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I'm trying to establish a working wellbeing care farm on the outskirts of Taunton to assist the people of Somerset
A bit about me...
Up until 2021 I Had been running my livestock business as a female farmer due to a bump in my road resulting in me losing my business that I had started in 1997 from stratch,going from indenpentant to unemployed and losing a roof over my head. I had suffered my own wellbeing issue as a result I had wrote a book called humourous tales of the farm and self published it, and started Merry Moos CIC. With the one aim and that was to help other people going through a wellbeing issue. I had been so fortunate to run a tenant farm working outdoors no two days were the same. The journey I have been on to get to this point has been a rocky one I have had to learn as I went along making loads of mistakes which I have learnt by. Many people thought I was totally crazy trying to find the funding to purchase a farm. Never tell a woman that it can not be done because it made this one even more determined to prove everyone wrong. Having found farms only to lose them because I could not find the funding and then last November I found an ideal farm in Bridgewater I worked my socks off to find the funding and then in October I managed to find a different broker in London who had worked with CIC and having submitted my Business plan after a nervous wait of 3 days it came back they would go 75% due to the strong income streams that were within the plan. So it then just required me to locate the other 25% which was proving to be interesting. I even tried the bank of Dave in the North I contracted everyone and their uncle in this country. Someone suggested I try Chat Gtp5 I affraid I'm a bit of a dinosaur so I started to write using it to foundation and organisation aboard. Unfortunately 2 people stepped in and one came as a cash buyer so I had little choice but to step back. I then managed to find this other farm on the outskirts of Taunton I need to demonstrate to the land agent that provisonal I can demonstrate that I have the 25%. To be able to view this farm I wrote before christmas to two underwriters regarding a in priniple bond without committing us to taking it out at this stage but it would allow me to view. I also am waiting on a couple of other firms to come back in the New Year. I'm to passionate and pig headed to give up I just need to find investors that care about well-being and who are prepared to get onboard with Merry Moos.
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"The below is a sample from just 2 face book groups as you can see people want this project to happen. Lucy Day This is wonderful Charron Pugsley-hill What a fabulous thing to do Natanya Joy I’d love some info x Janine Taylor Can I have some info please? Angie Ward Like more info please Nicki Belle Can only have more details please Ellen Ockley Ild like to know more please, interested Rose Mallow Sounds an Amazing project! Love to know more please Rachael Knight Hi Pip Love to find out more please Ian Turner Good for you. Are there any costs involved? Julie Sparkes I would be very interested in be6ing involved. Jacqueline Briggs Definitely would like to know more this is what I was hoping to establish for people who have experienced a lot of adversity especially in early life ???? Helen Wright Welcome Pierrette to the group, and I hope you get this up and running very soon ???? Lucile Munster Would love to collaborate as I am a therapist specialising in adults with ADHD and I think people in rural areas are often left behind when it comes to this type of support"
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Why I’m Working to Create a Rural Wellbeing Project in Somerset
by Pip Langdon on 4th Jan 2026
My name is Pip, and I am the founder of the Merry Moos Farm Project CIC — a rural wellbeing project I am working to establish just outside Taunton in Somerset. The idea for Merry Moos came from lived experience. Over the years,...
A bit more about me
What's the most enjoyable thing about your work?
This question I will answer when I have succussed in my mission
What is your vision for your business?
To be able to succeed in finding this 25% so we can move to purchasing this farm to be able to support the people of Somerset with their wellbeing and social isolation. The project is desperately needed. I joined several Taunton Face Book groups within the first day I had over 28 comments ranging from what time are you open or when are you going to up and running.
If you could give one single piece of advice to a new start up business, what would it be?
Don't let anyone tell you you cannot achieve what you have set out to do.
Which one phrase or quote sums up your attitude to business life?
Passionate and rather pig headed
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 2 luxury items would you take?
My pen and a writing pad so I can continue to write and a good wilbur smith book
What book are you currently reading?
A Wilbur Smith book
What is your worst experience in business or work?
Losing my business after starting from nothing in 1997 taking me 25 years to build my female livestock business up and due to a personal relationship going badly wrong in21
What was your first ever job?
working behind the counter in a butcher shop before I went to college
Where is your favourite place in the world and why?
I would say I would love to visit Canada on my bucket list although I worked on a summer camp in 86 and took time off work to be the swimming camp counsel with adults with learning difficulties hard work but rewarding.
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