Aug
12
2008
Organic farming in England/Scotland/Ireland?
Becca B asked:
How is organic farming received in the UK? Do people want organic local produce? Is there a market for this type of thing? How about land available for this kind of farming?
Gianna
How is organic farming received in the UK? Do people want organic local produce? Is there a market for this type of thing? How about land available for this kind of farming?
Gianna
By shahar12000, August 15, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
Sherwood Energy Village
An initiative to transform a derelict coal mining site (95 acres) into an eco-village comprising industry, housing, exhibition/convention, leisure and recreation. It will incorporate renewable energies - biomass, solar, PV, and wind turbines. Autonomous housing, self-build housing and eco-demonstrator houses. All buildings built to best practice energy efficiency, already established building super regulations. Site will incorporate an energy trail.
Energy and heat provided by biomass power station. This initiative is now owned by an Industrial and Provident Society for the benefit of the community. This community is in a rural coalfield area - coal was the major employer- now its gone. We are developing a sustainable future for ourselves and our kids. Contact name: Carla Jamison
Contact
Sherwood Energy Village Unit 1 Boughton Pumping Station Brake Lane Boughton Nottinghamshire NG22 9HQ Tel: 01623 860 222 Fax: 01623 863 373 e.mail: Web:
Tel/ Fax 01623-863887
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The Bumblebee Cafe - Manchester
Something good is cooking, an ecological community in the middle of Manchester since 1994! They now have plans underway to acquire some land and continue their project (The Bumblebee Woodland Trust) from there, low impact style.
Contact: Equinox Housing Co-op,
161 Hamilton Rd, Manchester, M13 0PQ;
Tel: 0161 2489224 or
Email:
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Wild Root: Brighton
Wild Root are working on getting a loan off of Radical Routes. The aim is to buy woodland and to keep it low impact whilst fostering community in the group. In the meantime it has been decided to buy a very large house in Brighton itself which is to be used as a city base from which to begin the project. Wider objectives are to demonstrate the low impact approach and to provide a stable base for direct activists and people who have been cut off from state benefit under the ‘Job Seekers Allowance’. The group comes from the awareness that housing takes up far too much of individual expenditure whether as a mortgage or as private rent. They plan to build on 15 acres with timber framed office toolstores woodland businesses.
Contact Angie Weyers on 01273 671935
By ohiorganic, August 18, 2008 @ 9:41 am
There seems to be a healthy organic farming movement in the UK. Prince Charles has certified thousands of hectares organic and is a huge backer of organic agriculture
the Soil Association is the UK’s main organic certifier.