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  • From: E C GRANATA <elainegranata AT msn.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cost of land as % of gross sales?
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:23:44 -0700

Sundari:  I tell such people that organic ag land goes for about $150.00 an acre per year  -- that usually slows them down. If you pro-rate whatever percent of an acre his yard is you could come up with a number based on the $150 which I suspect will be a lot lower than what he thinks it's worth.
 
What about offering him the amount that a share costs?
 
Elaine
Denver
 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:01:29 -0800
From: sundari93 AT yahoo.com
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] Cost of land as % of gross sales?

I currently run an urban farming project that operates using a model (Neighborhood Supported Agriculture) in which homeowners donate their yards. I don't pay for the land, but the homeowners receive a share of the produce.

I've been offered a somewhat larger piece of land (about 8x bigger than my average yard), but the homeowner wants to collect rent in exchange for use of the land. I'm willing to pay something, but I think that his perception of what the land is worth is a bit "off."

For those of you that pay for land, can you give me an estimation of what you pay compared to what you reap in gross sales off of that land? (I'm not counting what you pay for water, etc -- just for the land.)

Thank you so much for your help.

-Sundari Kraft
 
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