We believe the answer to a divided world is longer tables, not higher walls.
The Longer Table is a seasonal feast in the fields at Four Acre Farm. A gathering built around the simple, ancient act of breaking bread together. Good food, open conversation and the remembering of what community felt like before the noise increased.
Each gathering holds a loose theme, a question worth sitting with rather than solving. There’s no agenda, no performance and no expectation that you arrive with answers. Just people willing to think out loud together, around a table, in a field, with good food and an open evening ahead.
Our theme for this gathering - Joy.
This time we're turning to joy and we're doing it without pretending that joy and hardship live independently.
Joy isn't the reward we get once the hard stuff is sorted or when we've somehow avoided the realities of complex lives. Most of us are living both at once: the grief and the hope, the worry and the laughter that catches us off guard in the middle of it.
So this gathering isn't about leaving the hardness at the gate. It's about finding out what joy actually looks like when it's sitting right next to everything else that's true about your life right now.
What brings you joy? Where do you find it? What gets in its way? And can we make more room for it - not by ignoring the difficult stuff but alongside it?
Expect food grown a few feet from where you're eating it, a table rich in life and conversation that doesn't stay on the surface for long.
Tickets - this is the longer table in action:
We believe the table should be open to everyone. So please choose the level that honestly reflects your circumstances:
❀ Accessible - £11.11 For anyone when money is the thing standing between them and the table.
❀ Full price - £33.33 The true cost of the dinner. If you can pay this, you're helping keep the Longer Table going.
❀ Supporter - £44.44 If you can afford a little more, it helps us keep an accessible place at the table for someone else.
Our sharing plates are naturally vegetarian, but we always want to make our table as long as possible. Vegan, gluten-free and anything else is cool with us, please just let us know when you buy your ticket.
Your hosts for the evening:
Kate Forrester is a no-dig market gardener, chef and educator at Four Acre Farm. Kate's work regenerates soil, wildlife and community. Her understanding of how natural systems flourish brings wisdom and a powerful perspective.
Nick Whitnell burnt out from the corporate world, chasing the next thing until he slowly lost himself along the way. That unravelling became an unexpected gift, a long walk back toward nature, toward what actually matters and toward a different kind of life. As a transformative coach, facilitator and strategist, he now helps people find their own path.
Four Acre Farm – Four regenerative acres of market garden, orchard, meadow and hedgerows. A living example of renewal and interconnected systems.