Other experience/agricultural/business training - Homeopath, nutritionist, herbalist - 2 current businesses
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - Yes - approximately 75% completed
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
No - Working on business plan to establish grants and investments.
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Loan, investors and grants would all be considered.
Project
Farm Name
Synergy Farm
Farm Project Description
The ground level project is medicinal and culinary herbs for both humans and companion animals - dogs & horses.
Second phase of the project would be to build out a food forest and pastured chickens for egg production, bees and a teaching space for herbology, sustainable gardening and food sovereignty classes
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
Business Partnership -
Sale of Land -
Duration of the desired agreement
5 + year lease or sale of land if potential investor input allows
Ideal date to obtain land by
2025-2026
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
5-20 acres
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes - Partially wooded land is ideal
Cultivable Area (acres)
5-10 plus acres
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
ALR
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
-A natural water source
-Housing in site - 2 bedrooms, 1-2 bath bathroom and laundry
- Ability to have 1-2 guardian dogs to live in the house and around the farm - willing to build fenced yard for containment
-Willing to help landowner with their current land/farm projects in exchange for rent
-Partially forested/partially cleared grazing space
-A functioning barn with electricity and water - renos are fine as long as the structure is reliable - to fit 4-6 horses comfortably when the weather requires
-Hay storage area
-Greenhouse
-Fenced grazing space preferred
-Access to tractor or other machinery for land development or haying is an asset - willing to pay landowners or do working trades for machinery services
-Any other out-buildings that could be used for drying herbs or processing and storing product an asset
-1-3 acres for cultivating herbs and some food/chickens
-4-7 acres for grazing / hay field
-Ability to have small groups of students and volunteers come to work and learn on the farm
-Ability to put up outbuildings such as a yurt or a gazebo-like covered structure for teaching in rain and heat
-Ability to set up a structured water system
-Ability to have barn cats to keep rodents under control with no poison
-Ability to set up owl boxes to reduce rodent populations without the use of poison
-Established crops such as fruit trees or nut trees would be a welcome addition
Open to landowner residing on property
No - Our project involves a lot of animals and people coming and going so we would like to have autonomy over the farm space that is leased.
Need farm buildings
Yes - Lean-tos, barn, hay storage, greenhouse would all be assets
Need fenced land
Yes - To seperate our hooved animal residents from the food garden projects.
Need farm machinery and tools
Yes - Tractor, gator, bobcat, would all be assets.
Need established water source and infrastructure
Would prefer a well or natural water source (not city water) - and set up for rainwater collection and structured water system.
Need on-site housing
Yes - Tiny home, cottage or house would all be considered. Tiny home water & power h
