Together we could buy the land and convert it into a community farm for people to grow (organic) fruit and veg together, ensure we all have access to fresh affordable healthy produce, share skills, offer training to schools, disability groups and everyone else... and much much more. A real alternative to the corporate monoculture that dominates our food.

The land is £1.15m (which would buy a flat in central London?!) so we only need 780 of us to pledge £1500 each (or more or less). With 7 million people living in London surely we can do it?! And we've already had £380k in pledges in the past two days.  http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29673802.html

And there are examples where communities have got together and bought farms elsewhere e.g.:  http://www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk/

Time is of the essence: we only found out about the opportunity last week and we need to submit an offer by next Friday (27th May). At this stage we only need to know if people are willing to pledge - please email me with your name and the amount. And please forward to as many people as you think might be interested... If we get enough people we will issue a community share offer, if not, we won't go ahead. So what have we got to lose?

More Information

Community shares: there are loads of examples of people getting together and buying farms, post offices, wind turbines etc. The way these shares work is that people invest a certain amount, get benefits such as discounted produce, own part of a worthwhile project, get involved in activity days etc (if desired) and the shares can be sold (for original price) if they need the money back.

For further information contact: Anna Francis, anna.francisATgmail.com www.suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk