Archived project

Please note that the content on this page has been archived and is not actively reviewed at present.

Growing Health has been identifying useful evidence of how food growing can deliver health and wellbeing outcomes and examples of how it has been effectively commissioned. 

There are many examples of projects delivering population wide health interventions in local communities, as well as others that target key groups such as people with mental health problems, physical impairments, long term conditions, learning difficulties or in recovery and rehabilitation.

If you are health or related commissioner and are looking for further information about food growing and health click on the links below:

  • Evidence -  health and wellbeing benefits of food growing
    A summary of the evidence and factsheets showing how food growing can improve health and wellbeing for certain population groups. Plus information on the social return on investment.
  • Case studies
    Examples of current projects which use food growing in the community to provide a health benefit and have been commissioned to provide this service

Growing Health posters presented in 2015


Growing Health: Growing Health is a national project run by Garden Organic and Sustain, which is funded by the Tudor Trust, to see how community food growing can be routinely used by the health and social care services as a way of promoting health and wellbeing for a range of individuals and population groups.

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