List of Stockfree Organic Farms(1) Tolhurst Organic Produce
Tolhurst Organic Produce, 2, West Lodge, Hardwick, Hardwick
Whitchurch-on-thames, Pangbourne, Berkshier, RG8 7RA
Tolhurst Organic Produce lies just outside the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames in south Oxfordshire. Nestled between the Chilterns and the river Thames, the farm of 17 acres is situated in the picturesque Hardwick Estate, with 17 acres in two fields and 2 acres in the 500 year old walled garden. Iain Tolhurst, along with his business partner Lin, have held the organic symbol for over 30 years, thus making Tolhurst Organic Produce one of the longest running organic vegetable farms in England. The farm doesn't only hold the "Soil Association" symbol but was the first to attain the "Stockfree Organic" symbol in 2004, and has had no grazing animals and no animal inputs to any part of the farm for the last 10 years. We supply in-season organic vegetables and fruit delivered to your neighbourhood weekly, via a neighbourhood rep' scheme. Almost all vegetables are harvested the day of deliver y to guarantee their freshness. The bags will vary from week to week according to the season and availability of produce. Unfortunately you cannot choose the contents of your bag - if we were to pack to individual requirements it would double the cost, so this approach keeps our box scheme affordable and accessible to all. . As well as helping to keep prices down, this way of delivery minimises food miles to almost zero. We are founder members of Thames Organic Growers, a group formed to encourage the production of local food for local people, so where possible we trade within our group members.
(2) Growing With Nature
Alan Schofield, Growing With Nature, Bradshaw Lane, Pilling, Lancashire PR3 6AX
Tel: 01253 790046; email:
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Welcome to Growing With Nature, the UK's longest-running organic vegetable box scheme. Our award-winning, locally-grown produce, which we supply to Lancashire and north-west areas, is certified by the Soil Association – your guarantee of quality and integrity. Each and every one of us has an impact on the environment in one way or another, and it's down to each of us to do our bit to minimise the footprint that we leave on the earth. We began growing food organically in 1982 because of our concerns over the impact of chemical faming methods on our health and the environment. Each organic vegetable delivery contains fresh seasonal produce from local growers, with the minimum of wasteful packaging, and travelling the shortest possible distance from the field to your plate. So much food today is plagued with additives, preservatives and genetically modified material – now you can taste the difference, with real, healthy food grown the natural way. Here on our website you'll find details about our products, as well as information on what's new this season. We've also got some links to tasty recipe suggestions to inspire your cooking!
(3) Growing with Grace
Clapham Nursery, Clapham, Lancaster LA2 8ER
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Neil Marshall, Debby Marshall, Chris Hart, Jane Attfield, Tony Bennett Growing with Grace is a social enterprise run as a co-operative (an employee-owned business)
We were established on four principles:
Sustainable Agriculture:Centred on two-acres of greenhouses, at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, this unique operation is a valuable organic production resource. Based on an ethos of 'local food for local people' the greenhouses help fill the hungry-gap by extending the growing season. The Organic Shop and home delivery bag scheme supply a range of organic vegetables, fruit and dry goods.
Equitable Employment:
By combining shared ownership, shared decision making and salaries based on need this co-operative provides equitable employment.
The co-operative seeks to provide a working environment that respects the individual, be they a member or customer. Spirituality in the workplace recognises 'that of God' in each person in a caring environment of mutual respect.
Fairtrade:
We aim to promote the sale of fairly traded imported goods in our Organic Shop in order to support farmers and growers in developing countries.
(4) Northop Organics
Northop Campus, Holywell Road, Northop. CH7 6A
phone 07765933422 email
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Bursaries may be available to vegans and vegetarians who need financial help for these or similar courses.
(5) Bluebell Organics
T: 01325 718841 http://www.bluebellorganics.co.uk/
Bluebell Organics is run by myself, Katrina Palmer with my partner, Steve Barker from a walled garden on the outskirts of Richmond. We grow a wide range of vegetable crops & our orchard has over 70 fruit trees. We are organically certified by the Soil Association as well as registering some of the land as vegan stock free organic. From our walled garden in Richmond, North Yorkshire we grow a wide range of organic and vgetable crops. We offer a great selection of organic fruit and vegetables, as well as free range eggs, preserves & pickles - which can be delivered either weekly or fortnightly to areas of North Yorkshire and County Durham. We deliver our organic fruit and vegetables to a 30 mile radius of Richmond, North Yorkshire. Whats more we have a wide range of selections from the We are a small independent company and aim to provide the best organic produce at a fair price through our own personal input and low overheads.
