Vegetable exchange

**zazen999** · 18-06-2009, 10:55 AM

haliop66...

I think you would have to discount allotment growers, as they are restricted from selling on any surplus....but isn't this just opening a fruit and veg shop?

**ckfe** · 18-06-2009, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

haliop66...

I think you would have to discount allotment growers, as they are restricted from selling on any surplus

i didn't know that zazen

**zazen999** · 18-06-2009, 10:59 AM

http://www.communities.gov.uk/docume...pdf/131012.pdf

page 9.

**ckfe** · 18-06-2009, 11:02 AM

i can't open pdf files on this puter for some reason, not sure if it's the browser i'm using or some other prob but i'll take your word for it zazen

**zazen999** · 18-06-2009, 11:03 AM

What can't I do with
my plot?
Any fruit or vegetables grown
on your plot should be for
you and your family's
consumption. You are not
permitted to run your
allotment plot as a business;
or sub-let your plot.
You should not change the
nature of the plot in a way
that makes it less valuable.
Also, you should rotate crops
and apply manure and
compost as this helps to
maintain the quality of
the soil.

**halip66** · 18-06-2009, 11:04 AM

I suppose it is really except all the produce is home grown & you can sell your veg. Can you sell your veg to a normal grocers? I don't know I've never tried.

Where I am located there aren't many allotments, it's very rural & the middle of nowhere really.

I am really interested to see if growers would actually use a service like that?

**zazen999** · 18-06-2009, 11:04 AM

People have been ousted for selling on crops - I think someone on here knows someone who lost their plot because they were selling seedlings at a boot fair - even though these were grown at home.

**ckfe** · 18-06-2009, 11:05 AM

where would you be growing your veg? would it be in your back garden or private land or something?

**SarzWix** · 18-06-2009, 11:07 AM

There is already a website set up to bring together growers to swap plants, veg, produce and preserves; vegswap.co.uk. Although it's national I think, rather than regional.
What you're talking about doing isn't a 'Vegetable Exchange' because that would imply a straight swap from say a cabbage to a handful of spuds. It's really selling cheap veg, and making a profit. Not that that is a bad thing, but it's a bit misleading to say 'exchange'.

**halip66** · 18-06-2009, 11:07 AM

Originally posted by ckfe View Post

where would you be growing your veg? would it be in your back garden or private land or something?

I wouldn't be growing any veg at all. I would just be buying & selling it.

**ckfe** · 18-06-2009, 11:09 AM

oops sorry totally misread it..

**zazen999** · 18-06-2009, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by halip66 View Post

I wouldn't be growing any veg at all. I would just be buying & selling it.

You'd be buying off me for x and selling for 2x; so no - I'd sooner give it to my family/friends/neighbours which I already do.

**halip66** · 18-06-2009, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by SarzWix View Post

There is already a website set up to bring together growers to swap plants, veg, produce and preserves; vegswap.co.uk. Although it's national I think, rather than regional.
What you're talking about doing isn't a 'Vegetable Exchange' because that would imply a straight swap from say a cabbage to a handful of spuds. It's really selling cheap veg, and making a profit. Not that that is a bad thing, but it's a bit misleading to say 'exchange'.

Fair point.

**halip66** · 18-06-2009, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

You'd be buying off me for x and selling for 2x; so no - I'd sooner give it to my family/friends/neighbours which I already do.

What would you think would be a fair percentage for the exchange?

It's really just an idea at this stage but I have somewhere I could set it up so really interested to hear peoples opinions?

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