The Campaign to Release Additional Plots for Allotments

Mid Sussex Friends of the Earth would like to encourage more people to grow their own fruit and vegetables.

    * The advantages are manifold:

        * Saving Money
        * Producing Organic Food
        * Eliminating Supermarket Packaging
        * Reducing Food Miles
        * Sustainability

BUT . . . .

Research undertaken by the Group indicates there are just not enough allotments to go round - read the report here

    * Demand is far outstripping supply
    * All the Councils in the area report a very long waiting list for allotments
    * We are being encouraged to 'Go Green' and 'Grow Our Own' but for many of us who don't have our own garden this is an impossible dream, when no allotments are available

Research . . . .

    * We would like to know just how much demand there really is for Allotments in Mid Sussex
    * We know most local Councils have long waiting lists
    * Some have even closed their lists - you may have to wait years to even join the waiting list!
    * Data protection precludes the Councils telling us who is on their lists
    * Please join our waiting list .... for two reasons:
          o It will help us to know the true extent of those waiting
          o We could then try to encourage the Councils to release more land for allotments