(6) Chyan Community Field
Halvasso, Penryn, Cornwall.
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Chyan Community Field was started in October 2002. Then it was an emply over-grown field and in the last 6 years has been developed by local volunteers and members to include allotments, a pond, a strawbale tea-shed and toolstore, a sensory garden, composting area, covered cob seat, a playground and community orchard. The field is leased to Swamp Circus Trust, a registered charity to develop this green space for use by the local community and partners. The field has a central walled garden and radiating sections worked by the project's partners and volunteers. Our aim is to involve local environmentalists, community groups, farmers and gardeners, old and young, to develop their own permaculture projects and enjoy the land. Allotments available for £15 per year to all field members. They come with tools and a tea shed to refresh yourself. A cheap way to feed yourself, family and friends! Membership £5/year - free entry to open days and concs. for some courses. This project is run on an entirely volunteer basis, your support ensures the organisation's continued growth.
(7) Scilly Organics
Sandy Lane.Cottage,Middle Town,St Martin's,Isles of Scilly,R25 0QN
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We are a small business specialising in growing fresh organic fruit and vegetables to the local markets on the Isles of Scilly. We sell our produce on the veg stall at Middle Town on St Martin's. You will also find our salads at Coastguards Cafe and High Tide restaurant on St Agnes (yes, we admit there' about 4 food miles to St Agnes...sorry. But we do deliver to the quay by bike!) As the gap between consumers and producers is ever wider, even in rural areas, we consider it vitally important that people know where their food comes from and how it is grown. Because we want our food to have integrity, we are fully organic, certified by the Soil Association. We use seaweed, green manures and compost as the basis of fertility. We don't use any pestcides, even the four organically-permitted ones, and all weed control is by hoe or by hand. It is the most natural way of growing crops and has a minmal ecological impact. Wilidlife is actively encouraged and the bird, insect and plant life is wonderful. This is a very sustainable growing system that gets better as it matures. We keep planting trees and perennial crops and use a permaculture-guided system of design. We grow a wide range of crops, from Potatoes to Lettuce, Apples to Squash and Mizuna to Kale. Freshness, quality and taste is what Scilly Organics is all about. Here on St. Martin’s the food travels hundreds of yards rather than hundreds of miles, from field to plate. This gives us an unrivalled position of providing fresh, healthy and tasty food that people can trust for quality and integrity.
(8) Beans and Herbs
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I have been a herb grower for over 20 years, growing about 100 different varieties, and marketing these locally. In the year 2000 I started an organic seed business. Now I am mainly involved in growing for seed, although still growing specimen herb plants. I have a very small plot of land and my enterprise could be described as a ‘niche’ business. As well as having organic certification for seed processing, my land is also certified for organic seed crop production. I sell on trade stands at shows, and also by mail order, all main vegetable seed, while specialising in bean and herb seed.
I joined VON a year ago and am changing my growing methods to stockfree. As yet only a very few seed varieties are vegan-organically produced.
(9) The Avalach Centre for Plant Study
Drimlabarra Herb Farm, Kildonan, Isle of Arran KA27 8SE
Tel/Fax 01770 820 338 Email:
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www.veganherbal.com from end of March 2009
Drimlabarra Herb Farm is run by vegan Medical Herbalists and is sited on 16 acres of diverse habitat e.g. Wetlands and pond, species rich grassland and a medicinal tree hedgerow which was planted 5 years ago as a medicine harvesting resource as well as a windbreak. We have 2 main vegetable growing areas and 2 herb gardens. Our main soil fertility is from using seaweed mulch and home made compost as well as growing green manures and making comfrey and dock liquid feeds.This year, we intend to construct a greenhouse with processing and possible accommodation area at the rear within our orchard and fruit growing sheltered garden, for which we would be grateful for any volunteer help. Our aim is to teach stockfree growing courses as well as the contemplative plant study courses we already run and to begin work on cultivating the 3 acre set aside species rich grassland to grow oats and extend our veg growing area to supply the nearby farmers market and local hotel on a commercial basis. This is a long term plan requiring implementation in stages over the next few years.
