COP26 Goals and Regather’s Role

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We’re living in an unprecedented moment in history, sitting on the edge of environmental and biodiversity collapse. COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is next week in Glasgow. It’s one of the last chances for governments to come together to solve this crisis. At Regather, we understand that we can’t leave this down to governments alone, …

The Landworkers’ Alliance

Fran Halsall Regather

Partners | Accreditation | Impact: The Landworkers’ Alliance Welcome to the fourth instalment in a series of blogs and posts about Regather and our partners. Week by week, we’ve been walking you through who we work with, and outlining what our shared role is in creating a better food system for everyone. That’s a mission that sits at the heart …

Real Living Wage

The Real Living Wage

Rachel Regather

Partners | Accreditation | Impact: The Real Living Wage Welcome to the third instalment in a series of blogs and posts about Regather and our partners. Week by week, we’ve been walking you through who we work with, and outlining what our shared role is in creating a better food system for everyone. That’s a mission that sits at the …

“There’s an incredible world beneath our feet”

Fran Halsall Regather

Partners | Accreditation | Impact: The Soil Association Welcome to the second in a series of blogs and posts about Regather and our partners. Week by week, we’re going to walk you through who we work with, and outline what our shared role is in creating a better food system for everyone. That’s a mission that sits at the heart …

Better Food Traders

Turning The Mainstream Food System On Its Head

Fran Halsall Regather

Partners | Accreditation | Impact: Better Food Traders Welcome to the first in a series of blogs and posts about Regather and our partners! Week by week, we’re going to walk you through who we work with, and outline what our shared role is in creating a better food system for everyone. That’s a mission that sits at the heart …

Regather Farm

The Hungry Gap

Rachel Regather

What is the hungry gap? The alluring mirage of the perpetual summer, manufactured by supermarkets in the UK, means most people are unfamiliar with the dreaded “hungry gap”. But for a period of a few months, after the cabbages and kale have bolted, and before the first broad beans are ready, UK farmers are unable to grow viable veg. Fruit …

Regather Farm Hedgerow Planting

Hedges and Edges

Doug Regather

Winter is definitely here. A decent cold spell, some frosty crisp mornings and even some snow. This means it’s time to think about all those other winter jobs on the farm. Tree planting is one of them. Best time to plant a tree is when it’s dormant – usually between November and March. For us at Regather farm tree planting …

Goodbye 2020, hello Brexit

Rachel Regather 4 Comments

2020 has been challenging to say the least, and with lorries currently stuck and not able to travel over to France, it feels like Brexit has come early. Our wholesale suppliers are currently reporting deliveries being delayed this week. As we brace ourselves for the new year, with this blog post, we’re not trying to wade into the debate of …

Here we go again…

Rachel Regather 5 Comments

#Lockdown2 the sequel no one wanted to see! Back in the Spring Lockdown for Regather resulted in a tsunami of changes to the way we work. Bye bye events, hello big expansion of our fruit and veg box scheme. We doubled our customers in a week and there was mild panic behind the scenes as we scrambled to keep up; …