{"id":132,"date":"2021-01-21T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:27:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"grg-inner-hero\" style=\"position:relative;width:100%;min-height:460px;overflow:hidden;display:flex;align-items:center;\">\n  <div class=\"grg-slides\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;\">\n    <div class=\"grg-slide\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_20250904_113843_HDR-scaled.jpg') center center\/cover no-repeat;opacity:1;transition:opacity 1.2s ease;\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"grg-slide\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tomatotransformation.jpeg') center center\/cover no-repeat;opacity:0;transition:opacity 1.2s ease;\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"grg-slide\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tigerella-toms.jpeg') center center\/cover no-repeat;opacity:0;transition:opacity 1.2s ease;\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"grg-slide\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cricket-closeup.jpeg') center center\/cover no-repeat;opacity:0;transition:opacity 1.2s ease;\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"grg-slide\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:url('https:\/\/grassrootsgarden.co.uk\/grg-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_20250807_123049_HDR-scaled.jpg') center center\/cover no-repeat;opacity:0;transition:opacity 1.2s ease;\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:linear-gradient(to right,rgba(20,46,10,0.88) 0%,rgba(20,46,10,0.6) 55%,rgba(20,46,10,0.15) 100%);\"><\/div>\n  <div style=\"position:relative;z-index:2;padding:4rem 5rem;max-width:680px;color:#fff;\">\n    <p style=\"font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.13em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#a8d98a;margin:0 0 0.75rem\">\ud83d\udc4b Who we are<\/p>\n    <h1 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:clamp(1.9rem,3.5vw,3rem);font-weight:700;line-height:1.15;color:#fff;margin:0 0 1rem\">Hi. We&#8217;re Grassroots Garden.<\/h1>\n    <p style=\"font-size:1rem;color:rgba(255,255,255,0.78);max-width:480px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1.5rem\">We started because the food system wasn&#8217;t working. 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We&#8217;re not interested in waiting for things to get better. We&#8217;re building the alternative, right here in Redruth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who we are<\/h2>\n<p>Grassroots Garden CIC exists to build a more resilient, regenerative and locally rooted food system in Cornwall. What started as one grower&#8217;s determination has become a shared community effort: producing fresh local food through our CSA, creating opportunities to learn practical growing skills, and showing that small-scale agriculture can strengthen both land and community.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Grassroots Garden is supported by dedicated directors \u2014 including two who are also CSA members \u2014 and by a volunteer community whose energy, loyalty and hard work have carried the project forward for years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#e8f2e1;padding:4rem 1.5rem\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"max-width:820px;margin:0 auto\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dan<\/h2>\n<p>Grassroots Garden was founded by Dan Sargison, a climate activist turned grower who decided the most useful thing he could do was stop shouting for change and start making it. Dan has been growing and studying local food systems for fifteen years \u2014 driven by a deep interest in seeds, soil resilience and what it actually takes to feed a community well.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our values<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Grow the future \u2014 don&#8217;t wait for it.<\/strong><br>We act now to build the systems we want to see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Care for land and people together.<\/strong><br>Ecological health and human wellbeing belong to the same story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Build resilience from the ground up.<\/strong><br>We strengthen local food security, confidence and capacity in practical ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep it human-scale.<\/strong><br>Local, relational, grounded in care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#f5ede6;padding:4rem 1.5rem\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"max-width:820px;margin:0 auto\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our funders<\/h2>\n<p>We are grateful to the National Lottery Community Fund for the Grow Together project \u2014 a polytunnel, workshops, and part-time paid roles. 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