learn
by reading
Recommended book lists, magazines, blogs and websites.
BOOKS
Grow Your Own Vegetables by Joy Larkcom, The Market Gardener by Jean Martin Fortier, anything by Elliot Coleman, Back Garden Seed Saving by Sue Stickland, Growing Green by Hall & Tolhurst, The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John Seymour, Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon,
WEBSITES
Food Systems Academy, various courses offered by Future Learn, Farm Hack, Living Web Farms,
MAGAZINES
The Land, Star and Furrow, Organic Farming Magazine,
BLOGS
Indie Farmer, Small Farm Future,
MAILING LISTS
Soil Association, Biodynamic Association, Sustainable Food Trust, Bristol Food Producers, Nourish Scotland, Permaculture Association, Future Growers
This list is growing: please email/facebook us with your suggestions!
by watching
Symphony of the Soil, Food Inc, Cowspiracy, Access to Land videos, Living Web Farms youtube channel (Elaine Ingham and Jean Martin Fortier's series of talks come highly recommended!), TED,
by listening
Farmerama podcasts, Farming Today, Costing the Earth, On Your Farm and Shared Planet on Radio 4,
by visiting
Farm walks are a great way to network and to learn. Many farms host an annual walk, which they usually advertise through their websites. The Soil Association coordinate several farm walks every year, and others are advertised through the OGA and LWA forums. Contact a farmer and ask if you can visit them, or spend a day working with them. If you are flexible you are unlikely to be turned down!
by doing
Volunteer, skill up and find work - visit the TRAIN section to learn more.