{ "id": 5308, "date": "2025-08-30T07:35:16", "date_gmt": "2025-08-30T05:35:16", "guid": { "rendered": "https:\/\/plantage.farm\/?p=5308" }, "modified": "2025-09-30T08:25:16", "modified_gmt": "2025-09-30T06:25:16", "slug": "land-for-our-cooperative", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/plantage.farm\/en\/land-for-our-cooperative\/", "title": { "rendered": "Land for our cooperative" }, "content": { "rendered": "
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We Have the Chance to Buy Land!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The owners of our \u201cOld Field\u201d want to sell the land to us\u2014opening the door to a unique opportunity. We can bring this land into our cooperative, secure it for the long term, and shape its future together.<\/p>

Imagine this: agroforestry systems, blooming orchards, wild meadows full of biodiversity, and soil we build up year after year according to biocyclic vegan principles. By purchasing this land, we create a stable foundation for our work and actively shape the agriculture of tomorrow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Until now, our cooperative has only leased land. In other words: we are a farm without our own soil. It\u2019s time to change that! Buying this land will help us take root deeply, anchoring ourselves to face the challenges the future may bring\u2014strong and confident. As a community, we\u2019re also taking on greater responsibility and committing to treating this valuable resource with care and sustainability. With this purchase, every cooperative member becomes a co-owner\u2014and thus a landowner.<\/p>

This field also holds great emotional value for us. Back in 2018, when we were looking for land for our CSA (SoLaWi), we came across this piece of earth through Thomas Br\u00f6cker\u2014and it was love at first sight. The soil may not be the best\u2014typical Brandenburg sand\u2014but the location is sheltered and idyllic, surrounded by tall trees. Since 2019, we\u2019ve created many valuable experiences and memories here: our very first sowing and harvest, vibrant celebrations, and wonderful encounters with people from the CSA, the neighborhood, and from all over the world.<\/p>

In the early years, we were fully occupied with setting up the farm and growing vegetables, so we didn\u2019t yet have the chance to develop the full potential of this place. Now, with our large community tent and the outdoor kitchen taking shape, we\u2019re laying the foundation for the future: a farmstead and a vibrant festival meadow for our cooperative.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Let\u2019s Talk Numbers\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Land Use<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The property covers just over 10 hectares. This includes the area with our polytunnels, which we\u2019ve been farming since 2019, our festival meadow, and the apple orchard with 900 trees that we\u2019ve been managing since 2020. There\u2019s also half a hectare of pear trees still managed by Thomas.<\/p>

The land is currently divided as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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