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Food Security Professionals Seeking a Farm to Call Home

Located in
  • Lower Mainland - Fraser Valley -
  • Thompson - Okanagan -
  • Kootenays -
  • Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands -
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Land Seeker Details

Training
  • Farm management (3 years or less) - Korina has worked on building Rooted Shores Farms on Vancouver Island since October 2025, and built greenhouses and food security projects nationwide with Green Iglu from 2023-2024
  • Farm management (3 years+) - Ray has built, found funding for, trained staff to run and/or managed farms, greenhouses and other agriculture projects since 2015. She grew up on a sheep farm on Vancouver Island, and raised chickens and quail in the arctic.
  • Other experience/agricultural/business training - Ray went to the Swedish University of Agriculture Studies, has a Master Gardener from USask, is a founding member of the NWT Territorial AgriFoods Association and was a member of Food Security Canada board from 2023-2025
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - We run a business currently, that focuses on building farms for others. Depending on the space - and the land owners ideas - we can tailor our business plan.
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
No
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - We are looking into resources like start up funding, agrifunding, etc.

Project

Farm Name
Gather Farm
Farm Project Description

Growing Food. Growing Community. Our goal is simple: to build a resilient, community-focused farm that provides meaningful work, healthy food, and a place to grow alongside the people around us. While this will be our first farm operated independently, it is built on years of experience managing farms, developing food security initiatives, training new growers, writing successful agricultural funding proposals, and helping communities across Canada establish sustainable food systems. We are excited to take everything we have learned and invest it into a farm of our own. Rather than arriving with a fixed blueprint, we want to spend our first season listening and learning. We believe every property has its own strengths, every community has its own needs, and the most successful farms grow from understanding both. Our first winter would be dedicated to getting to know the land, building relationships, developing a thoughtful business plan, and creating a long-term vision that reflects the opportunities around us. The farm may ultimately focus on market vegetables, herbs, eggs, poultry, pigs, seedlings, orchards, value-added products, educational workshops, or a combination of these enterprises. We are open to adapting our plans based on what the land can sustainably support and where we can make the greatest positive impact. At its heart, our vision is about more than food production. We want to demonstrate that farming can be both economically viable and deeply connected to community. We hope to create opportunities for people to learn practical skills, understand where their food comes from, and gain the confidence to grow, preserve, and prepare food themselves. By building a successful farm and sharing what we learn along the way, we hope to inspire greater self-sufficiency and stronger local food systems. Above all, we are looking for a place where we can put down roots, steward the land with care, and build something that will continue to benefit both the land and the community for many years to come.

Preferred Arrangement
  • Registered Lease on Title -
  • Lease -
  • MOU -
  • Transfer / Succession -
  • Business Partnership -
Duration of the desired agreement
Depends on fit, but we are looking for something minimum 1 year, with the potential to extend based on relationship to owner/land/area
Ideal date to obtain land by
Available October 2026

Land & Features Desired

Total Land Size (acres)
open to discussion
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes - Open to it - especially if able to have forest pigs or forage.
Cultivable Area (acres)
open to discussion
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area

We are open to a range of cultivatable conditions, from established farmland to pasture or lightly overgrown fields with agricultural potential. We value healthy soil and reliable water access, but we are also experienced in improving soil health through regenerative practices and are happy to invest time restoring and enhancing productive land. Our ideal property would include: - 1–5+ acres of cultivatable land (with room to grow over time if appropriate). - Reliable year-round water for irrigation and livestock. - Good sun exposure suitable for diversified food production. - Space for a market garden, with the potential to add small livestock, orchards, herbs, flowers, or other agricultural enterprises as the farm evolves. - Existing infrastructure such as fencing, irrigation, outbuildings, greenhouses, or storage is appreciated but not essential. A property where we can practice regenerative agriculture and leave the land healthier and more productive than we found it. Our goal isn't to find a perfect farm—we're looking for the right place to care for, improve, and call home for the long term.

Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - However, we would like some separation if possible (separate building)
Need farm buildings
Yes - Depending on type of farming
Need fenced land
Yes - Preferred.
Need farm machinery and tools
Yes - We come with some tools, but depending on distance to a larger centre, if it is difficult to rent we would hope to reach an agreement. That said, we do prefer no till methods.
Need established water source and infrastructure
Depends on type of land, and type of farming
Need on-site housing
Yes - We have a camper, but would prefer a house. We come with 2 humans (need 2 bedrooms), a dog and 2 cats.
Production type
  • Vegetable - anything edible - depends on land
  • Livestock - Pigs - interested if land supports
  • Livestock - Goats - interested if land supports
  • Poultry - Layers - interested if land supports
  • Poultry - Broilers - interested if land supports
  • Orchard/Fruit - interested if land supports
  • Greenhouse - interested if land supports
  • Flower - interested if land supports
  • Bees - interested if land supports
  • Mushroom - interested if land supports
  • Nursery - interested if land supports
Type of agriculture
  • Organic -
  • Other - regenerative
Soil needs
We have worked in all types of soil - we know how to build our own.
Will acquire commercial insurance
Yes - we already have business insurance, and would be able to extend it
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