50 acres or more
About
Message- Opportunity available:
- On-farm employment
- Internship
- Business partnership
- Available facilities and equipment:
- Housing
- Irrigation capacity
- Fencing
- Agricultural machinery
- Cold storage
- Processing facilities
- Irrigation equipment
- Greenhouse
- Preferred arrangement model:
- Partnership
- Available acreage:
- 50 acres or more
- Soil type on farm:
- Sand
- Sandy loam
- Current farming practices:
- Conventional
- Ecological production, but not certified
- Current land use:
- Market garden
- Hay or pasture
- Woodlot
- Vegetables
- Fruit/berries/grapes
- Field crops
- Fallow
- Preferred farming experience for farmer:
- Practical farming experience (including work as a farm intern or employee)
- Desired farming practices by a new farmer:
- Ecological production but not certified
- Biodynamic
- Other_R
- Agricultural products I am interested being cultivated on my property:
- Field crops (grains or beans)
- Vegetables
- Flowers
- Fruit/berries/grapes
- Herbs
- Hay or forage
- Seeds, seedlings or nursery stock
- Years experience of new farmer:
- No preference
Farm description
Previous conventional/sprayed U-Pick apple orchard (5-7 acres), grape vines, pears, plums, berries and more. 76 acres in total, 30 acres woodlot, the balance is orchard, hay/pasture, vegetable gardens and pond, with 300+ feet of waterfront on the Miramichi River. Currently in transition from a conventional operation to a permaculture orchard and vegetable/flower farm, employing ecological/sustainable practices, but not certified organic. In recent years it has been a popular Agritourism destination, open to the public/schools/organizations for direct sales, u-pick and other farm-related/educational purposes. However, it is now closed during our transition. We built an on-site farm store, fixed two older barns, one with walk-in cooler. We have limited animals at this time (laying hens). We focused on vegetable production in 2022 and sold at the local market. We would like to see the farm grow and eventually become an agritourism destination/farm-stay, educational, therapeutic in orientation (sustainable farming, food security, community-sufficiency, nutrition and lifestyle, etc.). There is plenty of space and opportunity!
Farm opportunity
We are looking for an active partner(s) to live on-site and help our family run the farm (fruit/veg/hay/other). We have a fifth wheel camper trailer fully stocked, with clean well water hookup, hydro and sewage hookup. There is ample opportunity for direct sales from the farm store/garden stand, u-pick sales, market sales and more. Profit sharing model to be arranged depending on what each party brings to the table.