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Jon Slack

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Working w/ @oldtreebrewery @abandofbrotherscrawley @thesoilfactoryuk

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Really needed this dip today.
I almost didn’t make it. But knowing there’d be men to stand with and walk in together, it got me out of bed and over the line into the water.

Thank you @icebreakers.brighton 👏🏼

#mentalhealth #community #seadipping #brothersinarms taken in Hove Seafront by @slacketyslackslack

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14 days ago

We’re looking for up to three volunteer directors to help shape what The Soil Factory becomes next.

Our community compost station in Forest Row is turning local food waste into living compost and we’re bursting with ideas about where this could all go!

But first we need more people around the table at Soil Factory HQ to help make it happen. Could this be you?

You might bring experience with projects, people, money or telling a good story. Or you might be new to being a director. What matters is that the vision excites you and you’re willing to shape and be part of the team that delivers it.

Have a swipe, explore the roles via the link in our bio, and get in touch. You don’t need to know exactly where you fit yet.

And if someone potentially suitable comes to mind, please send them our way!

📸 @christylowphotography

#TheSoilFactory #ForestRow #CommunityComposting #VolunteerDirectors taken in Forest Row Sussex by @slacketyslackslack

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Our first member compost return! 🌱

This is a quite but BIG moment for us at The Soil Factory.

Jo was one of the first people to join as a member, and she is now the first member to collect compost from the station.

This compost began as local food scraps, brought by members like Jo, tended at the station, tested (more on that next), matured, and now returned for our member community to use in their garden beds, planters and growing spaces.

It smells good. It feels good. It’s full of life. And it means our first loop is now complete!

We’re now inviting more Forest Row households and those in the surrounding area to become the next members, so we can bring more scraps into the system and make more compost locally.

There are only 15 spots available.

If you’re ready, follow our JOIN link in bio.

#CommunityComposting #LivingSoil #FoodScrapsToSoil #Compost #SoilHealth taken in Forest Row Sussex by @slacketyslackslack

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3 months ago

Fair point. by @slacketyslackslack

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4 months ago

300 pledges to keep on BREWING FOR BIODIVERSITY 🥹❤️‍🔥

We raised £8000 over our initial target 🎯

60 people have signed up for the DRINK THE SEASONS box 📦 ! 🥂🍾🌸🐝

Over 300 people believed in us enough to make a donation of their hard earned cash 💸

We are properly a community supported brewery now! This means the world to us and gives us so much motivation. Nothing about the human scale and networked based regenerative botanical brewery we’ve been building is easy in this economy - despite how valuable it is. It needs a groundswell of support to succeed and now it has it 😊

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE involved in this campaign, from the team in the brewery that came up with it all, to @lukeflegg and @slacketyslackslack @hanski_grows and @compost.tom that have all worked so hard on the communication of it all…. To everyone that has supported us in the past @betheearth.foundation @realfarmingtrust and everyone that has just chipped in for an Old Tree future 🙌 and all of our incredible customers and clients from @seasonswholefoods to @rye_bakery and the community behind @oldtreeevents

Couldn’t have done it and wouldn’t still here without every single one of you!!

You all give us so much hope and inspiration.
Thank you from bottoms our hearts 🥰

Can’t wait to get all these rewards produced and packed now!! And to UP THE REVOLUTION 💫 TO FERMENT A FOREST GARDEN FUTURE by @slacketyslackslack

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6 months ago

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Tears of joy and gratitude..
It’s so incredible to look through everyone’s comments and see all of this support… TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE SUPPORTERS and counting!!!

There couldn’t be a greater motivation to keep doing this and as our friend Tom Morris says - get Old Tree into ‘dream territory’.

We are brewing the change we want to see in this world and every one of these donations means so much. It’s a vote 🗳️ for the kind of future you all want to see and we are so honoured to be empowered to continue organising, foraging for and fermenting this!

THANK YOU to the genius film maker @lukeflegg of @passionworksproductions for putting together this masterpiece that does justice to this crowd who have supported us on @crowdfunderuk with @avivauk match funding. You are a wizard Luke! And so are you @slacketyslackslack for all the story telling and communication support throughout this campaign we have been working on since November 2025!! Wha a journey it’s been… 😌

Can we get to 300 supporters for Drink the Seasons by the end of tomorrow!?!

Last 24 hours is GO! 🍻✨🍻✨
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#drinktheseasons #kombucha #brewery #testimonial #oldtreebrewery by @slacketyslackslack

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6 months ago

Today, at about 4pm 🕓 Tai opened the door of the brewery and shouted ‘WE MADE IT’

This was a huge moment for us that we will never forget.

We needed to raise this money to give our social enterprise the economic capacity and resilience to adapt to these incredibly challenging times. We’re so inspired by our idea to DRINK THE SEASONS, but the truth is, the success of this @crowdfunderuk campaign was also a a survival necessity for our small business.

