign up to our email list to stay up to date.
Cultivate's first AGM, Old Library @ Vaults and Gardens
This is Cultivate’s first AGM and is open to all members. If you would like to get more involved with Cultivate, want to support the organisation, or just want to attend the AGM (we know, it’s a great reason to join a co-op), you can sign up for membership. If you have any questions, please contact info@cultivateoxford.org.
Please bring your membership card with you to the AGM!
Tuesday 11 June, 8pm
Summer Dinner, Vaults and Gardens
Cultivate will be hosting a Summer Dinner at the Vaults and Garden at 8pm, following the AGM. The dinner is open to everyone - we hope to see you there! You can sign up for your meal online.
Saturday 20 July, 10am-4pm
Volunteer day - Come on down to the land for a mid-summer volunteer day, an excuse to hang around on a farm, and taste fresh ripe summer crops! We'll know more about the tasks that need doing when it's closer...
Remember to wear sturdy shoes, layers for dodgy weather, and bring food to eat and some to share. We'll provide water and biscuits (or tea if it's chilly).
If you need a lift, or can offer one let us know.
Saturday 17 August, 10am-4pm
Volunteer day on the land.
Remember to wear sturdy shoes, layers for dodgy weather, and bring food to eat and some to share. We'll provide water and biscuits (or tea if it's chilly).
If you need a lift, or can offer one let us know.
How to enable real community involvement in Year 2
Poll results: Fruit - Local or Organic?
Spring greens on toast: Simple, seasonal, and so delicious!
Food from distant shores: If local isn't available, what then?
Eat Local with the VegVan!
Summertown Thursdays 12-3 Magdalen Road Thursdays 4.30-7 Oxford Rail Station Fridays 3.30-7
Also find Cultivate at Farmers Markets on Sundays in Summertown and South Oxford.
Full details online here.
The VegVan is our roaming greengrocery, stocked with a fine range of seasonal produce, fresh breads, local honey, free-range organic eggs and other delights.
Produce is sourced from our own market garden and other local farms, organic or ecological as far as we possibly can.
Newsflash
- @Brianma68 @Goodbye_PMS @SOFACOMA Thanks! Posted 5 Hours
- We need a volunteer to help out with the brilliant @SOFACOMA market on Sunday, 8.30-1! Anyone interested? Posted 7 Hours
- Salad picking happening! Get your local leaves on the VegVan Thurs or Fri, or markets on Sun. t.co/76x8vhM8DQ Posted 9 Hours
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