The Fold Granary

Will had a fabulous time at the Landsorten European Grain Festival a couple of weeks back…. Pic snapped by Edona Arnesen 📸

Two wonderful days of exchange and learning about organic cereals, heritage varieties and cereal based foods. Looking forward to next year already 🌾



Organic farming | Worcestershire |

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We’re Hiring a Café Manager at The Fold Cafe 🌱

Are you the right hands-on manager to lead our busy café in rural Worcestershire?

The Fold is an organic farm and community hub, and our café sits at its heart — serving fresh, seasonal food (much of it grown on site) to regulars, families and a wide range of visitors.

We hold large monthly events such as markets and also cater for onsite clients hosting meetings and workshops.

The Café Manager role is a practical leadership role for someone who enjoys:
- Leading from the front
- Building strong, positive teams
- Managing rotas, margins and smooth day-to-day operations

We’re open daily from 9am-4pm so this fits nicely into daytime hours.

If you’re calm under pressure, organised and excited by farm-to-fork hospitality within a community setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Please visit our website https://www.thefold.org.uk/job-vacancies/ for further information

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Beautiful results from the_ledbury_baker using about 17% April Bearded mix, with strong white flour and a touch of rye..

‘It gave the loaf a lovely flavour and colour, so I’d definitely like to keep testing it and increase the amount next time’

An absolute joy to see the flours out in the wild 🌾❤️

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Come along this Sunday to meet Will and learn all about our organic growing practices, heritage and population grains, and organic veggies! Part of Open Farm Sunday!

Thank you Worcester News 💚

Chance to go behind the scenes at the The Fold in Bransford A POPULAR organic farm is inviting visitors to step behind the scenes as part of a national day connecting the public to food growing.