Whilst the Co-op Group sells off the Co-op Farms to global agribusiness against members’ wishes, at Totnes South Devon a community co-op farm buyout for Week Farm will be opened on Saturday 19 July at Dartington Village Hall at 6pm by local councillor Jacqui Hodgson, Mayor of Totnes….Continue reading Community Co-op Farm Launch Counters Co-op Group Farm Sell Out
Stockwood Business Park and Rush Farm Bought by Community for £2.6m
Stockwood Community Benefit Society has completed the £2.6 million purchase of Rush Farm and Stockwood Business Park to hold in trust for perpetuity. Having raised over £400K from individual investors, as well as over £2m of debt from CAF Bank, Biodynamic Land Trust and Resonance’s Community Share Underwriting Fund – the dream has became a reality….Continue reading Stockwood Business Park and Rush Farm Bought by Community for £2.6m
Trade Partnerships?
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, is an agreement between the EU and the US. One of the most alarming parts of the partnership (ISDS: Investor to State Dispute Settlement) would give multi-national corporations the power to sue national governments over their policies, if governments take decisions which minimise the profits of the…Continue reading Trade Partnerships?
Update on Co-op Farm Sale
Dear Everyone, Thanks for your support to ensure that the Co-op Group Farms remain under Co-operative ownership. The deadline for bidding for the farms has now past and we await the announcement of who the Group Board selected as their preferred bidder. …Continue reading Update on Co-op Farm Sale