The Future Farms Partnership in Powys has a mission is to build 100 affordable farms. The Farmland Trust will acquire and manage the land for these farms.
The first pilot project in Sarn was reported in the UK media, A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham.
The next three farms are being developed in Llandrinio, also on land leased from Powys Council. This time, the homes are being built by ClwydAlyn Housing Association.
The Farmland Trust is a charitable community benefit society (9537) based in Wales.
The objects are, for the benefit of the community:
- > to promote and facilitate the conservation, protection, regeneration and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting and facilitating sustainable farming and land management practices which aim to improve biological diversity and/or the regeneration of the Earth’s physical and natural resources;
- > to relieve financial hardship among the farming community through the provision of access to land for farming, low-cost housing and employment opportunities;
- > to advance the education of the public and farmers in regenerative farming skills and practices; and
- > such other charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees from time to time decide.
The next steps in making the Farmland Trust operational are:
- > recruitment of a skilled board of directors;
- > securing a start-up grant;
- > the creation of a business plan;
- > institutional set-up – policies, accounts, statutory reporting, etc.
We are establishing a board of directors of Farmland Trust.
The Board needs knowledge of:
- > farmland management;
- > agroecological farming;
- > Powys;
- > business planning;
- > investment finance;
- > community engagement;
- > charity regulations.
The functioning of the board will require:
- > a collegiate way of working, free of strong egos;
- > acceptance of uncertainty, particularly in the early stages;
- > an entrepreneurial approach in response to new opportunities;
- > ability and willingness to function without access to all the necessary resources in the early stages;
- > committed to community ownership;
- > committed to addressing food security through agroecological food growing.
If you are interested, please contact us through our contact page.
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