Ecological Land Cooperative

About us

To create a living, working countryside accessible to all…

Our vision is of a living, working countryside where land is valued in a way that enhances both the local community and the natural world. We also want to support new entrants into agriculture by making access to land a reality for all – not just the few.

We want to see low-impact, land based livelihoods flourish. We believe that land should be stewarded in a way that produces healthy and ecologically sound food and land-based products  – now, and into the future.

We aim to enable future farmers to access land.

Our mission is to provide affordable opportunities for ecological land based businesses in England and Wales. We support rural regeneration by developing small farm sites for farming, forestry and other viable rural enterprises which are also to benefit to the environment.

We demonstrate that marginal agricultural land can be managed to support the production of healthy and local food.

Our aim is to share land more equally amongst the population, therefore helping revitalise rural communities by making land, food and jobs accessible to all. We also seek to redress the historic concentration of land ownership in England and Wales by campaigning for policy change.

We carry out research measuring the benefits of low impact, ecological agriculture for people and land. We demonstrate that marginal agricultural land can be managed to support the production of healthy and local food.

By purchasing land and subdividing it into a number of ecological residential smallholdings, this simple, practical solution helps create the necessary conditions for those seeking to pursue land-based livelihoods.

Our core objectives are:
Securing land for and creating low impact, residential, agroecological starter farms identifying and supporting new entrants to ecological agriculture.
Creating opportunities for people and communities to have access to land and become involved in growing.
Creating rural jobs and employment.
Campaigning for policy change in food, planning and agricultural at local, regional and national levels.
Carrying out research on agroecology which will freely available online and accessible to all.