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Our background

• Country Markets Ltd (CML) is co-operative organisation, registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Act, covering England, Wales and the Channel Islands, run by a democratically-elected voluntary Board of between six and nine Directors.

• It has a membership of 65 regional Market Societies.

• These Societies consist of over 400 separate co-operative Markets selling the goods of more than 12,000 producers, who are shareholders of the Societies.

• Country Markets Ltd enables home producers to sell items locally and co-operatively, directly to the public. These producers (aged between 16 and 100 plus) come from all walks of life.

• With its roots going back to 1919, (when the Agricultural Organisation Society (now DEFRA) sponsored the setting up of co-operative markets to sell surplus produce), CML now has an annual turnover of around £10 million, Around £9 million of this is returned to the producers.

• CML also provides a training, information and education service for its producers, researching and disseminating information regarding current legislation from DEFRA, Trading Standards Officers, Environmental Health Officers and other regulatory bodies.

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