<div><div dir="auto">Hello,</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some changes of long term property ownership are happening around the Braidwood area. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's a bit of a long term Domino event I think. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, this email below from Bungendore weekly markets' Samantha Hawker puts an idea out about co-operative ownership. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the best</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Geoffrey. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Samantha Hawker</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:earthchildsam@gmail.com">earthchildsam@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 at 6:04 pm<br>Subject: (Caroola) Community Owned Farming - Opportunity in Canberra<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Caroola Farm is up for sale, Gleanna Meala is up for sale, several other farms are likely to change hands soon.</div><div><br></div><div>How can we keep our local organic farms producing when the farmers need to move on and potential young farmers cannot afford to buy in?</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe by buying them and operating them ourselves?! Community ownership?</div><div><br></div><div><b>Please spread this far and wide through your networks</b>, we will be assessing the level of interest in 2 weeks time for this project, but will continue working on the model for future farm opportunities. <br></div><div><br></div><div>There are links below to Co-Canberras proposal for a Community Owned buyout of Caroola Farm, a commercial permaculture farm near Bungendore.</div><div><br></div><div>Please reply to <a href="mailto:buildafarmcoop@gmail.com" target="_blank">buildafarmcoop@gmail.com</a> if you are interested in any way (invest, loan, farm, help with bringing it together/general business stuff etc)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mVdBmpntrLBm87QDOalCPsFWrvxgweTo3AW8_KysVfk" target="_blank">Caroola Farm Opportunity</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U8wpdSbR13FGBVv8i82e_WuhTxe7VwQXzD317Z24z6Y" target="_blank">Caroola Farm Attributes</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Scotty Foster and Samantha Hawker</div><div>Co-Canberra</div></div></div>
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</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">Geoffrey Grigg</span><br></div><a href="mailto:geoffgrigg@gmail.com" target="_blank">geoffgrigg@gmail.com</a><b><br>0428 244 811</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>