Welcome to Devon and Earth
Rhiannon Alcock - Devon and Earth
Rhiannon is an educator with a passion for gardening, growing food and connecting people with nature and the outdoors.
She has been growing food on her allotment in Devon since 2019, developing skills and knowledge for growing organically and sharing what she has learnt through instagram, community talks and festival appearances.
She is the founder of Devon Dig and Donate - a community growing project in Devon providing fresh produce for local community food action initiatives.
Rhiannon is passionate about connecting growing with learning and utilises her skills within her role in secondary school education to support pupils connecting with nature and learning to grow their own food. She is also an ambassador for a petition to embed food, farming, and sustainability education into the national curriculum.
“Growing my own food has taken me on a journey I could never have imagined!”
About Rhiannon
Rhiannon has been the proud owner of an allotment in Devon since 2019, which marked that start of her journey in horticulture after discovering a new love of growing her own food.
Since embarking on this new journey, she has developed the skills, knowledge and passion for growing fruit, vegetables and flowers and has combined this passion and her drive to serve the community to found Devon Dig and Donate CIC - a community growing project with a mission to grow fresh produce for those experiencing food poverty in the Exeter area.
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“There is nothing better than picking and cooking food that you have nurtured and grown”.
