About this Event
Pitch Up! & Grow is a network of forward-thinking farms across the UK, offering up land, space, resources and support to food, farming, fibre and leisure enterprises wanting to grow thriving rural businesses together.
On Tuesday 10 November, some of our Partner farmers, Pitch Up! businesses, friends of Pitch Up! and foodies will be gathering at e5 Bakehouse to meet some people and businesses – be it new entrant farmers, foodie start-ups or established businesses – interested in discussing the opportunities for working together on their land.
Ben MacKinnon (founder of e5 Bakehouse and Fellows Farm) will also be there to share some of his experience building successful soil to slice, farm to plate enterprises; as well as Rodrigo Navarro, founder of Wandering Feathers, who has just won Best New Entrant at the British Farming Awards (after applying to Pitch Up! in 2024). We'll all enjoy some inspiring stories, good food and conversation together – plus a piece of Pitch Up!'s 5th birthday cake!
Others joining the conversations include:
- Tim May, Kingsclere Estates (Hampshire) and Pitch Up! founder
- Sam Parsons, Balcaskie Estate (Fife) and Pitch Up! co-founder
- Stranger Collective (Cornwall), Pitch Up! co-founder and creative lead
- Alex Cherry, Lannock Farm (Hertfordshire) and Groundswell festival director
- Destiny Joelivia, founder of Health & Field
- Julie Morrow, founder of Tarro Skincare
- Molly Biddell and James Windridge, Hampton Estate (Surrey) – and Molly is
also head of natural capital at Knepp in West Sussex - Hannah Buisman, Lockley Farm and Lokkelebery Vineyard (Hertfordshire)
- Bruce Paterson, Worstead Estate (Norfolk)
- Jack Stanley, Witherslack Estate (Cumbria) and SLOP magazine editor
- Seb Mayfield and David Shulman, Ooooby
- Laurence Jarrett-Kerr, Ooooby, and Laurence is also co-founder of Soul Farm and Food Barn Tregew (Cornwall)
- Jac and Jamie, Baboon Adventures
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2026 Applications Season: 1–30 November
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Event venue & nearby stays
e5 Bakehouse, Arch 395, London, United Kingdom
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