Where can I get funding to start organic farm?
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Question by ♫●♥♪♦ Water Lizard ♫●♥♪♦: Where can I get funding to start organic farm?
I would like to start an organic veg farm in the UK, but I have no savings. It will take a long time to save the money.Does anybody know of any grants that can help? All of the small business grants I have looked at are not interested in agriculture. I also contacted DEFRA and they couldn’t help. Any info and/or links greatly appreciated
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you can get a loan from the bank
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MB
March 4, 2012 at 11:09 pm
The princes trust may be able to help you.
Also, there is an Argricultural fund in the UK by the govt that gives a grant to agriculture businesses.
Best idea would be contacting princes trust first, and they will give you information on such ways to gain finance.
Anonymous
March 5, 2012 at 12:04 am
Grants are hard to come by and even harder to qualify for. Try the environmental stewardship scheme. Also might be worth asking someone from ‘farming in crisis’ not exactly what you’re looking for but they might be able to put you in the right direction. Or try the organic farmers and growers organisation. Farming is tough at any time and more so at the moment with the economic climate as it is but good luck to you
T.
March 5, 2012 at 12:33 am
Hi,
You can try pitching for funding to investors for free on http://cmypitch.com – the social network for entrepreneurs.
Think of it as the online version of Dragons’ Den.
Kind Regards,
Will
cmypitch
March 5, 2012 at 12:54 am
Maybe you should contact any other farmers who have set up a similar veggie farm. Look on websites, try this –
http://www.j4bgrants.co.uk/Default.aspx?gclid=CKjA_Y3_1JgCFQulQwodGyRv4g
http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/index.php
http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/index.asp
sexii.sandra
March 5, 2012 at 1:20 am
I don’t know if the UK government has any beginning farmer loans or not, they might.
Basically the answers are pretty simple.
You earn and save it.
You get it from someone who loves you.
You marry it.
Or possibly you find a farmer and you go to work for him and you gradually, over a period of time, take over his farm, much like a son would.
Or, you let someone else worry about the money and you work for them.
Or you go into agribusiness and you provide services to a lot of farmers, that can be like being a very big farmer often without near the financial investment. Your problem is, it is difficult to know what you can do and needs to be done without already being involved.
Anyway, good luck, though I don’t care for organic myself. I prefer and intergrated aproach not based on religion.
Marv
BigNorsk
March 5, 2012 at 1:46 am