About us

We work a six-acre field by Donington-on-Bain, six miles west of Louth, in partnership with the owners, Stenigot Estates. 

A 10-metre wide strip is hand worked by volunteers raising a variety  of produce; and the remaining area is managed by David producing larger quantities of field crops.

We also raise tomatoes, cucumbers,  courgettes, etc. in a nearby polytunnel. We have a few hens nearby. 

In 2022, we are still finding our feet in what we grow, how we grow it, and how best to make it available to local people.

We are also  proud of our community objectives including “banishing isolation and loneliness” through whatever we do.  

Saturday mornings

We generally meet at The Field on Saturday mornings when our roadside stall is filled with fresh produce – operating on a donation basis.

You are very welcome to join us or just pop by to see what we are up to. There is also a satellite stall in  Louth (opposite Louth hospital).  

Holistic goals 

1) To banish loneliness and isolation -> To build a warm and welcoming community

2) To grow and prepare nutritious, organic food 

3) To share information, knowledge, skills and experience 

4) To become a long-term, local food project that could be replicated elsewhere

Let’s get in touch

Contact us at Doncomfarm@gmail.com

(be advised, email is managed by volunteers and not checked every day)

Community gardening in Donington on Bain

A local farmer sets aside a field for community growing. A group of local residents get together to plan. A stall at the roadside offers fresh, organic, pay-as-you-feel veg to the community, and a local Foodbank distributes free, organic food to people who are facing food insecurity. The essence of this vision… “shared, organic produce,…

by Laura Stratford

In 2022-23, the community grew a field of leeks, which were donated to community groups and charities by Fareshare:

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Newsletters from the Community Farm at Donington on Bain

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3 things I took away from the Lincolnshire Food Summit

Reflections by Laura Stratford, Food Partnership Coordinator At the end of last year, around 80 people who are involved in foodbanks and other kinds of food support gathered at The New Life Centre in Sleaford for the Lincolnshire Food Summit. We came to listen, to share, and to find ways to collaborate. From what you…

The Lincolnshire Food Summit 2023

How do we ensure that everyone in our community has enough good food to eat?  80-odd people involved in foodbanks and community larders, -groceries, -cafes and more, got together on the 23rd November at the Lincolnshire Food Summit. It was an opportunity to develop local and collaborative responses to food challenges, in an economic context…

The Future of Food in the Fens – online event

This online event explores a range of challenges that we will face in relation to food production on the Grade 1 land of the Lincolnshire Fens, including transport, flooding, climate change, policy, infrastructure, biodiversity and more. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, contribute to discussions and will be prompted to reflect on a…

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