S01Ep06P1 – Peter Brown – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

England: A Different Model

Episode 6 Part 1:
Peter Brown –
Tablehurst and
Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

Community Farming - Part 1

Peter Brown describes how Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Co-operative Farms evolved into viable enterprises through a community-driven model, why a shared vision is essential to the success of these farms, and why subsidization of the industrial model requires farms like this to seek other ways to capitalize their businesses.

About Peter Brown

Peter Brown has farmed biodynamically since he was 21, first when he went to South Africa and managed a farm near Cape Town for 15 years, then working in Germany for three years before moving in 1994 to manage Tablehurst Farm in East Sussex in the UK.  More