growing trade & grow to sell
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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
