Farmcare

Farmcare Trading Limited
Farmcare
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded1896
Headquarters
Key people
Richard Quinn (Chief executive)
ProductsFood
Number of employees
240
ParentWellcome Trust
Websitefarmcareltd.com
Farmcare was part of the Co-operative Group from 1896 to 2014.

Farmcare Trading Limited, trading as Farmcare, is the largest lowland farming organisation in the United Kingdom.[1][2] Farmcare traded as The Co-operative Farms while a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group until it was sold to the Wellcome Trust in 2014. Welcome decided to cease farming activities in 2017 and instead form partnerships with farmers.

  1. ^ Registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, No. 28966R
  2. ^ "Farmcare builds on its own identity following Co-op sell off". Farmers Guardian. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.