20/08/2023
It is with regret and much sadness that I write this, finding the words to say it is ending is always hard and surprisingly personal however with immediate effect GREEN will cease trading.
We have had a fantastic four years, and it has been a genuine pleasure to serve our local and wider communities with the highest quality produce, grown in a fashion that is sympathetic and supportive to the environment around us; this has been at the core of everything we do from day one.
But this is also a hard way to make a living, the hours are long, days off non-existent and physically very demanding. Despite significant effort to make it more viable we are no longer able to turn a workable profit and I am not sure I have the financial wherewithal or physical and mental strength to try and push it again for another season in the hope of turning this around. The final straw for me has been in relation to my health, nothing life threatening, but a persistent and significant enough.
These have been a challenging few years; Individuals and businesses have all felt the squeeze and the cumulative effect has gradually worn many down. Input costs have all increased, over and over again and trying to keep pricing competitive against that backdrop has been challenging – there hits a point when there is little left to streamline or cut!
I have put my heart and soul into this business and I am feeling very emotional and upset about its ending. But his is not a woe is me sorrow story, far from it, this has been the happiest period in my working life and I regret nothing from giving it a go. I have grown and learned so much from this and I am sure there will be interesting turns ahead as I realign what my working life looks like.
I would like to take the chance to thank everyone who has bought, used, supported, shared or enjoyed our produce in any way over the years – It is a little clichéd but we really are nothing without you. The customer base we have built and grown have been amazing and has been the driving force in what we do.
I am sure this is not the end of growing for me, but for now it is goodbye and warmest thanks.