Local Food Farm Tour
Welcome to the second Lauriston Farm Tour of 2025. Find out how an agroecological farm grows food for a neighbourhood without agrotoxins at our farm tour on Saturday 19th April.
About Local Food Farm Tour
If you’re curious to learn more about Lauriston Agroecology Farm - and especially about the Market Garden - come along to our farm tour on Saturday 19th April.
Lauriston Farm is once again growing food for the surrounding neighbourhoods - a role it had for generations, then completely lost. Here, as elsewhere, in a short time, locally grown fresh food went from an everyday item to a rarity - unaffordable or out of reach to many people. Lauriston Farm is one small part of the story of what's happened with the food and farming system in Scotland and beyond.
When farming became 'big business' the methods changed, breaking all the rules of the living world. Agribusiness has become one of the world's most polluting industries, destroys soil health, damages local ecosystems and indigenous ways of living, and contributes to climate change. But farming doesn't have to be like that - as indigenous people around the world continue to show us.
Here at Lauriston Farm, we use agroecology - which means, of course, no pesticides, artificial fertilisers or other agrotoxins. It also means bringing back community ownership of the food system, bringing back people to the land, bringing back landwork skills where they have been lost. On this tour, we will share what this looks like in practice here, at this moment in time.
The farm tour will take in the:
- Market Garden
- Agroforestry alleys (lines of trees that create sheltered and stable space to grow other crops, as well as bringing crops of fruits and nuts themselves)
- Middle Field (the next area to be turned to food production)
You’ll hear from the Market Garden growers and some of the rest of the team - sharing what we’ve done, why we’ve done it, and what we've learned so far
+ then all return to the Community Kitchen for soup, bread and chat.
Who is This For?
We welcome all curious visitors, including total newcomers with no previous knowledge about farming, as well as farmers and growers and anyone interested in a career or volunteering in this type of work. The tour is aimed at adults or interested young people (not so much for younger children, but they are welcome if it would be their idea of a good time!)
About the Ticket Prices
There are three ticket prices:
Solidarity - give if you can: £9
Standard ticket: £6
Solidarity - take if you need: £3
Choosing to pay the higher Solidarity rate helps us make the event accessible to those who can't afford the standard ticket price. We suggest considering this if you are able to meet your needs with money to spare. Please take the discounted ticket if you need to.
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