Today, Wessex Community Assets is announcing a £50,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch Flax Forward – a community led project that aims to research, share and READ MORE
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“Broken and prepared for market”: West Dorset Flax Project 2025
Soil degradation, climate change, economic fragility and fragmentation – these are all challenges that rural areas in South West England are facing – and the cultivation of natural fibre crops, READ MORE
Retrofit Reimagined: Dorset – Healthy Homes, Stronger Communities
Warmer homes, stronger communities, and a greener future for all. Retrofit Reimagined: Dorset invites you to explore how upgrading our homes can transform not just how we live, but how READ MORE
Hemp, Flax, and Fibre Production- Field Trial Report 2024
Download our final report HERE Wessex Community Assets Ltd (WCA) has been working with a group of West Dorset Farmers to explore the logistics of Hemp and Flax as break READ MORE
The Summer of Seed – Hemp Field Trial report 2023
A grant from the Dorset National Landscape Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund (FiPL) has helped Wessex Community Assets Ltd (WCA) work with a group of West Dorset Farmers to explore READ MORE
Spinning straw into gold
As part of Wessex Community Asset’s work to develop the bioregional economy in SW England, we held a workshop on hemp fibre with 30 participants at our workspace in West READ MORE