Short Supply Chains
Farm Options Study
To conduct a study into the potential future uses of a Monmouthshire county farm. The tenancy of the farm lapses, without a renewal requirement in early 2022. The study will assess all options including those set out below:
- Sell the farm as a going concern and secure the capital derived from the sale
- Let the farm in the same method that has been adopted for many years, and let the new tenant decide on how they wish to operate the farm
- Let the farm with conditions that enable the delivery of policies such as:
i. Declaration of a climate emergency
ii. Zero carbon ambitions
iii. Green Infrastructure policy etc.,
- Let the farm to multiple tenants as commercial or semi-commercial growers, demonstrating Foundational and Circular Economy, low carbon farming principles.
Total cost of project: £10,000.00 RDP Amount: £8,000.00
Project Start: September 2021
Project Finish: October 2021
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