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Join our food
revolution
growing a community of ethical shoppers
We are looking for customers
We are starting a members only online community supported Farm Shop in June 2027, with a focus on a wide range of organic, ethical and fair trade groceries, and non-food items - as well as our fresh market garden grown produce.
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We are partnering with SUMA, a long established ethical co-op, and aim to buy stock in bulk - such as Pasta, tinned goods, refill options, cereals, drinks, frozen, dairy and grains etc. If you are happy with seasonal veg, you could easily shop entirely through us.
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We are looking to pilot the idea initially, and are looking for a total of 30 members. You order online, and we deliver to your door in an electric vehicle. The scheme enables refill options, bulk orders and packaging returns and reuse. We always ensure we sell at, or below the RRP.
About: Pili-Pala farm
Pili-Pala is the Welsh word for butterfly, and symbolises the transformation of this south facing hillside into a regenerative micro farm. Using ethical growing principles, and a "chemical free", no-dig approach, we grow a wide range of seasonal crops using organic principles and combine these with a range of everyday groceries that we source from an ethical co-op.
The result is an online shop, that offers the best organic, cruelty free and fair trade products and quality locally grown seasonal produce through a membership based CSA model.
Meet the grower
The farm is managed and tended by grower Tom Edwards, who continues to adapt and learn his craft on this challenging south facing hillside plot. Tom is supported by his family, who pitch in with the occasional weeding, harvesting and sowing, making this a family venture.
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Tom has a lifelong passion for gardening, wildlife and ecology, and holds a BA Honours in Wildlife Conservation. Following a 20 year city based career in social work, Pili-Pala Farm was established in early 2021 as a small seasonal market garden following a move to rural Wales in 2019, and was prompted by a desire to reconnect with the earth, return to this passion and challenge an increasingly broken food system. Following a steep and varied learning curve, the ambition is to progress the venture, and develop a sustainable, profitable and year round micro farm and online farm shop, supplying the local area with a broad range of seasonal, quality, ethical and honest produce.
