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The Soil Association organic marketplace - your one stop shop for organic forage, feedstuffs, grazing and livestock. This free service is available to all UK organic farmers.

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Historic organic market garden to let Asking Price:(£) Offers
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Oakcroft Organic Gardens in Malpas, Cheshire, one of the oldest organically certified market gardens in the UK is looking for a new tenant.

It is available for let from December 2012 and comprises 2.5 acres of south facing land, mobile glasshouses, outbuildings and a three bedroom flat.

The persons required should have commercial organic growing experience; be prepared to register with the Soil Association; have knowledge of marketing and business; be handy, able to repair tools etc; have capital to maintain themselves at first and renew equipment; be committed vegetarians and non-smokers (values based on Gandhi’s principles of non-violence); and have enough labour to care for the land properly. Also required are good communication skills and passion for nature and sustainability.

Oakcroft has been run on vegan organic lines (VON) for the last 3.5 years, the current owner wishes this to continue, but an organic or bio-dynamic grower would also be acceptable.

Further details on the tenancy is available here. For more background on Oakcroft and owner, Mehr Fardoonji, please read this article.
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  Date Created: 15/11/2012 16:31:10
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  Name: Sue Steer
  Email: sjs@steerethelston.co.uk
  Contact Info: Tel: 01477 532188 Fax: 01477 544638 Mobile: 07729 927777 Or Mehr Fardoonji Tel: 01948 860213
  Address: Malpas, Cheshire SY14 8DH
  Listing #:   344   
  Date Created:   15/11/2012
  Last Updated:   15/11/2012
  Date Expired:   15/12/2013
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