Harvest Workers' Co-op, Okehampton. Crowdfunder Page live!

After two years trading and many months of planning, Martin, Sara and five others (Liv, Henry, Sophie, Jo and Kevin) formed Harvest Workers’ Co-op, to continue running the shop as before and to use any surplus profit to run educational activities and local events on all things food and farming.

 Sophie said "It’s vital that we get the word out about what we’ll be doing and how it will benefit the local community - we need to raise £15,000! This is to refit the shop, keep us afloat during the changeover period and to purchase much needed insurances, to ensure that we can develop our educational projects about food and farming! So far we’ve reached £550! We would be eternally grateful if everyone could share our Crowdfunding campaign link either by sharing our Facebook post or by sharing directly. Please see below for your preferred link - SIMPLE - Just click SHARE and please LIKE us too! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestworkerscoop/posts/451829568524015?pnref=story Directly: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/harvest-workers-co-op (click the Facebook logo beside ‘share and follow’, underneath our video)Thank you - please feel free to share our story with your contacts, and be careful not to be tempted by our fantastic rewards!Sophie.Harvest Workers' Co-opwww.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk/site/

HARVEST WORKERS’ CO-OP IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT AIMS TO:

• Provide access to affordable local organic and sustainable food
• Support local producers using organic and ecological methods of farming
• Enable understanding of the social, environmental and health issues of food through educational activities
• Contribute to building food sovereignty and community strength

TO FULFILL THESE AIMS WE WILL RUN:

• An organic farm shop in Okehampton selling local organic produce and other sustain-able and ethically traded goods
• Educational activities exploring how the way we produce food affects our health, environment and local economy

THE STORY SO FAR

Harvest Workers’ Co-op started its life as an idea when Martin and Sara, two local organic growers, decided to take on a small farm shop that was closing down in Okehampton. They saw this as an opportunity to increase access to organic food in the local area and to raise awareness about the key role that farming plays in our health, the environment and the local economy.