Our vision
Our vision is of a living, working countryside where land is valued in a way that enhances both the local community and the natural world. We also want to support new entrants into agriculture by making access to land a reality for all – not just the few.
We want to see low-impact, land based livelihoods flourish. We believe that land should be stewarded in a way that produces healthy and ecologically sound food and land-based products – now, and into the future.
Our model
We create small clusters of affordable residential smallholdings and work with our tenants to gain planning permission to build low-impact dwellings, and provide infrastructure such as barns and water supply.
This model allows us to keep costs low by distributing the cost of infrastructure and planning applications across several smallholdings. The cluster model also allows the smallholders to work together and provide mutual support.