Selling produce

[FenBuff]

Evening all I am just wondering has anyone ever sold there produce or thinking about it?
As I want to do this . As I know a few chefs who would like to try some of my produce after I have grown some any advice would be great full

[rustylady]

If you're growing on an allotment you are generally not allowed to sell produce.

[FenBuff]

Mines private allotment I don't think they will know lol

[rustylady]

What do you mean by "private allotment"?

[FenBuff]

It's not council allotment

[Bigmallly]

It doesn't matter, produce grown on an allotment should not be sold for private gain.

[WendyC]

I would double check your tenancy agreement before selling anything, as if you are in breach of your agreement you could be off before you've started. It's definitely not allowed on my site.

[Ananke]

This might interest you...
Making money from your vegetable patch | Money | The Guardian

[binley100]

I think you are allowed to sell on your surplus but not make a business of it ie market garden type thing

[Alison]

I thought that the whole point of a lottie was to feed your family and although you would probably have some surplus (to swap, give away or whatever), the whole point was that you got it cheap so that you could eat healthily and provide. If people start taking on lotties to sell produce and make a profit then it doesn't really sit right with me, you'd need to set yourself up properly as well as there would be taxes to pay

[Ananke]

I wouldn't mind selling some suplus to cover the cost of seeds and compost etc but I don't think allotments should be for business either.

[Alison]

I wouldn't mind selling some suplus to cover the cost of seeds and compost etc but I don't think allotments should be for business either.

Yes, that seems OK, think it's when it starts being more of a business for profit that I have a problem.


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[Olorin2001]

Giving away excess and swapping it is OK, but most tenancy agreements have a clause forbidding the sale of produce from allotments. I think there is even mention of this in the various legislation governing allotments, and it goes against the whole concept of what an allotment is all about
There is a very fine line between supplying a local chef with a few handfulls and having a stall at a farmer market.
Keeping things secret would help, but two people can only keep a secret when one of them is dead.

[Bill HH]

From the above post I gather an allotment is a legaly defined concept, If i bought a 1/2 acre of land that wouldn't be an allotment. Does anyone know the legal definition of what an allotment is?
Would a local council require permission to change a piece of land from agricultural use to growing vegetables / Market garden use?

[alldigging]

You'd have to speak to the council's planning, but I imagine agriculture use might cover market garden. Might not though.

But yeah if it's your land you can do (almost) what you want.