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 crops by undertaking field trials in growing, harvesting and processing both crops. The project has been made possible through a grant from the Dorset National READ MORE
Category: Research
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 the logistics of Hemp as a break crop and undertake field trials in growing, harvesting and processing Hemp. With more farmers involved and another year READ MORE
A Review of 2020-21
During the year we progressed the Wessex Community Housing Hub, supported by funding from Community Led Homes. We established and supported an Advisory Panel, employed a Community Housing Advisor, Colin McDonald, and supported 25 projects. Because of COVID, public meetings were not possible, but we delivered a series of online workshops attended by or subsequently READ MORE
Raise the Roof
How do we create ecological housing, utilising natural materials and local expertise – in ways that are affordable even for those on low incomes? This is the focus of the Raise the Roof project, which is developing a model for locally rooted manufacturing and the construction or retrofitting of affordable housing, linked to regenerative land READ MORE