Maesgwyn Isaf
Gifted 67-acre former dairy, Carmarthenshire
📍Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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Our Story
Maesgwyn Isaf is a 67-acre former dairy farm at Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, gifted into the Ecological Land Cooperative / Trust. Pasture, woodland and existing farm buildings — a whole-farm site, so most dwellings already exist and do not need a bare-field planning fight. Site managers have been restoring land and the farmhouse. Multiple plots were opened to steward applicants (Earth’s Farm and Coed Aceso are named in ELC reporting). The gift model is meant to let new entrants rent a holding without buying a 150-year lease with their savings. Applications go through the ELC information sheet for MGI, not through a private sale.
Our Tribe
Community Life
Lifestyle Notes
Working Welsh farm, not a visitor campus. Restoration phase still visible.
Membership & Governance
Decision Making
ELC / Ecological Land Trust. Gifted asset held for ecological farming in perpetuity.
Membership Process
ELC steward form plus MGI-Information-Sheet-2023.pdf on the site page. Gifted-farm rents differ from leasehold plots on bought field sites.
Our Vision
Take a gifted Welsh dairy into community ownership and split it into accessible agroecological holdings.