Staff ownership ensures organic veg firm Riverford doesn’t forget its roots

For Guy Singh-Watson, founder of the vegetable box company, giving part of his company away was the best way to preserve itEmployee ownership, better known as the John Lewis model, remains a niche approach to business in the UK. But it is growing, and one West Country agricultural entrepreneur is the latest backer of an idea that has been embraced by more than 300 British companies.Guy Singh-Watson is handing more than three-quarters of his Riverford Organic Farmers business to its 650 employees