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How
is SCA organised and how do we operate?
Stroud
Community Agriculture Ltd is
incorporated as Community Co-operative. As a Community Co-operative
every member has a vote, which puts everyone on an equal basis. Membership
spreads the costs and risks involved in business.
Members hold quarterly planning meetings to set the direction for
the farm. At an annual general meeting members elect a core group
of (currently 8) volunteers to act on the plans set at members meetings.
Read the minutes of the 2006
AGM.
Decisions
are usually reached by consensus. The farm business is owned and controlled
by the members, who employ the farmers. The farmers are members too,
and
sit on the core group, although they cannot take decisions about
their own pay.
Another benefit of the Community Co-operative is that it is possible
to raise capital by shares, should we wish to, by allowing investment
with a return for investors as a profit-sharing organisation. Although
this is not likely to happen, it does mean that it would be possible,
for example, to raise money to buy land to set up a land trust.
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Share the Harvest
click the veg box
to find out how to join
Members collect vegetables each week and can also buy a share
of the meat, if they want to. Everyone pays a monthly contribution towards the farm and
a fee for their share of the produce.
We want to encourage people from all backgrounds and
income groups to get involved and have set up a small bursay fund to
provide help if needed.
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