(10) Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
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CAT works to inspire, inform and enable a wide range of people to adopt sustainable lifestyles. This is done through courses, publications, school group visits, information and consltancy service and our vsitor centre. The site contains display gardens throughout the seven acre site, aiming to show best practise in organic vegetable production, as well as in our ornamental borders, lawns and plantings for wildlife. There are two part-time gardeners working on the displays with the help of volunteers. One of us has a stock free ethos and maintains the vegetable growing areas with no animal inputs. CAT also has a one acre productive vegetable field in which salad is grown for staff, but this is not stock free. We have long term volunteers who come for six months beginning in March or September and take part in all aspects of growing from propagation to harvesting. We also run the short courses "Organic Gardening Weekend" and "Gardening for a Sustainable Future". See our website for details.
(11) STEWARD COMMUNITY WOODLAND
A sustainable workingwoodland and conservation project in Dartmoor.
Affinity Woodland Workers Co-op, Steward Community Woodland, Moretonhampstead,Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 8SD
Welcome to the website of Steward Community Woodland, a permaculture project which aims to demonstrate the value of integrating conservation woodland management techniques with organic growing, traditional skills and crafts and low-impact sustainable living. Please read our introductory leaflet for a brief introduction to the project.
This web-site contains a wide variety of resources and information about all aspects of the project, the community, the woodland, planning issues, and our neighbours. There is also a growing archive of photos which can be searched by keywords. If you want to stay up-to-date with progress there is a diary and regular visitors can check the 'whats new' page to locate recent additions to the site. The site is fairly large (with currently over 150 pages) so you may find the search engine an invaluable tool. The web-site is created and maintained by members of the community (using laptops powered by renewable energy systems). This hi-tech media provides a cost effective method of raising awareness of environmental issues and solutions. Our site log shows that around one hundred people visit the website every day, so the website provides many people with access to information about the project. However, the website is not the only way that we provide information. We recognise that the Internet remains an elitist media and is dependent on unsustainable technology. Most people in the world don't even have a telephone, let alone Internet.We publish a quarterly newsletter 'Word From The Wood'. It is sent to people on our mailing list (conventional and email) as well as being available on info stalls at various events..By the third issue we had to print over 1,100 copies to meet demand.Our publications are all anti-copyright, freely reproduced for non-commerical use. We produce occasisonal leaflets and 'how to' guides (many of which have already been reproduced and distributed by other groups). We also do demonstrations and provide information at various events in the 'real world'.
We welcome visitors, both from people who just want to look around and from those who would life to stay a while to help out and share skills. Please contact us first to make arrangements before visiting and to confirm that your timing will be convienient. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions about this website or the project itself, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Thanks for your interest. Enjoy...(12) Highfield Eco Allotment Project (HEAP) Manchester
Kirsty: theheap.org.uk 1.1 The aim of the Heap project is to create a sustainable community allotment where people of different ages and backgrounds can come together to share skills and experience of organic food growing.
Objectives include:
1.2 Organising workshops, activity days, and outreach work
1.3 Promoting environmental and food education, health through exercise, vegan organic growing, permaculture, bioregionalism and cooperative living, low carbon alternatives and climate change solutions
1.4 Growing tasty local organic food
2.1 Activities will be carried out by the members of the project and membership shall be open to all with no discrimination of any person due to race, gender, sexuality or age
3.1 Money will be raised through fundraising for grants and local fundraising in the community
3.2 Money raised will be spent on providing a safe and vibrant environment for learning. Money will be spent on infrastructure of site, maintenance, tools, seeds, publicity, volunteer expenses, art materials and transport costs
