About Vallis Veg
Vallis Veg is based around our eighteen-acre site in Vallis Vale on the outskirts of Frome, which husband-and-wife team Chris Smaje and Cordelia Rowlatt bought in 2003. Together with a group of dedicated local helpers Chris and Cordelia have been developing the site using the principles of permaculture design.
In the past four years we have:
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planted over seven acres of woodland – including long- and short-rotation coppice
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established fruit and nut orchards
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begun creating a rainwater irrigation system
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established small-scale livestock systems
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created a market garden site – the heart of Vallis Veg
Kane Brough and Gladys Paulus have recently joined the team, and have been working with us to establish our new local vegetable box scheme through our sister company, Vallis Veg Boxes.
We set up Vallis Veg for two reasons. The first is that we love growing vegetables! The second is that we’re concerned about the environmental impact of conventional farming and retail systems, and we want to work towards a more sustainable and locally-based agriculture. We don’t use synthetic fertilisers or pesticides in our farming, and use very little fossil fuel. If you’d like to learn more about what we’re doing or visit our land, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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