Crops not Shops has a mission: “to inspire people towards a more conscious and self-sufficient lifestyle. To transform land, gardens and green spaces everywhere into thriving ecosystems of biodiversity and organic food productivity. To educate and empower people to look after our earth and preserve life to the best of our ability for 7 generations to come; and to co-create a global, fair, free food-sharing network built on love and caring.”

I visited after just a few months of them being on the land, and the progress made already was astounding. Fields of food, compost toilets, solar showers, camping fields, gathering spaces and more – all built by volunteers and organizers with this mission in mind.