EcoLearn CIC were awarded £10,000 towards their Sow, Study, Sustain project.
The Sow, Study, Sustain Mablethorpe (and surrounding areas) Community Growing Project builds on an existing collaboration with community groups and organisations to deliver a new growing initiative.
It will involve local residents, community organisations, and key stakeholders in shaping a vision for a cultivating a sustainable future.
EcoLearn are in contact with a local housing association, Platform Housing and up to 50% of the beneficiaries will be made up of their residents.
The initial phase of the project will focus on empowering residents to grow their own food at home, fostering a sense of community ownership before the construction of the Mablethorpe based Microfarm begins.
This new concept will be based on EcoLearn’s circular economy regenerative agriculture model currently under development at LRAC in Kenwick Park, Louth. Growing kits will be personally delivered to local residents within the area and they will be given detailed instructions and support so they can grow foodplants at home and become more resilient.