Projects · United Kingdom · Wheat, oats, beans and potatoes
Hill & Parsonage Farms.
Two reservoirs and 260 hectares of good English farmland, already growing the food people eat every day.
- Size
- 260 hectares
- Water licensed
- 43 million litres a year
- Cost
- £6.3M
Cost is the £6.325M asking price, converted to pounds. Size, water and cost are from the sale listing.
The farm.
A working arable farm in Essex, growing wheat, oats, beans and potatoes. It has 2 reservoirs and licences to take 43 million litres of water a year, so the crops are watered in dry summers. Bought once and held as waqf by a charitable trust with a permanent endowment: it can never be sold, and the food it grows goes to the people it serves. Accounts are independently audited every six months.
The water
43 million litres a year from 2 reservoirs, under licence. UK licences are time-limited and renewed.
Held as waqf
Held by a charitable trust with a permanent endowment, the most proven route in the UK. It can never be sold. What it grows goes to the people it serves.
Who it feeds.
About 20,000 people a year, from wheat, oats, beans and potatoes. This is our estimate from the size of the farm and will be confirmed before the vote.