Apprenticeship - 6 month Apprentice at Organic Vegetable Farm. Intensive greenhouse production , field crops, silvapasture, and agroforestry. I managed the CSA and Greenhouse production. Immersed in all farm operations from record keeping, seed starting, direct seeding, trransplanting, cultivating, disease and pest mangement , compost production, and propigation.
General farming (3 years or less) - 3 years on organic mixed vegetable farms in the okanagan, caribbean, and ontario
Other experience/agricultural/business training - 2 years Vineyard and Orchard experience
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - Business Plan available
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - Small Savings
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Open for Grant
Project
Farm Name
Free Range Organics
Farm Project Description
Minimal tillage CSA/Market Farm. Bio-intensive mixed vegetable production, culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers. Regenerative soil building practices, direct to customer sales, open to small egg production if space permits. Mainly hand tool and human-scaled systems.
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
MOU -
Business Partnership -
Duration of the desired agreement
1 to 5 years
Ideal date to obtain land by
2020 season
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
1 to 10 acres
Wooded Area (acres)
No
Cultivable Area (acres)
1 acre
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
Yes - Would be nice to create a pasutre or expand field production for cover cropping and crop rotation.
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Easily workable, well-draining, not compacted or contaminated.
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - Yes its fine
Need farm buildings
No
Need fenced land
No
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
Enough capacity to supply 1 to 2 acre vegetable production on overhead and drip irrigation.
Need on-site housing
Yes - Private housing would be ideal for my partner and I
Production type
Vegetable - Mixed Vegetables, Cuilinary and medicinal herbs
