- Heard on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today. How to get access to land? "Marry the farmer's daughter"! But 1,000 new County Farms a better idea. — 16 hours 22 min ago
- Cllr Adam Zerny asked for "farming walkways". I have many ideas re walks around Potton, Everton, Sutton, Dunton, Eyeworth, Sandy etc. — 2 days 6 hours ago
- @adamzerny Ideas for walkways in C Bedfordshire. Let's have some walks which show folk the farming life, food & traditions of the County. — 2 days 8 hours ago
- The LSA started direct selling to retailers in 1950s. In 1969 (see East Bedfordshire's Arcadia) this link seemed beneficial to growers. — 1 week 9 hours ago
- There is widespread grower concern over supermarket supply 'contracts'. NFU's Peter Kendall (Eyeworth, E Beds) wants an adjudicator. Hurrah — 1 week 1 day ago
Quality research on market gardening, small farms and islands
The Land Settlement Association (LSA): its co-operative ideals and their implementation
There is talk about the creation of a new Land Settlement Association (LSA) but it is yet to be seen whether the idea can become a fully formed credible proposal. The LSA appears to have been chosen as the inspiration because it was a 'co-operative' scheme for supporting individual smallholders.
This paper describes the LSA’s original thinking on its co-operative ideals and analyses them in the light of events which prevented their implementation in the form originally intended.
Price: £25.00
