Fw: [rdwg] Tell the Co-op board to halt the fire-sale of their farms and give the farmers of the future the #timetobid

[marknbarrett at googlemail.com]

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From: Julie Occupy <julieoccupy at gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:09:50 
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Subject: [rdwg] Tell the Co-op board to halt the fire-sale of their farms and
 give the farmers of the future the #timetobid

The Co-operative Group wants to sell all of its land to the highest bidder, all to fund the losses of its appallingly run bank. To make as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, they will try and sell to the highest bidder. But this is the biggest land sale in decades: that means over 50,000 acres of land under co-operative ownership could will be lost, just to fund the private investors plugging the gaps in the Co-op bank's finances. 

Or, it could be the chance for a generation: a new generation of young farmers with a vision - a sustainable, equitable and truly cooperative vision, vital for the future of UK agriculture  - could be given the chance to access the land for the benefit of us all.

Tell the Co-op board to halt the fire-sale of their farms and give the farmers of the future the #timetobid 

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sale-of-co-operative-group-farms

There is also a related petition calling for Defra to support the formation of Community Farmland trust to buy Co-op farms accepted by the HMG e-petitions
 
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62279
 

 



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