4. The organisation is not-for-profit. Any money raised is solely for the Heap project.
(13) Glebelands Market Garden Manchester
Unicorn Grocery, 89 Albany Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 0BNEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Fax: 0161 861 7675
Glebelands is a pioneering urban growing project in Sale. We produce food for consumption within Greater Manchester. Despite many words on the subject local food production commercially is still rare in the UK. Rising oil prices mean it will be a model we shall all be returning to and once again looking at ertile and traditionally productive areas of land, such as the Mersey Valley. We are certified with the Soil Association for organic production and therefore subject to their system of traceability. Glebelands Market Garden concentrates on leafy and salad crops where freshness is most marked. We are able to cut for sale at Unicorn the same day. What we lose in smaller scale we tend to make up in higher value crops. Glebelands uses well established techniques such as on site composting, crop rotation and green manure crops to maintain soil fertility and plant health but also more cutting edge practice to extend the season wherever possible. This includes use of horticultural fleece, mesh covers, polytunnels and drip irrigation lines. Theenvironmental cost of synthetic materials is currently considerably less than truck impact from Spanish andother origins. One of our best friends, David Brown (the tractor), is also critical to production! Typical crops include up to 15 types of salad leaf (according time of year), Kale, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, French, Runner and Broad Beans, Courgettes, Squash, Basil, Spinach Beet, Cavolo Nero and Cucumbers. The main UK season focuses on June-October (due to climatic limitation, mainly low light levels) but we specialise in producing salad leaf right through the colder, darker months. We have seen a improvement in the ecological life around our three acres - butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, hedgehogs, birds, etc. - and we continue to show this richer life can coexist with commercial food production and surrounding suburbia. We welcome school visits but can only accept visitors at occasional Open Days.
(14) Rufford Farm
Hobbs Lane, Beckley, East Sussex TN31 6TH
John Berry, Tel: 0179 726 0610
We've been here nearly 12 years now. We have about 56 acres split into four fields that includes a small wood consisting of mainly chestnut, birch and hornbeam. We are under the Organic Growers scheme and at the moment two fields are in clover to build up fertility. One field is growing wheat the other oats. It's been very hard work getting the fields free of docks and creeping thistles by consistently back-aching pulling them up year after year. However we will persist with our efforts and with better weather and an upturn in the economy we look to a good harvest in 2009.
(15) Oakcroft Organic Gardens
Cross o’th Hill, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8DH
Contacts: Tim Carey 07726 266501 Mehr Fardoonji (01948) 860213
Website: www.oakcroft.org.uk
Oakcroft is the home of Mehr Fardoonji, who established the organic market garden in 1962. Mehr has now retired and has gifted the land to the Soil Association Land Trust, which aims to provide opportunities for prospective growers and farmers, and to fulfil an educational function. As from 2009 the gardens will become stockfree organic, having been taken on by Tim Carey, along with Lloyd English, both beneficiaries of VON’s stockfree bursary scheme as students at the Welsh College of Horticulture.The growing area is 2.5 acres and includes two original moveable greenhouses. The aim is to develop the project according to a sustainable, vegan-organic model, growing as wide a range of produce through the year as possible, to be sold locally. Plans include the adoption of no-dig principles for vegetable, herb and salad production, planting more fruit/nut trees and berries, and extending measures to enhance biodiversity.
(16) Holywell House Hampshire
Holywell, Swanmore, Hampshire S032 2QE
Graham Cole: T: 01489 896 471 E:
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A large private house and garden, sometimes open for charity and VON. Comprising large Kitchen Garden growing wide range of Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs and Flowers, Greenhouses and Frames, Small Orchard, Lawns, Roses, Shrubs, Woodland Garden. Many trees have been planted and much wild habitat conserved and encouraged.
The old Walled Garden, uncultivated for years, has been brought back into some cultivation with varied tree fruits being trained against the walls and encouraging wild flowers with large uncut areas.
Extensive cultivation of fruit is a feature here at Holywell with many different varieties and methods of training, i.e. espalier, fan and cordon, plus some unusual ones such as Mulberry, four different Apricot varieties, Kiwi and recently the Goji Berry. Graham Cole is the Head Gardener, and the only full-time gardener here, using Stockfree-Organic methods during the eight growing seasons he has been at Holywell. An Organic Gardener since the late 1970`s and following Stockfree-Organic principles since 1992. Although not commercial, this site is a good example of what can be done on a large varied garden site of which there are many all over the UK.
