Kenan

Experienced couple looking for +40 acres to setup a regenerative farming operations and permaculture lifestyle based on mutual understanding and great relationship with landowner After having over 25 years of experience in various industries from food supplement to manufacturing industries with strong background in production (B.E. industrial engineering), business management (master degree) and marketing (PhD), I have realized that health of our food is determined by how it is farmed. With extensive usage of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides, today's conventional monoculture agriculture is not sustainable and have direct/indirect negative impact on our top soil, food and ecosystem. According to UN, we have only 60 years of topsoil left . Losing top soil does not only impact our food system but also leads to wildfires, droughts, floods and acceleration of climate change. I have a highly motivated vision and am seeking reasonable opportunities in order to establish a sustainable and financially feasible farm-estate where regenerative farming principles are used to produce traditional/natural and healthy food for our families, friends, communities and society while protecting/improving our topsoil and ecosystem for many generations to come true

Experience

Natural Honey Beekeeping : (+3 years of experience) Registered beekeeper at OMAFRA and member of Toronto District Beekeeper Association, practicing natural beekeeping in non-conventional insulated double wall wooden hives which are designed & built by me to provide the best natural nesting habitat to honey bee colonies in order to help them thrive naturally without using any sugar-syrup feeding and/or antibiotics, unnatural treatments etc. Poultry Farming : (+4 years of experience) Experienced in implementation of poultry farming systems etc. (broiler, parents flock etc. ) and knowledge of poultry equipment and machineries such as drinking, feeding, cooling, heating and ventilation etc. General Carpentry : (+5 years of experience) Hobbyist boat and canoe builder skilled at woodworking projects such as honey bee hive components, basic fencing, canoe, boat, indoor and outdoor furniture etc. Over 25 years of experience in Food Supplement and Manufacturing Industries Highly Educated with PhD study in Marketing / Master of Business Management and Organization / B.E. Industrial Engineer

Partner(s)

My spouse and I have been sharing the life together for over 25 years as a happy family with 3 children. She has been raised in a farm and have the following farming experiences... -Skilled at making homemade yogurt and some other dairy products (cheese) -Experienced in preserving vegetables and fruits (jams) -Knowledge and understanding of farm animal husbandry including milking cow, sheep and goat etc...

Farm Vision

We can summarize our farm vision with following short statements.. -We consider growing traditional/natural produces (Non-GMO) for a healthy and permaculture lifestyle. Our goal is to produce up to %80 of our food that we consume annually as a family... -We have a highly ambitious vision of providing fresh produces and as well as value added finished packed products to our friends, neighbors, communities (B2C) while we are conducting wholesale to food processors and restaurants (B2B) etc... -We would like to return the our ancestral roots for farming empowered with permaculture principles with minimum mechanical disturbance, improving/keeping our soil healthy, contributing in diversity, keeping livestock and wildlife as nature intended -We consider providing jobs for our forgotten endangered draft horses, raise and keep these magnificence partners as our core power to run our operations with new technological approach. -We are looking for a farm property/land starting from 40-50 acres.

Relationship with Farm Owner

We would like to consider following opportunities... -Retired farmers without successors who wants to live on their property with a plan to transfer the stewardship/ownership of the land and property... -Lease-to-own and/or succession plan -Purchase of land/property at affordable price with some down payment and/or monthly installments -Open to other alternative opportunities which we are not aware of and could be beneficial in achieving our goals.. -We both are very friendly, sociable and enjoy collaborating with others. Thank you for your time in reading our profile.. Please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing your ideas and opinions in order to create the possible best outcome..