Upcoming Events
Ongoing
Weekly on Tuesdays
Grow, Cook, Eat, Compost Workshop | Lewes Football Club | 10am–1pm
Free weekly sessions where people can cook, learn new skills and enjoy food together in a safe and supportive environment. Everyone is welcome, especially those looking for support to feed themselves and their families.
Find out more here: www.growcookeatcompost.co.uk/
Every second Wednesday
Rodmell Food Forest Volunteer Day | 10am-5pm (drop in sessions, 3 hours minimum).
Volunteering sessions open to all. Learn about food cultivation, forest gardening, low-impact living and permaculture design. A big hearty organic vegetarian lunch is included as a thank you for your efforts.
Find out more: https://rodmellfoodforest.org/what-we-do/
Each Saturday from 18 October 2025
Lovebrook Farm Saturdays. Visit the local and organic farm shop and café from 9am-3pm. The whole family can join in seasonal nature activities, crafting, planting, nature connection and farm fun between 12-2pm. You can also take advantage of £5 drop-in sauna sessions between 10am-2pm.
The first Sunday of the month
Compost Disneyland tour and Q&A sessions with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club in Lewes (Phoenix Place, BN7 2QJ).
Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/compost-disneyland-3987883
October
3 October 2025
Webinar: Designing collective action to campaign for long-term change | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 1pm–2:30pm | Free
A participatory workshop for staff and volunteers from across the community food sector to generate ideas for a national piece of collective action that shines a light on the pressures facing those holding up our broken safety net.
4 October 2025
Apple Pressing Day | Lewes Climate Hub | 12–2pm | Free
As part of the Lewes Climate Hub’s food season, a free public event transforming local apples from community orchards into juice to sample and take home. Feel free to bring your own apples and containers to take away! Read more.
5 October 2025
Pickling Produce | Friends of Bishopstone Station | 11am–1pm | Free
Join Alex from Organergy, who will give a demonstration and talk on pickling. Alex is keen about good gut health through low sugar foods. Part of Good Food East Sussex month.
6 October 2025
Autumn Foraging | Friends of Bishopstone Station | 10am–1pm | Free
A talk on foraging in the autumn for beginners at Friends of Bishopstone Station’s ‘Meet up Mondays’. Part of Good Food East Sussex month.
8 October 2025
Webinar: Designing collective action to campaign for long-term change | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 4–5:30pm | Free
A participatory workshop for staff and volunteers from across the community food sector to generate ideas for a national piece of collective action that shines a light on the pressures facing those holding up our broken safety net.
8 October 2025
A new Sussex Mayor: putting food in the middle of the table | Online webinar | 2–4pm
This event, launching the Sussex Alliance of Food Partnerships, will look at what can be gained from viewing the challenges and opportunities of the new Sussex Mayor’s responsibilities through the lens of food. It will bring together people from across East Sussex, Mid-Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove to consider how the excellent food work already happening in the region can be enhanced and ask what more needs to be done to address the challenges we face. All representatives from food system welcome.
10 October 2025
Webinar: Volunteer Rights | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 4–5:30pm | Free
A free online workshop for staff and volunteers working in community food support to share your experiences of what support is lacking, identify what needs to change to make food support more sustainable for the people delivering it, and explore ideas for a Charter of Rights that protects the dignity, safety and wellbeing of those working in food support.
Additional sessions are running on 16 October and 22 October.
11 October 2025
Ringmer Apple Day | Ringmer Town Hall, with Ringmer Community Orchard | 11am–2:30pm | Free
Heritage apple tasting, advice on taking care of fruit trees, jams, cakes and refreshments, and secateur sharpening (1–2:30pm only).
11 October 2025
Growing Oyster Mushrooms | Lewes Climate Hub | 12–1:30pm | Free
Learn how to nurture your own continuous supply of delicious and fast-growing oyster mushrooms with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club. Discover the different types of oyster mushroom you can grow and how to create the perfect substrate to help your mushroom harvest flourish!
12 October 2025
Autumn Open Day | Rodmell Food Forest | 10am–2pm | £5, kids free
This autumn open day at the Rodmell Food Forest will include a tour of the forest garden, tips on how to build your own forest garden, herbal remedy making and apple pressing.
The Food Forest is located in the upper part of Rodmell village, near the top of Mill Lane. Follow the signs and look out for the gate marked Rodmell Food Forest. Nearest train station is Southease.
Postcode: BN73HS. what3words: indicated.encounter.positives.
14 October 2025
Choosing Fruit Trees | Gardening in Action | Seaford Community Orchard, Raymond Close, Seaford | 10am–12pm | Free
Take a tour of the new community orchard and learn how to choose and buy fruit trees for your garden or community space.
15 October 2025
Connecting Local Buyers and Suppliers | Wealden Food Partnership | Church Farm, Litlington | 10am–1pm
Come along and meet other local suppliers and buyers from across Sussex, sample some products, and find out about new and existing routes to market in the area. To book a place or stall, and get your business added to the local directory, visit the website or email Helen at: Helen.Graham@3va.org.uk.
18 October 2025
Panel Discussion: Building Local Food Resilience | Lewes Climate Hub | 1–2:30pm | Free
Join local growers, district councillors, Lewes Mayor Emily Clarke and more to explore what action is being taken – and what else needs to happen – to strengthen our community food supply in Lewes District.
18 October 2025
Squish and Squash | Landport Community Garden, Lewes | 2–4pm | Free
At this event, the Garden will be hiring an apple press so we can have a go at squishing our surplus apples and pears into juice (and yours if you have any) and we’ll be celebrating our winter squashes , pumpkins and other autumn produce. There’ll be nibbles and drinks. As always, all welcome!
Email: landportcg@gmail.com.
18 October 2025
Autumn Harvest Festival | Fitzjohns Community Food, Lewes | 3–5pm | Free
An Autumn Harvest Festival open for all to attend, to include apple pressing, ‘guess the weight of the pumpkin’, hot food made with local produce and prepared in our community kitchen/café, and more!
19 October 2025
Bake Your Lawn Celebration | Mercread Youth Centre | 11am–2pm | Free
Make pizza at this free event by Sharing Skills, where wheat grown by local schools will be harvested and turned into delicious pizza bases as part of the Bake Your Lawn project.
Email to book: hello@sharingskills.co.uk.
22 October 2025
Land Use Plus Food and Farming Conference | Brighton and Hove Food Partnership | The Clubhouse, Saddlescombe Road, Brighton, BN1 8AX | 2–5:30pm | Free
This year’s Land Use Plus Conference theme is ‘Educating and empowering your community for sustainable food futures’, building upon previous themes of barriers and opportunities for nature recovery and local food systems, and visioning a sustainable food future for the Downs.
It will be a chance to meet change-makers, learn from local and national experts, and enjoy the very best of Sussex food and drink.
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