Farm management (3 years+) - We currently provide a CSA Harvest Share and a Farmstand to Our Community. We also provide meat and eggs from free range chickens and ducks. We host community events at the farm, such as our supper club, basketry workshops and a weekly open house farm school.
Other experience/agricultural/business training - We Make Raw Goat Cheese from our small Nubian Goat Herd.
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - Please reach out to us about how we hope to contribute to your community!
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - We have work opportunity in the area to transition us into a functional farm. We currently live off grid so much of our up front building is already complete and ready to move.
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Anything is welcome to help start and fund our overarching mission, however, we are also able to work toward and earn our goals.
Project
Farm Name
Coco Grove
Farm Project Description
- Community Market Garden (delivery and pickup)
Contributing to community food sovereignty is incredibly important to Dylan and I. Providing locally grown produce and other foods to our community would be our focus.
- Permaculture Food Forest Inspired Design.
We strongly believe in using old methods of cultivating our garden. We currently use a no till, organic layering method to build soil. We use our animals as a way of building soil health to produce great and consistent food for our community. In our new location, we'd like to create a layered edible canopy that creates a food forest for our invested community.
- Goat Milk Soap and other Goat Related Products
We plan to make goat milk soap for our community to protect our natural surrounding and ecosystems from other harsh hygiene products.
- Farm to Fork
We'd love to bring our farm to you in a new and exciting way. Reach out to find out more!
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
Transfer / Succession -
Sale of Land -
Duration of the desired agreement
Long term / indefinite
Ideal date to obtain land by
Before Spring 2022
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
3+ Acres
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes
Cultivable Area (acres)
2+ Acres
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
Yes
Zoning
ALR
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Most ground will do us fine! Over three years ago, the two of us took a dried up prairie hill and worked with it to become a productive market garden.
Our chickens and rabbits are master composters! They help us keep up with our compost needs. We also raise ducks and goats for pest and land management. Their compost additions are also most welcome!
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - No problems with us
Need farm buildings
No
Need fenced land
No
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
We have most if not all of what we would need to relocate to a similar sized farm opportunity. We currently garden using stored rainwater for irrigation and use deep mulch pathways to retain as much consistent moisture in our soil
Need on-site housing
No
Production type
Vegetable - All varieties. We're not focused on a particular cash crop
Livestock - Goats, Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits
Seed - We collect and preserve seeds for community and homestead resilience
Orchard/Fruit - We have potted perennials trees and shrubs that would love a home. Hazel nuts, cherries, sea buckthorn, different berry bushes and more
Greenhouse - greenhouse for starts and winter crops
Bees - Wanting to expand into
Mushroom - We currently grown Wine Cap and would want to keep producing mushrooms at a new site
Nursery - Part of Perennial food forest management is growing succession plants. Having a small scale nursery and propagation set up helps establish resilience for the farm system
