Guardian Letters, Published on 19 April 2014 Dear Editor, It’s not just Lord Myner’s proposed Co-op Group reforms that may be rejected by the Co-op Group Board, (P2, Guardian., 14.4.2014) but also co-op members’ proposals for community buy outs of the Group’s farms. It is shocking that the Group has ditched its co-op values and…Continue reading Co-op Community Buy Out of Co-op Farms: Guardian Letters 19 April 2014
Co-op Farms Community Buy Out Proposal
We propose Co-operative Community Buy Outs of the Co-operative Group’s Farms and putting the farm land into co-operative trusteeship beyond the market, rather than a fire distress sale of our mutual national asset to hedge funds and predatory banks for asset stripping, tax avoidance, loss of jobs and land speculation. …Continue reading Co-op Farms Community Buy Out Proposal
AGM 2014
Dear members, This year we are planning the AGM for Saturday 6th September, at Emerson College & Tablehurst Farm in Forest Row, Sussex. We will run the AGM alongside a workshop and farm walk for members and friends; we will also have the Ecodynamic CBS AGM on the same day for those that are also involved in that activity. So please put the date into your diary and we hope you will plan to join us…Continue reading AGM 2014
Regional Groups
One of the things we are learning both from this Gruntvig work (including specifically from Terre de Liens the French small farm land trust) and from our experience here in the UK is the value of setting up regional groups. These values include: Raising the awareness of how land has become an commodity and financial…Continue reading Regional Groups