Coleshill
One of my favourite organic horticultural holdings is Coleshill Organics, in the heart of the village of Coleshill in Oxfordshire. A National Trust-owned village, it is a rural oasis just a few miles NE of the less than glamorous Swindon. Here Pete Richardson and Sonia Oliver have created a wonderful business that is as successful as it is beautiful.
I have been using Coleshill Organics in my lecture presentation as a positive vision of farms for the future. Not only does it produce a lot of excellent organic fruit and veg, it does so at the heart of a rural community, it sells everything locally, it employs lots of people per acre, hosts two organic apprentices (click here to learn more about the Organic Apprenticeship Scheme) and is aesthetically pleasing. This sort of system makes so much sense and, I believe, will be the only sort of system that will become viable post Peak Oil.
Do have a look at their website, in particular to see their excellent video.
