Taking over some abandoned premises, pioneer Nick Gooderham and partners are bringing new life to glasshouses, poly-tunnels and a small acreage on the Dartington Estate.
This ambitious horticultural project is based on a ‘minimum tillage’ approach to growing, and is working towards organic certification. Engaging local people as volunteers and customers, the operation has already become an established part of the local food supply and community infrastructure, and an important part in the Estate’s strategy to relocalise food production. It also serves contracts with local florists, reducing their dependence on imports.
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The project has become an established part of the local food supply infrastructure on the Dartington estate. It therefore has a significant role in the Estate’s strategy to relocalise food production.
The variety of functions on the Estate being served by School Farm products include flowers and salad bags on sale to workers of the various businesses based at the Foxhole centre, fruit and vegetables available to tourists at the Dartington Cider Press Centre, and salad and vegetables to the award-winning kitchen of the White Hart.
For further information and to make orders, please call Nick Gooderham on 01803 847854.
