Land Management

We support stakeholders across the food systems from farm to fork to adopt more sustainable practices to ensure more people have access to good food.

BVT (Balerno Village Trust) set up an Energy Group in 2010 that eventually formed CBS Harlaw Hydro (a micro hydro community benefit coop) in 2013, which went live in 2015 and gifts surplus funds back to the BVT every year. We are currently undertaking a Net Zero CARES funded project in our 1950s community centre, with a whole host of challenges due to the condition and age of the building and the lack of volunteer time available.

The Green Team is an environmental youth organisation working with children and young people through nature connection, outdoor learning, environmental education and practical volunteering to improve the greenspaces of Edinburgh in terms of habitats and biodiversity and leave things better than we found them. We work with young people of all ages through enjoyment and play, learning and teaching, discussion and enquiry and the development of practical and social skills. We are very keen on supporting young people to find their voice and influence their future and the future of the Green Team. Our staff led programmes are supported by adult volunteers who give their time, experience and skills to support young people to participate.

​Bridgend Farmhouse is a sustainable community-owned centre for learning, eating and exercise in South Edinburgh. We aim to grow together to develop a flourishing community and place.

Edible Estates is a partnership of organisations which work together to promote community greenspace projects. We work across a variety of communities, but our approach is particularly well suited to social housing estates. We use food growing as a tool for urban regeneration, promoting individual health and well-being, and community cohesion.

In summary, with our activities centred on Leith Community Croft at the NW corner of Leith Links, we connect people with each and the land/nature and promote responsible global citizenship.

Our vision is for a large scale urban food growing project which is nature rich, and which will benefit primarily the communities that live in the local area but also the wider city into the future. We aim to address some of the issues around access to local, affordable fresh produce, environmental degradation and lack of opportunities for people in cities to gain experience in food production resulting in a greater understanding of the wider food system.