This 5 acre property on Malcolm Island offers off-grid farming opportunity, with on-site housing in a tiny house. Looking for a couple or an individual who can work to establish food production on the land with local food security as the primary goal. Candidates must come with experience farming without pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or large machinery in an off-grid setting. We need people who know how to deal with pests, and how to use regenerative, low-carbon emitting methods. 20 minutes from town of Sointula.
Participant in BC Land Matching Program
Yes - This opportunity is participating in the BC Land Matching Program. Reach out to kiyomi@youngagrarians.org to start a conversation.
Total land size in acres
5 acres
Wooded Area
Yes - available land is surrounded by forest
Expansion potential (acres)
Yes - up to 4.5 acres of tillable area
State of the surface of the cultivable area
1 acre planted for the first time last fall with fall rye/barley. 1 acre cleared and fenced with tiny house in the fenced area. 2 acres cleared with tiny hemlock and spruce trees beginning to reseed.
Description and historical use of land available for farming
Road Access
Yes - gravel road to the land and a driveway partway into the space as well
Electricity
No - off grid (BC Hydro is two poles away along the road). Tiny house is powered with solar and batteries with generator assist. A solar pump is used to water garden from adjacent pond. Heat is wood stove. Cooking/hot water is propane.
Cell Service
Yes - yes, with Telus, less with Rogers. Telus Hub can receive internet signal
Long-term goal or vision for land
To establish local food production using regenerative farming practices. To provide food to a community that would benefit from added resilience in the face of infrastructure disruptions experienced over recent years. To provide a home for a farmer/s who are looking for land to farm.
Known environmental hazards (wildfire area, flooding, etc.)
No
Current residents living on property
Yes - landowner lives across the street from the land
Availability of farm buildings
Yes - A shed supporting the solar panels, and rainwater collection was recently built from poles and could be modified to meet specific farming requirements.
Land is fenced
Yes - Large garden is fenced, as well the 1 acre which includes the tiny house is nearly fenced. Fencing planned for the acre planted with fall rye/barely.
Availability of farm machinery and tools
Yes - hand tools are available, tractor-services can be hired with local operators.
Water rights to these sources
Yes
On-site housing
Yes - tiny house
Restricted access of visitors
No
Types of production you are open to
- Vegetable -
- Livestock -
- Orchard/Fruit -
- Greenhouse -
- Bees -
- Other -
Agronomic potential
I don't know
Soil details
- Texture -
- General fertility (nutrients) -
Preferred arrangement
- Lease -
- License -
- MOU -
- Other -
Would you be willing to mentor or advise the entering farmer(s)?
No - Landholder is a long-time subsistence gardener, but not a farmer. Candidates must come with farming experience, using regenerative practices in off-grid setting
Do you require references from the farmer(s)?
Yes
Agreement duration
trial period with 10 year term to follow
