Latest news from the ELC

Greenham Reach Open Day - Saturday 5th October, 2pm-5pm 26 September 2019 Come and explore the three different smallholdings at our first site in Mid-Devon. Since 2013 the 22 acre site has been transformed from pasture land to a patchwork of different growing and grazing systems encompassing three small farm businesses.	Ecological Land Trust is Wonderful 26 September 2019 Donate to the Ecological Land Trust to repair and restore wildlife habitats on farmland in England and Wales. We do this work because for the past four decades much of Britain's agricultural land has been depleted by over-use and contaminated with agri-chemicals. Many farmland species, pollinators and habitats have been lost or are severely threatened.	One Planet Development at Furzehill 21 September 2019 For our site 'Furzehill' on Gower, South Wales we will be applying for planning permission using the One Planet Development planning policy.
Sparkford planning application 21 August 2019 We’ve submitted our planning application to create three ecological smallholdings on our site in Sparkford, South Somerset (the land north of Sparkford Hill Lane). Whoop!	Furzehill Community Meeting write up 20 July 2019 On Wednesday 17th July, we held a community meeting for Gower residents where we presented and discussed our plans to create a cluster of three residential small and ecological farms accompanying land-based businesses at our 18 acre Furzehill site.	Arlington barn build complete 11 July 2019 We’ve now installed solar panels on the barn and rain water catchment in place — vital infrastructure for low-impact living ready for our new farmers to move on site.
Ruth our new Planning Manager 8 July 2019 Meet Ruth! The Ecological Land Cooperative’s new planning manager. Ruth is passionate about lowimpact, landbased living having worked in the planning sector working towards positive change for 4 years. With a strong committment to environmental and social justice Ruth is the perfect person to research, write and submit our planning applications to create clusters of new small farms - enabling new entrants to work and live on the land...	Furzehill Community Meeting 18 June 2019 We invite you to come and help shape an exciting new opportunity for growers and farmers on Gower The Ecological Land Cooperative (ELC), a not-for-profit social enterprise has purchased an 18-acre site on Gower, a site called ‘Furzehill’ near Lunnon. We would like to invite you to a community meeting to discuss our plans for the fields.	Hurdles to Horticulture: A new report 17 June 2019 'Planning Barriers Faced by New Organic Horticulture Businesses in England' is a jointly written report by the Landworkers' Alliance and the Ecological Land Cooperative, demonstrating a number of examples where a new entrant to organic horticulture has sought permission from their local authority, either for infrastructure or temporary accommodation