Present: Mike Wakeford, Keonpetre, Sue Ewing, Dale Dixon-Hart, Phoebe Shaft

AGENDA – Community Farm Meeting 25/9/14

Present: Mike Wakeford, Keon Petre, Sue Ewing, Dale Dixon-Hart, Phoebe Shaft

Apologies: Hilary Stevens, Emma Reed

Item Action/Comment - Communication – Facebook issues Site now functional and people are able to join - Update from the SNAG – MW - Additional question about delivery entered. - Survey ready to go out next week – needs - Sue to ask Les if we could slip paper copies into adapting and circulating for non-parent the next Crier community – last additions? - Mike to adapt the survey for non-school folks - Canalside visit – NOT Sat 4th Oct – rearrange - 18th Oct - TBC (not 11th Oct or 9th Nov) - We will need to chip into the work morning at 11am in return for some staff time at 1pm - Happy with co-op model? - New group members supportive of the model. - Start veg box co-op through school. Sign up - Profit share agreed to start on an equal split, to half terms worth, payment being used to one third to each benefactor. Unlikely to be buy veg, sorted at school and picked up each profit for a long while but it is a good selling week. point, need to ensure growing costs are covered - Decide percentages of profit – split between first. Review this share once a profit is coming in grower, school and community. or when one party wants to review it. - When to start? Wait for survey responses? - KP to speak to possible wholesalers - Possible wholesalers? – KP. Logistics? - School Council designing credit voucher – on-going. 2 hours work = 1, 4 hours = 2? 2 is max per day? - PYO contact - MW - Mike and Dale spoke to pyo place, not keen to share resources with us. Another on in Kineton could be approached. We could also request strawberries from the local community as many will have some runners… - Practical work parties – sheep gone? - Sheep have left - Hedge opening - Use thurs 2nd oct meeting to do some practical - Ground prep tasks – sort the gateway, mark out plots, bring - Removal of concrete/sheeting/fencing? sheeting from the old swimming pool onto the - At next Thursdays meeting? plots, maybe clear some slabs and fencing? Take soil samples for Phoebe? - First event – apple pressing 25th Oct? - 10am pressing, soup lunch cooked by WI and - With more? pupils, then practical farm tasks/more pressing - Film nights – await survey results - AOB - Bee hive co-op being run by Keon, those interested to contact him direct. - Mike to bring an idea of possible spending budget to next meeting, discuss best thing to spend it on… polytunnel? - Phoebe starting a horticultural diploma, will be using our project as a case study in due course. She may also be able to help have our soil analysed. - Next meetings – first Thursday of every 2nd Oct, at the school, 3pm-6ish. Practical tasks. month = 2nd Oct. Work day? Venue? Next one November 6th. Need a sooner one to focus on the veg box logisitics?