Kingsclere Estates is a modern, sustainable rural estate in Hampshire, England, looking to build a bright future and circular community by balancing economic activity, countryside stewardship and community engagement. Covering just over 2,500 acres of mixed-use land, Kingsclere has been actively regenerating its soils since 2012 and is now fully organic. The Kingsclere team founded Pitch Up! in 2021, and is excited to collaborate with Balcaskie and the other new Partner farms in 2024 to grow the scheme’s reach and positive impact.
Let’s grow a fertile future for your enterprise, together.
Pitch Up! is our annual call-out for sustainable start-ups and businesses to join our growing circular communities.
We’re connecting holistically-managed estates and regenerative farmers with sustainable food producers and other like-minded businesses – to share land, raw materials, retail or production space, by-products, ideas, knowledge, contacts, equipment, costs, and whatever’s needed to help good ideas grow into successful businesses.
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THE 2024 APPLICATIONS SEASON OPENS ON 1 NOVEMBER
Thinking of applying this year?
Download our new 2024 Pitch Up! applications guidance information
Or find out more in our Pitchers’ info pack by clicking the picture below:
LISTEN to Pitch Up! founders Tim May and Sam Parsons explain why they’re inviting more people onto their land:
(Music: ‘Take Me There’ from Colours by frootful.co.uk)
Our Partner farms:
Balcaskie is a modern working estate at the heart of the East Neuk of Fife. Balcaskie is committed to cultivating and caring for the natural environment, nurturing local businesses, and supporting our vibrant community. The estate covers over 4,500 acres of fertile soil including 3,500 acres of organic in-hand farming and a mix of residential and business units. As the first Pitch Up! Partner estate (joining in 2023), the Balcaskie team is eager to hear from more businesses and start-ups applying for Pitch Up! Fife in this year’s applications season.
New Partner farms joining Pitch Up! 2024:
WESTON PARK FARMS
Weston Park Farms is a family-owned 2,500 acre estate based in Hertfordshire. Working to the six key principles of regenerative agriculture, Weston Park’s
goal is to stay profitable, while passing on the land and soil in better condition than when they started. Lannock Farm, part of the Weston estate, hosts a number of businesses at Grainworks, as well as the annual regenerative agriculture festival, Groundswell.
RECTORY FARM
Rectory Farm is a mixed and diversified organic family farm with a strong environmental ethos. Covering 700 acres in Buckinghamshire, there are a range of
business units on the farm and it is ideally situated for a wide range of enterprises.
Rectory Farm hopes to provide opportunities and insight, to inspire the next generation to take on the challenges facing many in UK agriculture.
PLANTON FARM
Set among 80 acres of ancient trees and rolling pastureland, Planton is a working regenerative farm in the Shropshire hills. They work directly with pioneering partners to explore a transformation of the food system to allow people, land and animals to truly flourish. Planton’s goal is to provide a blueprint for a different future for agriculture: one that puts nature, people and profitability first.
ROSUICK ORGANIC FARM
Rosuick has been certified organic since 1997 and is committed to using sustainable practices and providing education to help protect and enhance the natural environment. Spanning 1,500 acres of mixed habitat across the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, its activities include organic beef and lamb, agroforestry and heritage grain production. The farm also has an education centre and a care farm for children and adults with additional needs.
Are you a farm interested in joining Pitch Up! for the 2025 season?
Email us to find out more. The more farms that join us, the more positive impact and opportunities we can create…