Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is part 1 of a discussion with Alice Brown of Sutton Community Farm, just south of London.
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to grow the new economy.
By new economy, we mean an economy whose component parts are democratic and non-extractive, rather than undemocratic and extractive.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Open Credit Network: https://opencredit.network/
Sutton Community Farm: suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk
Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/alice-brown-community-farms-part-1
Thanks also to the Open Co-op: https://open.coop/
Highlights
1. It’s a change for a lot of people not to shop at supermarkets, and maybe to change their cooking habits too. Even if people are into the idea of shopping locally and cooking seasonally, it does take a bit of persuasion.
2. An issue farms face, especially in the green belt, is that green belt land is protected, but owners somewhat value it on the basis that at some point, they may be allowed to build on it, which artificially inflates the price of land near cities.
3. Farms under 20 hectares (I think) are not eligible for subsidies. That automatically excludes lots of small farmers – especially market gardening / horticulture / vegetables, which are often done on a smaller scale.
This is part 1 of a discussion with Alice Brown of Sutton Community Farm, just south of London.
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to grow the new economy.
By new economy, we mean an economy whose component parts are democratic and non-extractive, rather than undemocratic and extractive.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Open Credit Network: https://opencredit.network/
Sutton Community Farm: suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk
Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/alice-brown-community-farms-part-1
Thanks also to the Open Co-op: https://open.coop/
Highlights
1. It’s a change for a lot of people not to shop at supermarkets, and maybe to change their cooking habits too. Even if people are into the idea of shopping locally and cooking seasonally, it does take a bit of persuasion.
2. An issue farms face, especially in the green belt, is that green belt land is protected, but owners somewhat value it on the basis that at some point, they may be allowed to build on it, which artificially inflates the price of land near cities.
3. Farms under 20 hectares (I think) are not eligible for subsidies. That automatically excludes lots of small farmers – especially market gardening / horticulture / vegetables, which are often done on a smaller scale.
