WE ARE COMMITTED TO 6 PRINCIPLES OF PURPOSE

SECURE EMPLOYMENT

We aim to provide secure employment for our members. This means a livelihood for ourselves with some control over our working environment. We accept the responsibilities and rewards of this challenge.

FOOD IS FUNDAMENTAL

We believe everyone must have access to nutritious and uncontaminated food sources. Organic certification provides verification and traceability of producers and sellers, and a standard for the whole industry to strive for. We seek to see fresh organic produce restablished as regular foodstuffs.

REDUCTION OF FOOD MILES

We aim to minimise the number of miles travelled by our produce. This is firstly to minimise damage to air quality, noise and road traffic accidents, and secondly to maintain awareness of seasonality and local variations. Many Western food indulgences are wreaking havoc in far off countries and we believe we must all address this.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

We wish to see a richer and more diverse local environment despite our urban surroundings. Our agricultural practices will promote the enhancement of flora and fauna in the Mersey Valley. We will be responsible in our use of water, soil and air as we see the environment as a collective resource.

COMMERCE AND SOCIETY

We believe efficient trading activities can and should be conducted in a socially responsible way .We do not believe globalised capitalism is sustainable and furthermore acts in a socially divisive manner. To this end we are a non-profit taking co-operative company. We shall contribute surpluses towards expanding local vegetable production and to those with similar aims to ourselves.

EDUCATION

In line with the aims of the co-operative movement we will put time and energy into educational work. This will be through the operation of our site, by encouraging visitors and in the literature we produce and distribute. We shall seek to make local schools welcome guests and make space available for practical projects.