(17) Bridge House Farm, Glazebury
Stuart Jones: T: 0161 861 0010 E: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itBridge House Farm, Glazebury, purchased by Unicorn Grocery, Chorlton, is15 miles from Manchester. The site is 21.13 acres consisting of 2 fields of marginally clay loam, one field being more clay than the other. Both fields have drains in a herring bone pattern draining into a near by brook. The land has been down to grass for a number of years which has been cut as hay for horses. It has not received any inputs of fertilisers or biocides for the past 2 years so may be eligible for a 4 month reduction in the conversion period. On the down side the more clay field has a fair few docks on it and part of the other field is covered in thistles. In my eyes the thing to do will be to top the grass as soon as possible taking away the seed heads and vegetation. We then plan to begin work this spring to prepare the seedbed and use a stale seedbed technique to diminish the number of seeds in the soil's weed seed bank. We have had the soil analysed in a laboratory and have taken on the advice of various growers and advisers. It seems that on completion of the weed strike the next stage will be to lime, then sow red clover to fix nitrogen and sow chicory and cocksfoot grass to bring nutrients up from lower in the soil. Part of one of Unicorn's 5 principles of purpose, titled Wholesome Healthy Consumption states that 'we aim to trade in wholesome foodstuffs and household goods of non-animal origin' for this reason the land at Glazebury will be managed stockfree with no inputs of animal manures. Water supply is a major issue we have been looking in to. We are awaiting a quote on a borehole and looking into water storage options, possibly in a lagoon or a water tower. We will be applying for funding for buildings, water extraction and storage, equipment and anything else we may need to make this project a success. We see this as a fantastic opportunity to be as adventurous as possible with this project so are looking into wind or solar powered water pumps and compost toilets. We are open to any other ideas anyone has to share with us. Having been involved in the land project from the beginning of the feasibility study 1 hope that through the work I have done and I am continuing to do I will have helped set up a successful, sustainable growing business.
(18) CREATING THE WELHEALTH CO-OP
Tyn y Nant, Nr. Corwen, Wales LL21 9UWE: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it T: 07890 158 661
Tolstoy said: "My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share and that no-one starves while I eat." Gift economy theory says that the money we, the rich, have, comes from the poor - from the energies they give as gifts. We want to see a world based on equality and co-operation, where people give according to their ability, and receive according to their needs. Where work is fulfilling and useful, and creativity is encouraged. Where decision-making is open to everyone, with no hierarchies. Where the earth, with its flora and fauna, is cared for, valued and respected in its own right rather than exploited. Where people are cared for and where there are limits to consumption. (Radical Routes, Permaculture and MCL values.) We are developing a zero-carbon, vegan-organic forest garden farm coop, in North Wales, near Snowdonia, in a beautiful little isolated wooded valley with a stream. We promote the gift economy, living lightly, income limits, low-impact living on the planet, with low technology for environmental sustainability on our seven acre vegan permaculture forest garden site. We are completely off any mains services, so all outputs are composted and biodegradable. Part of the land is being left for wildlife. Our focus is to reduce the use of money down to a moneyless society, replacing that with increased sharing. Many people don't know that food and fuel grow for free, that we can provide ourselves with electricity for free from the wind and sun and water, and bio fuel crops, that water falls free, and bubbles out of the ground free, and that waste water and all waste becomes the basis of the fertile ground from which all things grow. That insulation can be designed so that dwellings require very little heating. If the land and dwellings are free in the first place, we can put them into an incorporated co-op which has perpetual life. It is exciting and worthwhile, and a very important project.
