Agriculture-related degree - Not a full degree but livestock production
Other experience/agricultural/business training - Worked at a vet while going to school. Also working extensively in grocery head offic in merchandising
Do you have a business plan?
Yes - A rough one that we keep adding to/improving
Do you have financial resources available to start your farm?
Yes - Equity in our current home in the fraser valley
Do you have access to other financial resources (such as a financial partner, loan, etc.) to start your farm?'
Yes - We will need to get a mortgage to cover extra/ or save some of our sales cash for business costs.
Project
Farm Name
Farm Project Description
We would like to start a small scale, regenerative, grass fed beef operation, with sheep at a smaller scale. Farm to table or farm to consumer ideally.
We would like to raise a smaller breed, Dexter's or Galloway, and some katahdin or crosses. Targeting farm to table, farmers markets and/or small culinary enterprises. We have a side foos truck currently and would explore leveraging the connections we have in that community as well.
Preferred Arrangement
Business Partnership -
Sale of Land -
Duration of the desired agreement
Ideal date to obtain land by
We are thinking next summer.
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
We need to be practical and know to start we have to manage both what we can afford and what we can practically run. So 40-160 acres?
Wooded Area (acres)
Yes
Cultivable Area (acres)
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
No
Zoning
ALR
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Open to landowner residing on property
No
Need farm buildings
Yes - Basic barn infrastructure would be ideal. Especially in northern regions. Hay and cattle barns
Need fenced land
Yes - Fenced and cross fenced would be amazing. Or to add for livestock is a big cost factor
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
Need on-site housing
No
Production type
Livestock - Cattle - Ideally smaller - dexter or Galloway
Livestock - Sheep - Katahdin or Katahdin crosses
Hay & Forage - If we have enough land for this that would be ideal
Type of agriculture
Other - I would like to get into regenerative farm. Increased soil and forage quality to increase the quality of what our animals produce. More productive yields not necessarily larger
Soil needs
Will acquire commercial insurance
No - We would prefer to buy, but are not opposed to the right lease
