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  • From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:25:27 -0700 (PDT)

A friend emailed this to me off of a listserve he is on.
 


>Would like to know whether anyone out there has been involved in incubating
>farms?  What I am talking about is an incubator that holds title to say a
>hundred acres and leases out 1- 20 acre plots for would-be farmers to
>intensely cultivate for the raising of truck farm specialty crops.  This
>would allow persons not having access to farmland to engage in farming.  The
>incubator would also be involved in working with the new farmers to develop
>markets for the crops, arrange for compost and other soil amendments,
>organic certification services, master farmer training sessions, and special
>seasonal events, etc.
>
>GT McNaughton
>Southern Windsor County Incubator, Inc.
>Board Member
I have a plan for this if anyone is interested.  The farm owner agreed to finance each plot to the new farmer.  I would love to see this done somewhere.
 
Ken Hargesheimer


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