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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] farm incubator
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:32:00 -0600


Wow - could be an alternative to losing the land or selling out to
developers. Sounds like a plan.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/6/2007 at 1:25 PM Ken Hargesheimer wrote:

>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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