A WELLINGTON community farm is inviting local residents and schools to join their efforts to grow food in a sustainable way.

Wellington Community Food, which grows vegetables in their farm in The Basins, has launched a new crop share membership drive, to help raise money to be ploughed back into the project.

Their latest crop share offer has been boosted by estate agents Wilkie May & Tuckwood, who have posted 6,000 flyers through local letterboxes to help raise awareness of the campaign.

Farm director Adam Lockyear said: “We would like to say a special thank you to Wilkie May & Tuckwood for their generous offer to post 6000 flyers through Wellington letterboxes.

“Last year we were really pleased to receive hundreds of free bamboo canes to build bean supports and protective mesh to cover sensitive crops from local farm business KS Coles. This kind of support makes it so much easier to hit the ground running each season and contributed towards a successful first year.”

Another of the farm’s directors, Andreas Hofmeyr, said: “As a Community Supported Agriculture enterprise, the farm relies strongly on volunteers to run and manage the farm operations such as planning new crops, growing and harvesting – these are all pivotal for promoting local food sovereignty and healthy food in the community.”

“The farm would like to invite residents to join in at our weekly farming sessions to get their hands dirty and learn how to grow food. We focus on hands-on sustainable farming methods that benefit healthy soils and ecosystems.”