25-50 acres
About
Message- Opportunity available:
- On-farm employment
- Mentoring
- Internship
- Business partnership
- Available facilities and equipment:
- Housing
- Irrigation capacity
- Greenhouse
- Fencing
- Agricultural machinery
- Processing facilities
- Preferred arrangement model:
- Partnership
- Available acreage:
- 25-50 acres
- Soil type on farm:
- Clay
- Loam
- Current farming practices:
- Conventional
- Ecological production, but not certified
- Biodynamic
- Current land use:
- Livestock
- Field crops
- Market garden
- Hay or pasture
- Woodlot
- Vegetables
- Fruit/berries/grapes
- Preferred farming experience for farmer:
- Grew up on a farm in Canada
- Grew up on a farm outside of Canada
- Practical farming experience (including work as a farm intern or employee)
- Studied agriculture at a post-secondary institution
- Current or past farm business owner
- Desired farming practices by a new farmer:
- Conventional
- Ecological production but not certified
- Biodynamic
- Agricultural products I am interested being cultivated on my property:
- Livestock
- Field crops (grains or beans)
- Vegetables
- Flowers
- Years experience of new farmer:
Farm description
FARM Opportunity – Fossil Farms Fossil Farms is a unique farm/retreat with an event barn, commercial kitchen and accommodations (7 units expanding to 12/18 units) on a 200-year-old farm located on the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia. The farm has seven acres of vineyard, a 200 apple tree orchard, field crops, two greenhouses with room for expansion, a container hydroponic farm (8x40') and a flower garden. =The farm also has 8 beehives, three babydoll sheep and a flock of free range laying hens. The farm has a solar farm, which generates the electric needed to run the business.
Farm opportunity
The farm is an important feature for the retreat. Presently, we are too busy to maintain the farming activities to their maximum potential and are looking for a person, couple or family to tap the farm's full potential and expand its operations. The right candidate(s) would have access to the following: home (free lease), transportation, wage(s), and future entrepreneurial opportunities. Duties could include: farming, landscaping, housekeeping, equipment and building maintenance, construction, cooking, food processing, beekeeping, guest services, social media, and marketing. Skills: The success candidate(s) should have farming experience and/or a passion for farming, self-motivated, hardworking, pleasant, entrepreneurial, respectful, humble and works safely. Interested, call Doug at 902-301-3780 or message.