Reproduced from Tillington Farm Crowdfunder Due to some mismanagement of their banking arm, the Co-op are selling Tillington farm to cover debt. To ensure it remains part of a co-operative we are putting together a bid proposal to purchase the farm. First we have to show we are a serious buyer for Tillington as a…
In March CFGN highlighted the threat of the EU plant reproductive material debates being drawn into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free-trade talks between the US and the EU. Read below for more info and a call-out to stop the decisions of TTIP on how we swap seeds and the corporate power grab…
Want to get hold of organic plants for this summer’s growing season? Check out information from CFGN member OrganicLea‘s website: We grow all the plants ourselves in our glasshouse that we rent from the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Work is carried out by a team of growers including members of our workers’ cooperative and…
by William Ronan If we’re going to grow food for ourselves then one thing is for sure- we’re going to need land to sow, plant, and harvest. Ownership of land and the resulting power it brings has a dark and bloody history from the colonisation of Africa, to the ‘Enclosures Acts’ (1604-1914) in the UK…