Project appeals to avoid Farm bankruptcies & helping others

Project appeals: helping others

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Appeal 1. Project to help avoid Farm bankruptcies. This page

Click here to donate to this project.

Above, linked in the image (and here) is our first specific project appeal using the gofundme platform, well known for its integrity and reliability. It is to supply Farmers with subsidised Organic pesticides and fertilizers that don’t poison our food chain, replacing those that do.

We begin with farms in the South of England. This is the tip of an iceberg, however we will replicate this model nationwide in due course. And then globally. A big objective we know, but definitely achievable in the longer term. This all depends on the success of our appeals.

How it works: “Subsidise in order to persuade” – just about sums it up. We do our best to help if they want to switch to organic, providing organic products to Farmers at 20% less than they pay for the chemicals. We then need to make up the difference on their sales, because on average the crop will be 10-15% less in quantity. This is understandably why so many farmers are reticent to change.

It is hard enough for farmers to make a profit these days anyway, so this is the fairest, and possibly only way to persuade them to move away from Chemical to Organic, and to help them make a decent living. Farmers were once considered to be “wealthy”, a few are but today the majority are struggling. Here is a very sad fact:

In the past 5 years 386 farms have become bankrupt or insolvent in the UK alone. 1,115 in the USA. (see the Farm bankruptcies chart below)

We believe the ones who will survive are those who DO NOT IGNORE* the huge new global trend to transition away from harmful chemicals to organic and eco-friendly.

THIS CHANGE FROM CHEMICAL TO ORGANIC IS WHAT WILL SAVE THEM FROM INSOLVENCY.

Yes there is a cost in producing less quantity but higher quality harvests. We hope the government will bridge the gap with subsidies. But in the meantime we want to do all that we can to help in this way also.

Help us to help farmers avoid bankruptcies or insolvency. We know it’s big “ask” but we must begin somewhere!

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A thought: Have you ever considered it strange that we put poison on our crops to stop pests from eating them – and then we eat (or drink) them ourselves!! These chemicals are proven to be a contributing factor in the causes of Cancer.

About us: Our community is a bridge opening new connections between consumers, producers and medical professionals. Together, we are working toward a greener, healthier, more equitable world where nutritious food is available to all.

There is already more than sufficient food in the world to feed every single mouth, but much is wasted and too much is contaminated by harmful chemicals.

We don’t only seek justice and health, we strive to initiate it. These appeals are one of those ways.

Thank you very much for helping us.

Anthony Black, founder & ex-farmer.

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