Screw this…Let’s try something else

We head to Shropshire, where siblings Charlotte and Ben Hollins brought together 8000 strangers to buy their organic farm back from the jaws of big agriculture. They’ve gone on to prove a new community ownership model that recent research suggests could work better, not only for farmers but all of us too. Now they’re exploring how it can expand nationwide.

If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a farmer, but don’t know how to start a tractor, join Maryam & Matt on this journey to reconnect us to our land, food and farming.

Featuring: Charlotte Hollins, Ben Hollins, Sue Pritchard, 

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Reports referenced in the show:

http://www.uklanddirectory.org.uk/land-usage.asp 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40544084/
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Lee Robb was fed-up of seeing her hometown – Carrick Fergus in Northern Ireland – divided, neglected, and still reeling from the troubles,  so she decided to buck the trend and… reach out to her fellow residents. When she did, she was surprised that people reached back, and working together they created something that put Carrick on the map for a different reason. Through their humble greengrocers, they’ve proven an appetite for locally grown food systems and revitalised their high street. Now they’re consulting with national government on how their model can create a blueprint for a food system that actually makes sense and could work everywhere.

We then talk to Jon Alexander about how this approach could change not only our food system, but if we come together in our places, everything. As Jon says in his book Citizens ‘the key to fixing everything is all of us’. 

(Thanks to Simon Wood at Ravenhill films for letting us use the Crowdfunder clip!) 

Featuring: Lee Robb, Jon Alexander

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Reports referenced in the show: ‘The Money Trail’: https://nefconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheMoneyTrail.pdf

City University of London farmer study: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33491/1/sustainability-16-06851-v2.pdf

‘The False Economy of Big Food’ https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food
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Over a pint in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, Mark Pepper and fellow residents decided they’d had enough of the community being ignored by politicians, the council and everyone else, so knocked on 3000 doors and asked their neighbours what mattered to them. Then, as a community, they set about delivering. In just a few years they have rewritten housing policy, brought a supermarket to a food desert and built a community-owned wind turbine that brings them an income, all creating a road map for self-built hope that could work anywhere.

We then talk to David Tudgey about how the model proven by Lawrence Weston could work for communities everywhere. 

Featuring: Mark Pepper, Donna Sealey, David Tudgey

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Ever find yourself wondering ‘Does everything have to be this broken?’ Join Maryam Pasha and Matt Golding, on a journey of the possible, to visit ordinary neighbourhoods doing something extraordinary.

Each episode we’ll meet the folks who’ve had enough and are starting to say: “Screw this… let’s try something else” and are proving there are better ways to approach food, energy, housing and decision making – and then we’ll explore what the country could look like if these ideas spread.

From a mission to reboot an empty high street in Northern Ireland, and people owned power in Bristol, to a Shropshire farm with 8000 community landlords, and a neighbourhood of tomorrow in Birmingham, come along on a road trip like no other, and get inspired. Because, even in our troubled times, real hope exists – if you know where to look. 

Stay tuned for our 6th episode, where we’ll share tips on how to get started where you live - and invite you to take part in our survey - conducted with the University of Bristol - to see whether listening to this series has made you feel more hopeful.

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