The Grow it Global project

Grow it Global has taken thousands of children out of the classroom and onto UK farms for practical, fun sessions on sustainable development, food issues and climate change.

During their Grow it Global experience, children meet farmers and visiting African farmers on UK farms. The farmers demonstrate gardening techniques that are easy for children to adopt at school. Children also learn more at school which helps them understand about the lives of children in Uganda and Lesotho.

“Grow it Global is just the sort of educational project that children need. It gets them outdoors and growing vegetables, but with the wonderful added bonus that they are learning about food, climate change and poverty at the same time."

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Ongoing learning and support

After a successful first year in the South West, we are now also working with farms and schools in Herefordshire. This April we’ll be welcoming the next group of African farmers to the UK.

Funded by DFID, the project is based around the themes of food production and security, sustainable development, climate change and the similarities and differences between the UK and African countries. Any school can run their own version of Grow it Global by following these themes, linking with a local farm and building their own African garden at school - find out how.

Grow it Global Schools News

All project schools have received training and can browse resources and documents linked from our resources page. The UK farmers have also been trained and will be creating African farmyards over the coming weeks. If you are part of a local group and want to lend them a hand, please get in touch with them; they’d love to hear from you! The visiting African farmers are also now finding out more about their visit.

Grow it Global Farms

We are currently working with the farms listed below. Schools will be visiting these farms during the stay of our African farmers. If your school is nearby, and you would like to get involved, you can take part by linking with the farms below. Or if you are local to any of them, please arrange a visit and see their Ugandan Farmyard take shape.

• Woodland Valley Farm - Ladock, Cornwall
• Fernhill Farm - Compton Martin, N. Somerset
• Lowerstock Farm - Wrington, N. Somerset
• Shortwood Farm – Bromyard, Herefordshire
• Woodhouse Farm – Eardisley, Herefordshire
• Riverford Farm - Buckfastleigh, Devon
• Manor Farm - Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset
• Church Farm - Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset