Split a patch, and both of you get the whole view.
Two hundred and forty pounds of durum is a lot to explain to a household. A hundred and twenty each, with both names on the record and both phones getting the notifications, is a considerably easier conversation and precisely the same crop.
How a split works.
One of you takes the patch
And pays the full price, because there is one contract and it has to sit with somebody.
You send a split link
From the patch page. It does not expire and it can only be used once.
They pay you back through the link
Or they do not, and that is between you. We do not chase it and we do not hold the patch hostage while you argue.
Both names go on the record
The provenance ledger carries both, permanently, in the order you took it.
Both of you get everything
Same notifications, same camera stills, same tracker, same open-day places.
One address gets the produce
Nominated at purchase, changeable until the week before dispatch. We are not splitting twenty-five kilos of flour into two parcels.
Why we do not take two payments.
Because the moment a patch has two contracting parties, it has a shared entitlement, and a shared entitlement to the proceeds of a crop is the exact shape of the thing section 235 of FSMA is looking for. Two people, pooled contributions, property managed as a whole, no day-to-day control: that is four of the four ingredients.
One contract, one buyer, one delivery. The second person gets the view and the notifications, which is what they actually wanted, and the money moves between the two of you rather than through us.
It is a slightly worse checkout experience in exchange for not committing a criminal offence, and we made that trade willingly.
What each person gets.
| The person who bought it | The person who split it | |
|---|---|---|
| The contract | Theirs | None |
| The produce | To their nominated address | Whatever they agree between them |
| The tracker and notifications | All ten stages | All ten stages |
| The camera stills | Monthly | Monthly |
| The provenance record | Named on it | Named on it |
| Open day places | Two | Included in the two |
| The refund, if it comes to that | To the card that paid | None, directly |
What else can be split.
A cask, between four
A hogshead is around three hundred bottles and eleven years. Four people is the sensible number.
A box, between a household
Which needs no mechanism at all, because a box arrives at one address anyway.
A patch, between two
The grid, and the split link on every patch that is still free.
Splitting, questioned.
Up to four names on a patch, four on a hedgerow stretch, and four on a cask. Beyond that the notifications become a group chat nobody wanted.
The contract stays with whoever bought it. We will remove a name from the record on request from the person who bought it, and we will not adjudicate anything else.
Yes, at any point up to harvest. The link works the same way in July as it does in October.
No. It is the same price divided by however many of you there are, which is arithmetic rather than a discount.
Take one, then split it.
Nineteen patches still free on the grid.