(19 ) PLANTS FOR A FUTURE
Plants for a Future at ‘The Field’ Addy: T: 01208 873554 The Field at Plants for a Future is an amazingly beautiful piece of land. When bought in early 1989 it was a huge, windswept and eroded field of bare barley stubble. Now it has a young, developing, native woodland; an orchard with over 100 different apple varieties; and many useful and interesting trees, shrubs and herbs. There are many species of unusual fruit trees and shrubs – some of which can be termed superfoods because of their very high nutritional value. There are also perennial salad plants that can be harvested all year round. Everything has been grown vegan-organically, with only the wild animals to deposit their offerings! The founder members are vegan, though some of the later membershave not been.You are welcome to come and spend some time at the land as a volunteer helping out, learning about plants and being in close contact with Nature. Or you can combine holidaying with volunteering – spending some time helping out, and some time exploring the area. The land is also a good place for practicing yoga or meditation for those who are interested. There is a beautiful creek a few minutes walk from the land where we can swim at high tide. Please note – facilities at the land are primitive and you will either need to camp or you may be able to stay in an old caravan. If you For more information about Plants for a Future and the Land, please see our website at www.pfaf.org,
or read the book ‘Plants for a Future – edible and useful plants for a healthier world’ by Ken Fern, published by Permanent Publications. The web site also contains a database of over 7,000 species of useful plants that can be grown in this climate.are interested in visiting please arrange a time by phoning 01208 873554. Please phone if you possibly can, you will receive a much quicker response by phone than by email. Many thanks, Addy
INTERNATIONAL
(20) Sadhana Forest
India
Yorit and Aviram Rozin, Sadhana Forest, Auroville 605101, Tamil Nadu
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00-91-413-2677682 or 00-91-413-2677683 or 00-91-413-2902655
(21) "Douceur et Harmonie" France
Bleuette, Domaine de maman terre, 66230 Serralongue, France
Since 2007 (autumn), our 1 ha of vegetable gardens and orchards are grown in R.C.W. (ramial chipped wood).At the village of Serralongue we shred a large amount of branches which were destined to be burnt. It was a great deal of work but we can see now the result of it.The earth is supple, very agreeable, and mushrooms feel comfortable there .The root vegetable are developing well thanks to the forest humus and we got huge carrots sometimes more than one kg each.The Mediterranean climate here promotes the growth of many species that we have planted such as cherries, apricots, apples, pears, medlars, figs, hippophaes, pomegranates, arbustus, cornus, eleagnus, oxycoccos and also berries, blueberries, black-currants, red currants, white currants, raspberries, gooseberries, goji berries and some others. All of us (the permanent members of the community ) are vegan since some 12 years, before we were vegetarians.The founding member of our society, Viviane, decided to become a vegetarian since 5 years old in 1925. We wishes to be visited by persons agreeing with our realistic- idealist spirit, and be involved in the decisions of how to live and work for the health of our planet
(22) Gentle World New Zealand
We grow our food veganically here in New Zealand. We call our vegan paradigm center; Shangri-La. We leave in the wintertime and sow lupin seeds in our gardens to fix nitrogen into the soil and supress weeds. Then we mow them down when we return and let them add their compost to the soil. We also add mineral and rock potash, phosphorus, and dolomite, if necessary. We only use the rock dusts sparingly, though. We add compost to the soil. We now have 2 big garden patches where we are eating our delicious bi-color corn, a variety of greens, carrots, beets, herbs, courgette/zuchini, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, spaghetti and buttercup squash, etc. We have slightly acid soil, which the potatoes, watermelon, blueberries really enjoy. We recently plowed up a third garden patch for next year...a watermelon patch!! We will put a row of tomatoes in it too, as they do really well in virgin soil. We have plenty of worms and plenty of bees. Our gardens and our land has rivers, streams, brooks, and springs flowing through it. We have the headwaters that come straight from the native forest that sourrounds us and tucks us into our own private (gentle, vegan) world. We often have a wwoofer here helping (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms). It is a wonderful program where we get to meet people (mostly young) from around the world who come here to ''wwoof";. Work-exchange for staying here and being fed our incredibly delicious vegan food. We are the authors of The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals (published in 1981) and 'INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS; Recipes for a New Paradigm by Gentle World. (www.gentleworld.org) We once owned and operated a vegan restaurant on Maui, Hawaii, (The Vegan) and have catered many large events including two celebrity banquets in Hollywood, years ago. We have definitely used delicious food as a tool for inspiring others to go vegan. It is wonderful here in New Zealand, to be able to grow the food on our soil with much love and then eat it, picked freshly. It is part of sustainable living and lessening our carbon footprint of buying food being shipped in from foreign countries.
