General farming (3 years or less) - Some volunteering and growing shrooms on my own.
Do you have a business plan?
No - Currently building it; depends on rates and agreements.
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - Savings
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Any interested source is welcome.
Project
Farm Name
Food Caps
Farm Project Description
A gourmet mushroom growing farm focusing on hardwood mushrooms; Oysters, Beeches, Enoki, Matsuke and Lion’s Mane. Starting with those and then, if markets permit, more. Batch processing and growing to have systematic deliveries. The initial setup will be bussiness-to-bussiness and starting small. I’m scaling up from what I grow in a residental room so I can take it commercial.
This is my own project so it is not a big operation. Contained within roughly an acre. The aim is to run the operations clean and contained, but it will not be growing exponentially due to the initial investment and time it take to recouperate investments. I’m seeking space to first setup, which is usually a non-productive period. Hence, I would appreciate if the land-owner can accomodate the slow start.
Preferred Arrangement
Lease -
MOU -
Business Partnership -
Duration of the desired agreement
6 months minimum.
Ideal date to obtain land by
September 15, 2023. Flexible around that time.
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
1
Wooded Area (acres)
No
Cultivable Area (acres)
None.
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
ALR
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Any existing structure. Shed, seacan, etc. It will be an indoors operation; the better the structure the easier to start.
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - Land owner can do whatever they want aside from the growing.
Need farm buildings
Yes - A structure is needed.
Need fenced land
No
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
Limited, but no excessive. 1:1 ratio of the volume I grow in. Roughly ~ 50L a day on the high end.
Need on-site housing
No
Production type
Mushroom - Gourmet. Hardwood specific; not compost at the moment.
