The weekly shop
£300+
per month
- A long supply chain
- Farmers paid below cost
- People who have never seen the farm
stewardship at my little farm
You already pay for food. Now you can pay for a farm.
Stewardship turns your weekly shop into a stake in the land.
the redirect
Same spend. Different world.
Stewardship isn't a new expense. It's a choice about where your food money goes.
Stewardship
same
spend, different world
- Land you help steward
- Farmers you know by name
- A land stake in your name
If you're already buying groceries, you've already paid for this.
what it looks like
A year in the life of a Steward.
Stewardship is a rhythm, not a subscription. It threads through your week, your seasons, and your life — quietly, steadily. Here's what that rhythm is made of.
wednesdays
The weekly box arrives.
Seasonal vegetables, pasture-raised eggs, meat from animals raised on the farm you help steward. Food that reflects what the land is actually giving, not a fixed grocery list shipped from a warehouse.
No supply chain. No middlemen. Just dinner.
saturdays
Morning at the farm shop.
Ten to two at the farm gate. Fresh produce, eggs, honey, preserves — everything the farm makes, laid out on the table. Your Farm Credit buys as you go, and the people you meet over the counter tend to become the people you know.
You come for the eggs. You stay for the conversation.
all week long
A community on the other side of the receipt.
Every Thursday evening, the community gathers online. Farm updates from the team. Questions from members. A foraging walk someone filmed at the weekend. The kind of conversation that reminds you why you joined.
Between calls, the private member network runs continuously — people across the country redirecting their food spend, sharing what they know, building their cohort relationships. Your cohort — the people who started their Stewardship in the same season you did — are the people you'll still know in five years.
Food is how it starts. Community is what makes it last.
through the year
The old calendar, kept alive.
Imbolc in February. Beltane in May. Lammas in August. Samhain in November. The cross-quarter days our grandparents knew, marked again — with breadmaking, foraging, seed-saving, preserving, and the occasional bonfire.
Afternoons that return something to you that modern life quietly took away.
each year, on your anniversary
Your land stake is certified.
A year in, your certificate arrives. The square metres dated, named, logged in the Community Land Registry. It is small and personal and entirely yours — a record of the year you stood by this, and a piece of ground that will still be there next year.
The most patient investment you can make.
This is what members tell us matters most: that for the first time in a long time, they feel like they belong somewhere real. They know people on the other side of the screen. They eat from soil they help care for. They are part of something that is visibly, measurably being built — and they are building it together.
farm credit
Most of what you pay comes straight back as food.
Farm Credit is your food sovereignty budget — the portion of your Stewardship that goes directly toward feeding your family from land you help steward. It's designated, it's transparent, and it's yours to spend.
how Harvest Stewardship splits
£195 a month
where it goes
Food, produce, experiences.
Weekly boxes, the Saturday farm shop, seasonal events, workshops, farm stays. Anything the farm makes.
how it behaves
At your own pace.
Your credit is yours to spend through the month — on the rhythm that suits your household. No loss, no rush.
where it works
The whole network.
As new farms come online in new regions, your Farm Credit works at every one of them. Not a Sussex membership. A national one.
The split between your food budget and the network is published openly. It is stated plainly because transparency is the point.
your land stake
A piece of British farmland with your name on it.
Every year you remain a Steward, a piece of land is added to your holding in the Community Land Registry — recorded, dated, held in your name.
It starts small. It compounds patiently. And unlike most things you pay for, it stays with you for good.
your holding, over time
What a decade of Stewardship looks like
| Tier → | Community | Harvest | Farm |
|---|---|---|---|
| After 1 yearthe first certificate | 1m² a seat at the table | 5m² a small vegetable bed | 40m² a proper kitchen garden |
| After 5 yearsthe long arc | 5m² a small vegetable bed | 25m² a proper kitchen garden | 200m² a serious growing plot |
| After 10 yearsthe legacy | 10m² a row of fruit trees | 50m² an allotment plot | 400m² a tenth of an acre |
what it is
A record, not a rental.
A dated entry in the Community Land Registry, backed by the land holdings of My Little Farm. Your name, your stake, stored.
how it grows
Every anniversary.
On the anniversary of your Stewardship start date each year, a certificate arrives — the cumulative total, dated, in your name.
how long it lasts
Yours, indefinitely.
Your holding remains in the Registry for as long as it's held. It doesn't expire if you pause, and it doesn't vanish if the farm grows.
and collectively
Every hundred Harvest Stewards who complete a year together protect and regenerate a further acre of British farmland.
Not as a metaphor. As a fact.
three ways in
Choose the Stewardship that fits your life.
