General farming (3 years+) - Steer, chickens, and pigs
Other experience/agricultural/business training - Agricultural Pest Management
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - Breeding, raising, selling pigs for distribution for homesteaders, as well as home grown meat of pork and chicken. Additionally sustained with a forest style, self-sustaining garden with potential for market.
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - One investor, qualification for FCC loan, personal savings
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Actively seeking additional methods to assist financially
Project
Farm Name
Porky Paradise
Farm Project Description
We are just two people who care deeply about ethically raised food, we believe the best tasting meats come from animals raised with love and compassion.
Our dream is to have a small scale farm for breeding, raising, and selling pigs in the interior of BC.
Most of the pig market is currently in the greater Vancouver region and other suppliers are sparse. We would like to add ourselves to the family of happy pig farmers.
We would be raising heritage breeds that are leaner, hardier, and given more of an opportunity to forage as nature intended.
Our market would include supplying weaners and piglets to other small farms and homesteaders, selling pork wholesale directly to consumers and local delicatessens, and within 5 years also contributing to the lineage and improvement of pork genetics throughout BC through selective breeding.
We are also currently researching and testing methods of creating a self sustaining edible forest to nourish the pigs, ourselves and our community as we believe it is the farming method of the future!
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
MOU -
Transfer / Succession -
Business Partnership -
Sale of Land -
Other - Co-op farming
Duration of the desired agreement
Minimum 3 years to start, ideally, but open to discussions!
Ideal date to obtain land by
No firm date in mind, Spring 2024 unless the right opportunity comes up.
Participant in BC Land Matching Program
Yes
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
0.5 to 1 acre is all we would need, we're looking to keep things small and niche especially at the beginning to reduce costs as we build profit.
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes - Partially wooded would be workable.
Cultivable Area (acres)
0.5 to start
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Has access to water via irrigation lines or natural water feature that can be pumped to water plants and animals.
Doesn't need to be seed ready, we're prepared to prep and ready it.
Access to full sun for minimum 6hrs a day
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - We're open to being allotted a small corner of someone's property
Need farm buildings
No
Need fenced land
Yes - Some fencing ideal, but if allowed we're open to creating our own pasture areas.
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
Large access to water is a must for the livestock, whether via a well or natural water access, and for supplementary agricultural use.
Need on-site housing
Yes - Need to be close to livestock. A rental house or ability to put non-permanent tiny home on property
Production type
Vegetable - To supplement pig and chicken feed
Livestock - Pigs and chickens
Orchard/Fruit - Depends on location, season hardy fruits would be ideal as the upper canopy or lower bush of edible forest garden
Greenhouse - Fresh vegetables to provide the pigs as they get older is a must
Type of agriculture
Organic -
Conventional -
Soil needs
Well drained area for cultivation is ideal, will pay for soil assessment and adjustments.