We are so relived to have made it !!
We are officially a COMMUNITY SUPPORTED BREWERY !! 🤗✨🍻😁🥂🫶🌸🐝

Thanks to all our supporters. Just over 3 days left now! Every donation is still doubled by @avivauk and amplifies our impact 🌍💚

Now we have the 75K stretch goal - this is when the possibilities spiral!! 🌀🙌💫 by @slacketyslackslack

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6 months ago

Our Spring Social reminded us that The Soil Factory is not just about composting 🌱

It’s also about community.
About gathering round a fire.
And children peering into a maturation bin with fascination.
It’s about people feeling living compost in their hands.
About the stories, curiosity, and felt sense that soil connects far more than we usually remember.

This all feels especially alive now that spring is here.

We’re building a local compost system, yes, but also something else: a space for learning, connection, practical action and shared stewardship.

Membership is a core part of making that possible.

When you join, you’re not just signing up to drop off scraps. You’re helping build the infrastructure, relationships and rhythm of a living local project, and getting biochar-enhanced Living Soil and other benefits back in return.

We’ve still got a handful of early bird membership places for people who join before the end of March.

Join or find the community WhatsApp link via the link in bio.

More soon on ways to gather, learn and contribute together this spring and summer.

📸 @christylowphotography taken in Forest Row Sussex by @slacketyslackslack

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7 months ago

“I feel we’ve achieved peak Forest Row.” 🪱😅

That was one of the comments yesterday as about 25 of us gathered round the fire at the Soil Factory station for our first Spring Social.

Together we welcomed worms into the first maturation bin of members’ winter scraps.

In a slightly spontaneous ceremony, each person received a worm, offered a blessing with a little birch sap from Windyridge, and returned it to the compost to begin its work.

It was simple and rather beautiful 😍

There’s also a magnificent birch tree standing right beside the station — “one of the biggest I’ve ever seen,” said Tom from Old Tree — quietly watching over the whole thing like a kind of guardian.

Huge gratitude to everyone who came, brought worms, stories, food, curiosity, and warmth.

And special thanks to Bob Kennedy @bob_the_wandering_wizard for the fire, Tom from @oldtreesoil for the fresh birch sap and living compost, and Hans-Gunther @wholisticlivin for your ongoing support and wisdom 🫶🏼

A few are preparing to join now as members, which feels like a lovely sign that this little compost system of ours is becoming something real.

If you’ve been curious about being part of it, it is a great moment to jump in!

🔗 Links in bio 😉

More soon 💚 taken in Forest Row Community Centre by @slacketyslackslack

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7 months ago

WORM ARRIVALS 🪱🔥
& SPRING SOCIAL!

This Saturday, 1pm to 4pm, we’re gathering for The Soil Factory’s first Spring Social.

The firepit is confirmed, the songs & stories are lining up, and the first maturation bin is now full of members’ Jora-composted winter scraps, ready for worms.

And you!

We’ll gather round the fire to welcome our wriggly friends into the next stage of the journey.

And because we do love a good ceremony in Forest Row, we’ll be marking the moment properly.

Bring a story or song about worms or soil, bring something for the shared table, or just bring yourself.

If you’d like to bring worms, compost or manure heap worms are best. Garden soil worms, not so much.

We’ll also have fresh compost from @OldTreeSoil for sale on the day.

Find us at The Soil Factory Station, at the rear of the Forest Row Community Centre car park.

Free to RSVP (link in bio)

If you’re curious about membership and want your scraps to be part of the journey, go ahead and check out our JOIN link (also in bio 🌳) taken in Forest Row Community Centre by @slacketyslackslack

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7 months ago

IT’S LIVE!! You can now view our crowdfunder page and the whole host of amazing new drinks, merch, experiences and botanical drink subscriptions available, via the link in our bio!

We’re so grateful to @avivauk for approving us for match funding up to £25,000. Your donations and their match funding will help us:

- deliver expanded hedgerow planting and nature restoration at Ragmans Lane Farm and locally in Glynde
- pay our core team for a year; Harry and Iside our brewers, Tai and Emma on coordination and comms, and Tom leading foraging
- help with partnerships and restoration
- allow us to get our SALSA food safety certification secured
- enable us to deliver 6-8 foraging education events per year
- fund planting at Ragmans and Glynde
- enable us to hold composting workshops and community harvest gatherings.

Whilst your one-off purchases are very much appreciated, it’s really the kombucha and (new) Drink The Seasons subscription boxes that will keep us afloat (and hopefully thrive!) long-term, so we are immensely thankful to every single subscriber, current and new!

If you’re not able to participate in the crowdfunder, it’s will be just as valuable to us if you could share this campaign far and wide in your dms, stories, emails or whatsapp groups! 💚

Help us grow from an exposed tree to a sheltered forest. As the saying goes, the best time to plant a forest was 25 years ago. The second best time is now.
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#microbrewery #kombuchabrewery #foraging #botanicaldrinks #communitybrewery Two glasses clinking a cheers, with text announcing that the Old Tree crowdfunder campaign is live! taken in Old Tree Brewery by @slacketyslackslack

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7 months ago

Today I am a year older and more grateful than ever for the simple, precious and unrepeatable moments.

This happened just now, as I was walking along the beach and wondering what to do with myself. It’s been an intense and rich weekend of celebrating with friends, dancing and sharing meals.

I find there is a lot that can stress me out in this world but I’m getting better at noticing the good things too.

May you find joy wherever you are today.

🐾✨ by @slacketyslackslack

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