Every tier is a genuine stake in the land. The difference is how deeply you want to participate — from the doorway of Community Stewardship, through the fuller redirect of Harvest, to the seven-day access of Farm Stewardship.
Community Steward
Your first stake in the land.
£10
/ month
paid month to month
- Farm Credit —
- Land stake 1m² / year
- Certificate after 12 months
- Farm access Saturdays
what's included
- Your name entered in the Community Land Registry, with a digital Deed of Stewardship
- Access to the member portal and private community network
- Thursday evening community calls and seasonal events
- First right of refusal on deeper Stewardship tiers
For the household stepping in for the first time, or wanting a foothold while Stewardship finds its place in their life.
Begin Stewardship →Harvest Steward
Your food budget. Your land.
£195
/ month
paid month to month
- Farm Credit £150 / month
- Land stake 5m² / year
- Certificate after 12 months
- Farm access Saturdays
what's included
- £150/month Farm Credit toward weekly boxes, farm shop, workshops, and events
- Everything in Community Stewardship
- Complimentary invitations to our seasonal celebrations — Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, Samhain, and more
- Access to the full national network as new farms come online
For the household ready to redirect their grocery spend, and eat from living soil every week.
Begin Stewardship →Farm Steward
Your farm, always open.
£495
/ month
paid month to month
- Farm Credit £250 / month
- Land stake 40m² / year
- Certificate after 12 months
- Farm access 7 days a week
what's included
- £250/month Farm Credit toward boxes, produce, stays, and experiences
- Everything in Harvest Stewardship
- Seven-day farm access — walk, work, or simply be present
- Up to 20 nights complimentary camping per year
For the household wanting to belong to a place — to walk the land in weather, season, and silence.
Begin Stewardship →Every tier is a 12-month commitment. Your land stake stays with you, indefinitely.
Capacity is limited to the output of the farm. When places are full, the waitlist opens — and every person on the waitlist is a signal that brings the next farm closer.
questions worth asking
The things people actually want to know.
Stewardship is a real commitment, and the questions that come up before joining are worth answering plainly. Here are the ones we hear most.
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one
What if I need to cancel?
Stewardship is a 12-month commitment. The reason is practical — the farm plans a year ahead based on memberships, from how many hens to keep laying through winter to what's planted in the spring. A revolving-door membership doesn't make a farm.
That said, life happens. If something genuinely changes — illness, redundancy, a move abroad — write to us. We handle these case by case, with flexibility rather than small print.
At the end of your 12 months, you can step down, step up, pause, or continue as you are. Your land stake is yours regardless.
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two
What happens if the farm can't continue?
We don't plan to fail — but it's a fair question, and worth answering.
The Community Land Registry is structured so that member stakes persist independently of our operational form. Any unspent Farm Credit balance would be honoured or refunded under the terms of membership. And the land itself — unlike a purely digital product — is a real asset, bought and held, not evaporated in a server shutdown.
The point of Stewardship is precisely to take food sovereignty out of fragile, extractive structures. That includes ours.
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three
I'm not in Sussex. Can I still join?
Yes. Most of our Stewards aren't local to the Streat Garden — weekly boxes are delivered nationwide by overnight courier. The Thursday community calls, the member network, the seasonal announcements — all online. Most of Stewardship happens wherever you are.
As new farms come online in new regions, your Farm Credit works at every one of them. Stewardship is a national membership. The Streat Garden is simply the first farm.
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four
Is my land stake a legal deed?
No — and if it were, it would change the product entirely. A deeded plot of British farmland comes with solicitors, conveyancing fees, stamp duty, land registry costs, and a starting price measured in tens of thousands of pounds. None of that is what Stewardship is.
What your land stake is: a dated, named entry in the Community Land Registry, backed by the land holdings of My Little Farm, held in your name indefinitely. A formal, permanent record of your share in the land we're collectively protecting.
It is stated plainly because transparency is the point.
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five
Can I upgrade or downgrade my tier later?
Upgrade any time — if you start as a Community Steward and want to step up to Harvest after three months, we'll handle it on a pro-rata basis.
Downgrade at your anniversary — if a tier stops fitting your household, you can step down when your 12-month cycle renews. Your land stake continues to accrue at whatever tier you're on.
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What's the minimum commitment?
12 months, paid monthly or yearly. The commitment is real because the farm work is real — a planting year, a laying cycle, a harvest. If that feels like a lot to take on before you've met us, we'd suggest starting with a Taster Box or joining our next Discovery Call.
No one has ever been worse off from a Saturday at the farm.
