Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - We have a some funding for my time to organize this project.
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Since we are a non-profit, we will apply for capital funding to get this project going. Our aim is that this will be self sustainable.
Project
Farm Name
Squamish CAN Community Farm
Farm Project Description
Purpose: The CAN Farm is a response to a global food system facing enormous challenges. Our mission is to cultivate longevity in food production practices and foster community engagement and learning. The vision is to be a leading model for community-supported, sustainable organic agriculture that helps cultivate resilient ecological systems and communities. The CAN Farm model draws from various existing community farm models in Southwestern BC. Tsawwassen Farm School, Loutet Farms, and Haliburton Farm, to name a few.
Goal: To foster a place-based food system in Squamish in order to increase and strengthen local food security.
Mission: The CAN Farm will address serval challenges in Squamish's food system and community barriers to local food production by:
1) Engaging Squamish youth (13-18 years) through agriculture
2) Supporting new and existing farmers by providing land, processing, and marketing opportunities (ie. incubator farm model)
3) Engaging the public
Preferred Arrangement
Lease -
Duration of the desired agreement
Ideally 5+ years as a minimum.
Ideal date to obtain land by
ASAP
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
Ideally 5+ acres. Open to smaller parcels.
Wooded Area (acres)
No
Cultivable Area (acres)
5+ acres ideally. but open to smaller parcels.
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
Yes - Should a smaller parcel come available with opportunities for expansion, we are open to discussion.
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
- Ideally 2 acres to start off with phase one.
- It is cleared alreadyj
- Has a amenities staff can use (washroom, water, etc.)
- Has electricity, access to water and maybe a space to use as storage or cooling
- Has parking for school buses, or general public (pending type of programming we offer)
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes
Need farm buildings
Yes - Would be ideal of there was a building for storage, etc.
