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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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[Livingontheland] Food & agriculture news - June 4,
Douglas Willhite, 06/05/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] Food & agriculture news - June 4,
TradingPostPaul, 06/05/2007
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[Livingontheland] Maybe The Guardian scientists will catch up,
Douglas Willhite, 06/06/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator,
Ken Hargesheimer, 06/06/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator,
TradingPostPaul, 06/06/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator, Michael Nevin, 06/07/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator, Michael Nevin, 06/07/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator,
TradingPostPaul, 06/06/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator,
Ken Hargesheimer, 06/06/2007
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[Livingontheland] Maybe The Guardian scientists will catch up,
Douglas Willhite, 06/06/2007
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- Re: [Livingontheland] Food & agriculture news - June 4, Pego Rice, 06/06/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] Food & agriculture news - June 4,
TradingPostPaul, 06/05/2007
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