About Common Cause

Common Cause is a not-for-profit social enterprise supporting the local community. We do this primarily through food growing projects and by supporting the local food growing economy in Sussex

Who We Are

Common Cause started in 1991. We have a membership scheme which is open to all who share our aims.

Our Aims

Common Cause aims are social, economic and environmentally sustainable community development, supporting local food production and connections between producers and consumers, agricultural development that is sensitive to the landscape and its biodiversity and social enterprises and initiatives.

Our Current Projects

Lewes Farmers Market 
The Mosaic and Lewes House Garden Project
Ringmer Community Orchard 

We also support the Land Workers’ Alliancecampaign for Good Food, Good Farming.

Seedy Saturday Lewes