30/04/2026
Greetings Friends and Family of Crops Not Shops.
First and foremost, we want to say the biggest thank you to everyone for all the years of support, love, kindness and hope for the work we have been doing for the new earth, the regeneration of mumma earth and for this mission going forward in a good way.
Thank you isn't enough but we really do appreciate all the energy, love and support.
We have been off social media for over a month as we needed to reset and regroup as its been madness since deciding to move from the Picadea Peak Farm project in Ashcott to Sussex to join forces with My Little Farm for the progress of the Sovereign Village mission there.
We moved in October last year, because our mission is, and always will be, to set up projects, and to move on, when the time is right, to work with landowners in the best way possible. (For all the lessons) It was amazing and beautiful in Ashcott but it was time for Crops to explore different paths going forward. So we joined My Little Farm for a short while.
We thought we were moving onto a 100 plus acre site to build the village, but unfortunately that took longer than we thought. It became very hard over winter with Crops having no real base. Again lessons learnt to be sure and clear on terms and partnerships.
We have now parted ways with My Little Farm, which was a mutual agreement, we are still friends, on the same mission but coming from very different approaches.
We are all wanting a better world of service, love, kindness and care but sometimes things don't work out that way and thats okay. Because the trials and tests are great for more clarity and only push us forward.
We still have a good relationship with them and wish them well.
Many people have messaged and called me personally asking where that leaves them? because they joined the My Little Farm membership because of Crops, we send our sincere apologies to all of you who have.
We have now managed to find an investor who has helped us buy our own piece of land back in Somerset along with some of the Crops Crew and will be carrying on this mission, with more knowledge and wisdom, giving away more food, running more home education sessions and running more courses on Community Shared Farming.
Anyone who has invested in My Little Farm and still feels aligned with it, great.
If you have invested in My Little Farm through Crops Not Shops and don't feel its for you, once we set up our own private members association, we will honour it and give everyone who went to MLF a membership for free for the value its worth.
We don't quite know what that looks like right now or even who joined through us, but we will do our best to accommodate everyones wishes and needs.
We will be back online now sharing what is going on and really hope this clarifies where we are at.
It's not easy doing this work but it is the mission of the most high and we will never stop.
With all the Love.
Crops Not Shops
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Goat pic for cuteness 😍
