Wye Valley - latest news

Many of you will be familiar with the case of the protesters at Wye Valley in a situation somewhat similar to ours (in their case an agricultural college was to be turned into a vast housing and industrial state by freeholders Imperial College without them being consulted or involved). They found that there were secret agreements between Imperial and its district council (which both had denied) they publicised them and the whole development fell apart.

The latest news is that the "Wye Valley Community Farm" steering group is planning to bid for the tenancy of the abandoned agricultural college and its land to turn into into "Wye College Farm" - a sustainable provider of food, education and jobs for the local community.

The Wye Community Land Trust (see earlier posts re Community Land Trusts) chair Phil Ward said, "Wye College Farm led the world in the research and development of agriculatural practice for over a century. We want Wye to continue in the vanguard of farming's future and environmentalism, with fair prices paid for local, high quality food produced by a business under community control and ownership".

I can see it now - we turn the whole of the regeneration area into an organic farm - lovely!!!!!