(23) Le Guerrat, France
Le Guerrat, 09420 Esplas de Sérou, France. Tel: (0033) 561963703 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itTrevor Warman and Sue Morris have been growing vegetables organically and following stockfree methods in the French Pyrenees since 1998. Fresh vegetables are sold direct at local markets and the surplus is transformed in our workshop into conserves for sale and home consumption. For the first seven years we rented a field a few kilometers away but since 2006 we have been lucky enough to buy 9 hectares of land around our house. Beautiful as this is, it is also steeply sloping and heavily wooded so not ideal for veg production! However we have planted a mixed orchard of 50 fruit and nut trees and are gradually clearing beds for vegetables. We also have one polytunnel for protected cropping. We are more than self sufficient in fire wood and have a shredder to produce chipped branch wood for fertility. We hope to develop the woodland management of our land, several hectares of which are chestnut coppice. We also have plans for mushroom production and willow coppice on our wetland area.
(24) Sri Lanka
“Avinsa" Lal Jayasinghe is a 35 acre (14 hectare) estate planted with coconut, cinnamon, tea, rice, fruit trees and vegetables. All produce are grown vegan-organically employing local villagers. Bio gas made by anaerobic digestion of rice straw and green leaves is used for cooking. Micro-hydro power is being developed on site for power. Clay bricks are made on site for building. All further development of the estate will be based on sustainable and ecological principles.
VEGANIC AGRICULTURE NETWORK CANADA AND USA
Farmers and Growers
Stockfree Organic - U.S.A
Victoria Farm in Geneva, Florida is the first farm in North America to become certified through the Stockfree Organic standards of the United Kingdom. The farmers have been using plant-based techniques since 2002 because of personal ethical principles, and later learned about the Vegan Organic Network and the Stockfree-Organic certification offered in the United Kingdom. Victoria Farm’s 3rd party organic certifier, Quality Certification Services, is based in Gainesville, Florida. In 2007, Quality Certification Services offered farms the chance to gain a "Specific Trade Practices Certification" for certifications thatcould be objectively verified through the normal organic auditing and review process. Victoria Farm requested to be evaluated using the Stockfree-Organic standards developed by the Vegan Organic Network. Quality Certification Services worked together with the Vegan Organic Network to adapt the standards to the U.S. For other farms that would like to become certified through the Stockfree-Organic standards, this is an avenue to consider, either with Quality Certification Services in Florida, or by approaching a local 3rd party certifier. Contact us if you would like more information about this option: Veganic Agriculture Network
For farms in North America, Certified Veganic is another option for plant-based certification.
CANADA:
Niagara Escarpment Organics - Clarksburg, Ontario
Ryan and Laura
Website: www.neorganics.caContact info: http://www.neorganics.ca/index.php?p=3DContact
Veganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article3
Groleau Garden - St-Casimir, Quebec
Stephane Groleau
Website: www.vegeculture.net (promotion of veganic agriculture in French)Veganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article108
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Glascott Farm - Markdale, Ontario
Cam and Rebecca
Website: no website or emailVeganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article138
Transitioning to veganic agriculture after farming biodynamically with pigs. The remaining pigs were adopted by a farm sanctuary when they chose to switch to veganic farming.
Les Jardins Vivaces - Quebec, Quebec
Jacques Hebert
Website and contact info: http://cf.geocities.com/jardinsvivaces/Veganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article11
Small horticultural farm using Chipped Branch Wood to produce a huge variety of perennial plants for home
Horticulters and landscapers.
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Huguenot Street Farm - New Paltz, New York
Ron and Kate Khosla
Website and contact info: www.flyingbeet.comVeganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article94
200-share CSA program. Actively involved in developing veganic certification.
Unexpected Farm - Watkin's Glen, New York
Bill and Linda
Related website with contact info: http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M5345Veganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article34
Certified Naturally Grown, selling veganic produce at farmers markets.
Victoria Farm - Geneva, Florida
Kip Bellairs
Contact info:
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, 970-218-8227Veganic Agriculture Network profile: http://www.goveganic.net/spip.php?article33
He is the first grower in North America to be Certified Stockfree-Organic.
Produce is mostly for personal use with some surplus being donated or sold. Has a small animal sanctuary, and the animal bedding and manure are separately composted for use in landscaping only. Food crops are completely veganic.
