General farming (3 years+) - 6 years professional experience working on various vegetable farms, orchards, and plant nurseries. 4 years Independent experience food-scaping for rental accommodations.
Do you have a business plan?
No - Coming soon...
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 - ISO Grants, possible investors
Project
Farm Name
Moonfield Farm
Farm Project Description
Biodynamic Herb Farm, selling in bulk, wholesale, and through homemade products like Herbal Tea blends, Tinctures, Salves, and Preserves. Designing the farm through eco-landscaping to build a space for gathering and sharing herb health with the community. Building/ installing greenhouses and tunnels to support a prolonged growing season and becoming a functional and sustainable nursery for edible and medicinal plants. Hoping to move into offering Food-scaping and eco-landscaping services for the community.
Preferred Arrangement
Registered Lease on Title -
Lease -
Transfer / Succession -
Business Partnership -
Duration of the desired agreement
minimum 3 years
Ideal date to obtain land by
April 1st, 2027
Participant in BC Land Matching Program
Yes
Land & Features Desired
Total Land Size (acres)
Open to variable sizes. At least close to an acre.
Wooded Area (acres)
No
Cultivable Area (acres)
Minimum 0.5 acres
Possibility to expand area currently available (acres)
Yes - If in alignment with owners, open to clearing extra land for use and growing in the future. not a necessity..
Zoning
Either
Preferred current state of the surface of the cultivable area
Decently clear workable land in terms of access to breaking ground/soil. Not rock bed or thick forest. With Access for machinery/ vehicles.
Open to landowner residing on property
Yes - Open to it. Not preferred.
Need farm buildings
Yes - Needing barn or covered space for processing. Open to building/installing this.
Need fenced land
No
Need farm machinery and tools
No
Need established water source and infrastructure
Need on-site housing
No
Production type
Vegetable - Mostly herbs, medicinal plants, and edible flowers.
Greenhouse - plastic hoop houses and hot house for lengthening growing season.
Flower - edible and medicinal flowers
Nursery - Planning to sell plant starts for all herbs, flowers, and edible plants being grown.
Type of agriculture
Organic -
Other - Biodynamic. Hoping to certify eventually.
Soil needs
Well-drained, loamy soil with moderate organic matter. Can be developed/cultivated into this.
Will acquire commercial insurance
Yes - Willing if it makes sense in the specific situation.
