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Business/Land Opportunity. Market Garden on Salt Spring Island.

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Business/Lease Opportunity. Organic Market Garden opportunity on Salt Spring Island. Ready for the next step? Looking for a young person or couple who are ready for the next step in their farming career. Ideally you have apprenticed in market gardening for a number of years and have most recently been a successful farm manager or have a business plan of your own that you are ready to move forward with. If you are now ready to take the next step in running your own market gardening business then we'd love to talk to you and hear your plans. Ideally, you have experience with planning, managing, and directing a successful market gardening business. You know how to work well with people and how to build harmony and peaceful rhythms into your days. You take pride in keeping careful records and in thoughtful planning of successive crops. You are at ease with reliable and easy to use tracking software or other record keeping methods. We are a family farm committed to organics looking to find the right person to take on this part of our farm business to run it. We are open to a number of possible arrangements for the market garden that could span a number of years if the fit is right. We will start with a one year contract renewable. We are looking for someone to run this business with our sponsorship and a number of agreed upon infrastructure, inputs, tools, and support from us. The ideal person will be creative with a can-do attitude and a professional demeanor. They will be highly motivated to learn and grow with the land and to build a profitable organic vegetable and food production business. The right individual is able to clearly communicate and to cooperate with others in a way that can move projects forward and overcomes obstacles. Honesty, integrity, creativity, flexibility, inventiveness and a sense of humour are needed and appreciated here. Working with partners means listening and understanding and seeking out the common goal and working toward it in a way that can contemplate multiple strategy's and potential outcomes before moving forward together with the best solution for that place and time. Having had experience and practice doing that would be an asset. This is a business opportunity for you - not a job or salaried position. Rental accommodation is available on site for a fee. Living onsite is not required. Additionally, there is space available for the right person/couple living here in your own RV or tiny home. We regret that additional dogs cannot be accommodated at this time. If you are interested to find out more please contact Julia directly at julia_mckinley@hotmail.com or call 250-653-2400.

Land Details

Total land size in acres
1 acre
Wooded Area
No
Cultivable Area
1 acre
Expansion potential (acres)
Yes - .5 acres under cultivation room to expand each year.
Zoning
ALR
Current use
  • Vegetable - Market Garden.
  • Livestock - Sheep and poultry - ducks and geese.
  • Hay & Forage - Farm produces hay each year.
  • Orchard/Fruit - Both existing and newly planted orchard area
Current practices
  • Organic -
State of the surface of the cultivable area

Good quality topsoil. Has been amended each year with compost/organic matter for 15 + years.

Description and historical use of land available for farming

As above

Road Access
Yes - Farm lane runs alongside garden area.
Electricity
Yes
Cell Service
No - SSI has poor cell service. It may work at times and not at other time.s
Long-term goal or vision for land

Agro ecology. Holistic Management.

Known environmental hazards (wildfire area, flooding, etc.)
No
Current residents living on property
Yes - This opportunity exists within a larger farm operation. It is a family farm with primary dwelling and additional temporary and seasonal workers.
Availability of farm buildings
No - Not at this time but as part of the overall plan there will be some storage and drying areas available.
Land is fenced
Yes - deer fenced.
Availability of farm machinery and tools
Yes - Some tools available subject to discussion. Tractor, BCS, hand tools etc.
Water source
  • Pond/lake -
  • Irrigation system -
Water rights to these sources
No
On-site housing
No - Onsite housing available for rent. Possible RV/Tiny home spot available. Other can be discussed.
Restricted access of visitors
Yes - Access of visitors and other persons related to the business will be with permission. Terms will be discussed and agreed upon.
Types of production you are open to
  • Vegetable -
  • Orchard/Fruit - Berries.
Practices preferred
  • Certified Organic -
  • Organic -
Agronomic potential
Good
Soil details
  • Texture - Clay and clay loam.
  • Rocky soil - There are some rocks.
  • Thick topsoil - Clay amended with compost.
Preferred arrangement
  • Lease -
  • License -
  • Business Partnership -
Would you be willing to mentor or advise the entering farmer(s)?
Yes - This will be a contractual agreement with stated support and inputs from us each year.
Do you require references from the farmer(s)?
Yes - A resume and references from recent related employment or business ventures A business plan will be requested. .
Agreement duration
Initial one year contract with intention of a multiyear partnership in which we grow the business together.

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Phone: 250-653-2400
Email: julia_mckinley@hotmail.com

Address

455 Musgrave Rd.
Salt Spring Island, BC, BC, V8K 1V5
CA

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