growing trade & grow to sell

A Growing Trade

Land issues

Community Growing and the allotment act

Avon Organic Group

Using buildings for growing

Farm:Shop Food from the Sky

Creating jobsWenlock Herb Garden

ApprenticeshipsGrowing Communities

VolunteersOrganiclea

Engaging the local community

Raising money from the local community

Bungay community bee keepers

Raising money from businessesFood from the Sky

Making direct contacts with commercial customers

Melior Street Community Garden

Finding customers

Communicating with your customers

What crops to growPop up Pickle

Routes to MarketDirect selling to restaurants

“This is some of the best salad I have come across”

Sara Berg, Head Chef, Duke of Cambridge organic pub

Routes to marketBox schemes – Ecoworks

Routes to marketLittle Growers

Preparing to sell

Managing money

Legal structure

Unincorporated• Have great freedom in

operation but members have personal liability if something goes wrong

• Can’t employ people • Can’t take out loans• Can’t apply for grants • Can’t open bank accounts • Can’t take on a lease• Can’t issue shares

Incorporated• Protects members from

liability• Requires registration with a

regulator• Can raise finance and apply

for certain grants• Can open a bank account

• Some types can issue

shares or loan stock

What’s the Big Idea?

• 2012 new community food-growing spaces

• Increase land for food growing• More people growing food and support

for these people• Influence policy and decisions

Edible Open Gardens Day

Temporary Growing

Growing to Sell

Capital Growth Grow to Sell Support

• Match-making a grower to a buyer (site visit and meeting)

• Advice on pricing• Adding value to produce• Crop-planning• Logistics• Harvesting and packaging.• Business planning• Helping projects to overcome any obstacles that

prevent them from exploring growing produce to sell.

Pop up Pickle..

Stall for All

Capital Growth Health TourCompetition Winners – New Enterprise Category

for Grow for Gold sponsored by the Seed Pantry

Contact us

eloise@sustainweb.org

0207 837 1228

@capital_growth