GA Adderson’s small traditionally run dairy farm in North Crawley is approximately 12 miles from Wolverton. It is the nearest source of sustainably produced dairy produce.
For a few years, GA Adderson Dairy had a stall at Wolverton’s bi-monthly farmers’market. Unfortunately due to on farm demands and low profit margins on dairy produce, they were unable to continue. Following discussions about 'breaking the supermarket habit' among the town’s new Transition group, a couple of volunteers arranged a weekly collection from the farm.
An on-line order form was created using Google Docs. This enabled group members to manage their orders and the groups co-ordinator to collate the quantities and email the order to the farm. Members would then collect their order every Tuesday evening from the co-ordinator's house.
The group is run by a volunteer co-ordinator and three social enterprise workers. The resources used by the group include:
• Computer with e-mail and Google Docs,
• a car and several bicycles (in the beginning before deliveries were possible)
• two coolboxes,
• telephone,
• a secure milk crate storage cabinet (that a volunteer made so that the milk wouldn't get stolen before the centre opened up on Tuesday mornings) and
• a fridge.
The scheme is promoted via the Transition Wolverton e-mail group, Milton Keynes
Christian Foundation, and word of mouth.
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