Tatworth Community Crop Production Project


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There are many pictures of the people involved in running the project. The The group assembled for the first ever plantingidea will be to show how they progress, how they enjoy themselves, how committed and enthusiastic they are - and how overnight a new patch of vegetable shoots appears. There's always quite childlike excitement when suddenly we see the product of our hard labours! And a history of how we did it.

As at today we reckon that 60% of our 1/3rd acre site is planted with crops and that is from Good Friday - a mere 93 days!

Look at [Mission Statement] to see the aims of the project spelled out .....

See [Conception & Birth of the Digging and planting the first crop - potatoesProject] to see the background history of how the project came about: a very generous Landowner, Somerset County Council and the Parish Council - who are both very committed to the project - and how they all fit into the picture .....

See [Its Uniqueness and Success] as to why this Project is different from others .....

As the project develops manyAt the end of the first day's planting - the ‘inaugural’ crop! problems will no doubt arise and solutions will need to be found. We'll put discussions of these onto the website as they arise, hopefully to help others who want to start up similar schemes and short-circuit their own experiences to minimise labour - and also hopefully ..... for advice from them!
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Good Friday, 10th to 18th April, 2009
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Tatworth and Forton Parish Council adopted ‘transition status’ in September 2008 and immediately made this Community Crop Production Project one of it's ambitions.

Andrew Turpin (a Parish and District Councillor) was the person who conceived the idea of this Project, having worked exhaustively over the years on a number of ‘transition objectives’. The project is backed by the enthusiasm of a large and active group of volunteers in the local community. Financial support has been provided by both the County and District Councils as well as the Parish Council.

If you would like to talk to Andrew on more of the background please feel free to contact him on .....

01460 220691
andrew.turpin@southsomerset.gov.uk
 








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