{"id":8,"date":"2017-03-09T22:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2017-09-25T10:06:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T10:06:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hwc-group.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hwc-group.png 800w, https:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hwc-group-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.harvestworkerscoop.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hwc-group-768x367.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 85vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Harvest Workers\u2019 Co-op is a not-for-profit social enterprise that:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides access to affordable local organic and sustainable food<\/li>\n<li>Supports local producers using organic and ecological methods of farming<\/li>\n<li>Enables understanding of the social, environmental and health issues of food through educational activities<\/li>\n<li>Contributes to building food sovereignty and community strength<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>To fulfill these aims we run:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An organic farm shop in Okehampton selling local organic produce and other sustain-able and ethically traded goods<\/li>\n<li>Educational activities exploring how the way we produce food affects our health, environment and local economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Story so far<\/h2>\n<p>Harvest Workers\u2019 Co-op started its life as an idea when Martin and Sara, two local organic growers, decided to take on a small farm shop that was closing down in Okehampton. 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