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Open Country: Herefordshire Eco-Community

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Herefordshire Eco-Community

11/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Herefordshire Eco-Community

Helen Mark finds out about Canon Frome, an eco-community in Ledbury.

Helen Mark finds out if Canon Frome, an eco-community in Ledbury, could offer a solution to the challenges faced by those who wish to live sustainably outside of cities.

Living sustainably outside of cities and finding housing without building village suburbs are big problems for those wishing to live in rural landscapes. To buy the cheapest properties in counties such as Herefordshire you would have to borrow 9 or 10 times the average wage and the knock on effect is a far less diverse population.

In these troubled financial times Canon Frome Court hopes to offer a solution first made popular in the 70’s. It’s an organic rural farm community set up in a former school and Georgian Mansion which today houses 45 people young and old. This is the first time that the community have opened their doors to the media but as Helen Mark discovers when she meets the members there are few closed doors once inside.

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