Tuppenny Barn started with a single hectare of land and a simple idea: teach children where their food comes from and grow it organically.

Over 21 years later, it has become one of the most quietly impressive sustainability success stories in the South East. In this episode, Alex Smith sits down with Maggie Haynes, founder and outgoing CEO of Tuppenny Barn, an accredited education charity based in Southbourne, near Chichester, to explore how the barn operates, what it has built, and why it works.

They cover the barn’s three core charitable activities, six green therapy programmes, the Veterans Bloom initiative, and a circular strawbale education centre funded entirely through grants.

Maggie also explains how working with FuturePlus through the Chichester District Council Sustainability Accelerator helped the team review and sharpen what they were already doing, from waste and recycling to supplier choices and how they communicate sustainability to beneficiaries.

It’s a practical, grounded conversation about what running a genuinely sustainable organisation looks like, and what other businesses can learn from it.

Find out more about Tuppenny Barn.