Tamar Grow Local
Tamar Grow Local is a ‘not-for-profit’ Community Interest Company (CIC) set up on co-operative principles for the benefit of the community. TGL acts as an umbrella organisation promoting local food and produce in the Tamar river catchment, including areas of Devon and Cornwall and the large urban population of Plymouth.
TGL’s core activities are focused around community, commercial and educational agendas, although these are frequently combined and self-supporting. Our structure allows trading and has the ability to create a number of more specialist co-operative ventures under its umbrella to meet demand.
Our activities are centred primarily in the Tamar Valley, which includes the market towns of Tavistock, Launceston, Callington and Saltash, but we also work with a number of national partners on food sovereignty and land access projects.
Our activities focus on three main areas
Community
Providing opportunities and support for local people to grow their own food including allotments and community orchards.
Education
Raising awareness of the benefits of local produce and the unique market gardening history of this area.
Commercial
Working with commercial growers and supply chains to increase the availability & consumption of local food and produce.
We are also home to a number of other projects which in turn support these community groups and other food producing businesses including local markets, food hub and an equipment bank.
We work with other local organisations and businesses to achieve this as well as developing our own projects for sustainable production.
A regular steering group is held to review progress and discuss future activities, together with an Annual General Meeting. All members or all projects are welcome to attend and participate. We work in a co-operative approach with other local businesses and organisations to achieve our aims and need your support.