Farm management (3 years+) - Urban graden manegment in East Vancouver
Other experience/agricultural/business training - Victoria has curated an managed 6 urban school gardens within the East Vancouver area, over the last 3 years. Victoria has 2 permaculture certificates and is commited to ongoing education. Next up is an intensive soil-building class. Fabian does not present with relevant professional experience, but has experience building shared garden spaces in previous places of residence. His grandparents were farmers and have inspired his love for growing food. We both love being outdoors and dreaming up food security projects.
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - Victoria and Fabian are both small business operators. We are currently small-scale, selling foremost at craft and pop-up markets in Vancouver. Victoria leads an indigenous wildcrafted skin care line (Holisitic Buffalo) and Fabian is a small-batch specialty coffee roaster and barista (Liquid Light Coffee Company). We aspire to merge our business projects with land through which to grow botanicals for Victoria's business, set up a mobile coffee bar at the front of a property and contribute to personal and local food security.
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - Fabian's family is invested in helping secure property and build a long-term project, substantied by strong credit leverage and personal lines of credit.
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - Loans, grants (prefered).
Project
Farm Name
Farm Project Description
Victoria and Fabian's farm project integrates wild-crafted skincare and specialty coffee with a focus on sustainability, food security, and community building. Victoria’s business centers around cultivating wildflowers for use in skincare products, such as infusions, tinctures, and teas. These products include a full facial line, as well as soaps, body scrubs, and perfumes, crafted on the farm.Fabian, owner of a mobile coffee shop and roasting company, specializes in single-origin, high-quality, locally roasted coffee beans. Together, they offer a unique collaboration by pairing freshly roasted coffee with wild food treats and desserts, as well as providing bagged coffee for customers to take home.
The farm’s mission extends beyond just these products. They aim to grow fruits and vegetables, applying homesteading skills such as canning, jam-making, and preserving to bring food security and sovereignty into their operations. Their vision includes long-term goals of creating a community space for workshops and training, fostering skills in sustainable living, and building capacity for the farm while generating revenue through value-added businesses.
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
Transfer / Succession -
Business Partnership -
Sale of Land -
Duration of the desired agreement
10 year minimum.
Ideal date to obtain land by
Spring 2025
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
3-5 acres
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes - Wild spaces are important to us.
Cultivable Area (acres)
1-2 acres
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
Yes - Open to possibilities.
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
We envision a cultivable area that is sun-filled, fenced and largely cleared, ideal for the establishment of perennial flowers and vegetable production, hoop houses, trellises and green houses (market garden).
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - No opposition to this.
Need farm buildings
Yes - Workshop space, equipped with electricity and temperature controlled. Space for product storage storage.
Need fenced land
Yes - Market garden fencing is ideal. The whole property need not be fenced, but due to deer and wildlife, if it were that would be awesome!
Need farm machinery and tools
Yes - We have some personal hand and garden tools but require industrial capacity tools and machinery.
Need established water source and infrastructure
Well, water catchement systems and/or municipal water access with irigation lines in place. We estaimte needing approx. 28,000 gallons/acre during growing seasons.
Need on-site housing
Yes - We need enough room for 2 adults + large dog.
Production type
Vegetable - Heirloom finglerling (wapato and ozettes) potatos, heirloom (like ox heart, alaskan fancy, amercan blue) tomato, and vining veggies like squash, beans, cucumbers,
Poultry - Layers - for eggs and add on value at market.
Orchard/Fruit - a mix of apples, plums and cherries.
Greenhouse - Leafy greens, herbs, peppers.
Flower - Early bedding crops like marigold and sweet alyssum, and late summer flowers for bouquets like sunflowers and zinnias. Yarrow, lupin, St. John's wort, fireweed, calendula, roses, mugwort, hopi tobacco for tinctures and lotions and pollinator friendly gardens.
Bees - Honey bees. Maybe mason bees.
Mushroom - Oyster, shitake, wine caps.
Type of agriculture
Organic -
Other - Using the science of cultivating living soils will be the foundation of care.
Soil needs
Sandy loam
Will acquire commercial insurance
Yes - We will be insured where possible (ie: fire, flood)
