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The guiding principles of Stroud Community Agriculture:
The Community Co-operative is bound by a set of principles established
by the members at an early public meeting.
The principles are:
- To support
organic and biodynamic agriculture.
- To pioneer a new economic model
based on mutual benefit and shared risk and ensure that the
farmers have a decent livelihood.
- To be fully inclusive. Low income shall not
exclude anyone.
- To encourage practical involvement on all levels.
- To be transparent in
all our affairs. To make decisions on the basis of consensus
wherever possible. To strive towards social
justice.
- To offer opportunities for learning, therapy and re-connecting
with the life of the earth.
- To network with others to
promote community supported agriculture to other communities
and farms and share our
learning (both economic
and farming).
- To encourage members, in co-operation with
the farmers, to use the farm for their individual and social
activities and celebrations.
- To develop a sense of community around
the farm.
- To work co-operatively with other enterprises
that share our principles.
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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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