- My Little Farm began by securing farmland through community co-ownership, building a strong team of specialist regenerative farmers, and focusing on producing the highest quality food, free from synthetic chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
- Crops Not Shops began by working with land owners to enable communities to live and work together on the land, giving 50% of their harvest to people in need and building a reputation for soulful, well-organised events such as Sacred Earth Festival.
Where our paths meet is where the magic happens.
Crops Not Shops bring deep expertise in on-the-land community building, events, and governance. My Little Farm brings the scale, infrastructure, and production to feed a movement.
Together, we unite world-class farming with genuine community connection.
Crops Not Shops create more moments for our members to gather and shape our shared future, while My Little Farm provides the land, systems, and farming skill to amplify their mission.
By combining strengths, we’re building a powerful model for decentralised land ownership — capable of producing and distributing vast quantities of nourishing food for our members and those most in need.
This is the foundation of generational wealth for our communities. Not measured financially, but in our shared access to secure land, healthy soil, and the abundance we’ll share for generations.
The Vision
By 2035, Crops Not Shops and My Little Farm will have transformed the food and farming landscape in the UK by empowering over 100,000 families to reclaim their connection to the land, their communities, and true self-sufficiency.
These families will hold a stake in a new kind of farming system: regenerative, decentralised, and owned by the people. Together, we are catalysing the rise of 100 community-owned farms spanning 100,000 acres, creating a living, breathing network where ethical food production, ecological stewardship, and genuine community thrive side by side.
The Flagship: Our 1,000-Acre Sovereign Village
At the heart of this transformation will be our first Sovereign Village. 1,000 acres of co-owned farmland, serving as both a living prototype and a blueprint for a new way of life that regenerates the Earth while restoring the human spirit.
The Roadmap
Our focus for the next 24-36 months is finishing our flagship farm in East Sussex. We've provisionally secured a further 250 acres to expand our operations on to. Our objective is to finalise the purchase of these crucial land parcels and establish the necessary infrastructure to scale our farming systems, enabling us to feed 1,000 families weekly.
While establishing this foundation, we’ll host immersive community events to deepen our connection with the land and the food, and to collaboratively design the blueprint for our first Sovereign Village. Together, we’ll envision how it takes root, gather the resources, and recruit the dream team to bring it to life.
By the end of 2028, our goal is clear: Sovereign Village blueprint complete, team assembled, resources secured, and 1,000 acres of land ready — paving the way for the expansion from farm to fully-fledged village.
Comments (14)
Absolutely love this I watched crops not shops first start out met some of the people at a gathering in the forest in London during lockdown and they have grown from strength to strength I would love to get involved or even start something in my community in Wallington Surrey I do have 3 allotments so am growing what I can and sharing what I can but would love to do this on a community scale
This sounds brilliant. I would like to be part of it. Does the vision include animal farming?
Very excitining and I want to be part of this. I live in Bognor Regis so your on my door step. Getting to Glastonbury as a none driver was difficult.
Hope I can volunteer to help build this vision for our children.
Truly inspirational, I would love to learn more about the sovereignty aspect of this project, are you aware of Kennith Scott Cousins work with Panterra D’or and Gemstone University?