PEPC
The Peasant Evolution Producers Co-operative
How we’re structured
PEPC is registered as a cooperative — a company limited by guarantee rather than shares, run by its members rather than outside investors. Land and shared infrastructure are held in common, while several independent enterprises operate under the cooperative’s roof, each bringing their own trade to the wider community.
Cooperative directors
The people currently steering PEPC as a cooperative.
Jyoti Fernandes
Secretary & Director
Head of Policy at the Landworkers’ Alliance, representing agroecological farmers and land-based workers across the UK.
Richard Andersen
Director
Joined the cooperative’s board in 2025.
Imogen Fell
Director
Joined the cooperative’s board in 2025.
Ele Saltmarsh
Director
Joined the cooperative’s board in 2025.
Steering Group
The Land Skills Hub is guided by a steering group that reaches beyond PEPC’s own membership. Its role is to keep our education work accountable to the communities it’s meant to serve — especially people from minoritised groups who don’t typically have access to training in land-based skills, and who we want at the centre of this work rather than an afterthought.
Partner enterprises
Independent businesses building their trade within the cooperative.
Fivepenny Farm
Agroecological Farm
The regenerative smallholding at the heart of the cooperative — organic mixed farming, shared processing facilities, and home to the Land Skills Hub.
Fivepenny Chairs
David Saltmarsh
Handcrafted Windsor chairs made with traditional techniques and hand tools, in an off-grid workshop powered by wind and solar.
Three Daughters Dairy
Goat Dairy
Small-batch dairy products made on the farm.
Springtail Farm
Organic Produce
Organic growers based alongside Fivepenny Farm.
Part of something bigger
PEPC’s work connects to a much larger story. Jyoti represents the farm within the Landworkers’ Alliance, the UK’s union for small-scale and agroecological farmers — itself one of over 180 organisations worldwide belonging to La Via Campesina, a movement representing more than 200 million peasants, family farmers, and landless workers. Here are some of the movements we feel connected to.
Brazil · est. 1984
MST — Landless Workers’ Movement
The largest land reform movement in Latin America, with an estimated 1.5 million members across 23 Brazilian states. MST identifies unused land, occupies it, and organises encampments and settlements while pursuing legal agrarian reform — building schools, cooperatives, and sustainable farms along the way.
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More stories from the global movement — coming soon
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