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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham

TradeNews USA US markets desk (2026-09-13): A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city childrenKilos and kilos of courgettes, cucumbers,… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

· The Guardian

A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children

Kilos and kilos of courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and salad leaves are ripe and ready for picking on a small Welsh farm in the rural county of Powys.

The haul being harvested by Tilly Gomersall is not just impressive after a difficult growing season hit by a record string of heatwaves and drought across all of Wales and most of England, but all the more remarkable given that 18 months ago the site was uncultivated pasture.

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