I’m building a new greenhouse and felt that for those of you that don’t want to to build your own greenhouses I would offer space in it so we can all be stronger together with a shared greenhouse vs having our own. A "co-operative" kind of thing because cooperation is good right ?
The produce will be "marketed" not just sold (although don't ask me what the difference is please !), I will employ the same people we all normaly sell tomatoes to for this so there will be additional cost to cover but obviously anything grown in this greenhouse will be worth more because it’s being "marketed" and not sold
The deal is you pay me an upfront fee per square ft which reflects the cost of building the most expensive greenhouse money can buy plus the cost of my team of greenhouse building consultants to design and manage that project . I'm going to build this greenhouse on someone else’s land and pay them a rent ( but I can't see that being a problem in the future ?) You will be able to claim the same tax advantages that you could if you simply built your own greenhouse so clearly its very tax efficient........... this alone is a reason its a no brainer for anyone needing greenhouse space
I will charge you an annual fee to cover management and staffing costs. I will be paying myself as much as I can get away with and my staff will be equally well paid, we will all probably be earning more than any farm worker or manager because we are smart and are running a greenhouse.
This annual fee will of course be more than you can rent greenhouse space for from comercial greenhouse owners but our greenhouse is "better" because we can blend your tomatoes and "market" them meaning you will get the same price for them as any other tomato grower does
You can sell your space whenever you wish but it won’t be tax free like the space I will always have for sale in the new greenhouses I will build for anyone who asks. Your money is safe, it’s like a kind of pension scheme for people who plan to never retire making it the ideal investment for a farmer
Finally we are going to invest some more money (that you will give me) in a machine that can tell the difference between a red tomato and a green one - the market (well one or two very picky customers) tells us they only want red tomatoes so we must supply them, this amazing technology costs just £250k and will sort up to a dozen green tomatoes a day creating at least £4.99 of added value to what we market - the pay back is only a few decades. We will have cleaners that allow us to clean beyond the levels that customers demand so we can sell the cleanings to AD plants for less than their value as part of the product we sell at the full price
Hopefully we will get a grant as well as the EU and our Government like to encourage cooperation, if we make this big enough we will not need any merchants and will surely control the market in the future ? Will will be market giants compared to those global nobodies like Cargil and ADM etc
Finally a disclaimer. Although I think i'm an expert at running a greenhouse and I think my calculator works fine and the people we are paying to 'market" for us also tell us they are the best I must warn you that in the surely implausible situation that it goes wrong you may not be able to get your tomatoes out of the greenhouse and the green house might end up being sold for a fraction of what you paid.
whose in ? I can set up a Nigerian bank account later for you all to deposit your buy ins to ? @warksfarmer and @Grain Buyer have already sent me their money although @Grain Buyer did insist that in exchange for his buy in he got the "marketing" contract if that's ok with everyone ?
Picture added of our state of the art site and construction scheme for attention and added credibility
Fancy brochures / business plans also in print as I type (all of which you will be paying for !)
The produce will be "marketed" not just sold (although don't ask me what the difference is please !), I will employ the same people we all normaly sell tomatoes to for this so there will be additional cost to cover but obviously anything grown in this greenhouse will be worth more because it’s being "marketed" and not sold
The deal is you pay me an upfront fee per square ft which reflects the cost of building the most expensive greenhouse money can buy plus the cost of my team of greenhouse building consultants to design and manage that project . I'm going to build this greenhouse on someone else’s land and pay them a rent ( but I can't see that being a problem in the future ?) You will be able to claim the same tax advantages that you could if you simply built your own greenhouse so clearly its very tax efficient........... this alone is a reason its a no brainer for anyone needing greenhouse space
I will charge you an annual fee to cover management and staffing costs. I will be paying myself as much as I can get away with and my staff will be equally well paid, we will all probably be earning more than any farm worker or manager because we are smart and are running a greenhouse.
This annual fee will of course be more than you can rent greenhouse space for from comercial greenhouse owners but our greenhouse is "better" because we can blend your tomatoes and "market" them meaning you will get the same price for them as any other tomato grower does
You can sell your space whenever you wish but it won’t be tax free like the space I will always have for sale in the new greenhouses I will build for anyone who asks. Your money is safe, it’s like a kind of pension scheme for people who plan to never retire making it the ideal investment for a farmer
Finally we are going to invest some more money (that you will give me) in a machine that can tell the difference between a red tomato and a green one - the market (well one or two very picky customers) tells us they only want red tomatoes so we must supply them, this amazing technology costs just £250k and will sort up to a dozen green tomatoes a day creating at least £4.99 of added value to what we market - the pay back is only a few decades. We will have cleaners that allow us to clean beyond the levels that customers demand so we can sell the cleanings to AD plants for less than their value as part of the product we sell at the full price
Hopefully we will get a grant as well as the EU and our Government like to encourage cooperation, if we make this big enough we will not need any merchants and will surely control the market in the future ? Will will be market giants compared to those global nobodies like Cargil and ADM etc
Finally a disclaimer. Although I think i'm an expert at running a greenhouse and I think my calculator works fine and the people we are paying to 'market" for us also tell us they are the best I must warn you that in the surely implausible situation that it goes wrong you may not be able to get your tomatoes out of the greenhouse and the green house might end up being sold for a fraction of what you paid.
whose in ? I can set up a Nigerian bank account later for you all to deposit your buy ins to ? @warksfarmer and @Grain Buyer have already sent me their money although @Grain Buyer did insist that in exchange for his buy in he got the "marketing" contract if that's ok with everyone ?
Picture added of our state of the art site and construction scheme for attention and added credibility
Fancy brochures / business plans also in print as I type (all of which you will be paying for !)
