LAND OPPORTUNITY: 25-acre farm with endless opportunities – Barriere, BC

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ABOUT THE LAND

Chinook Farm is a beautiful 25-acre farm situated in the North Thompson region, near Barriere, BC. Located on a secondary road off the main highway (Yellowhead Highway #5 N), the area is very peaceful. The property is mostly forested with some cleared land, and there are plans in place to have more area cleared and the entire property fenced by the fall. Opportunities and farming potential are endless at this charming property!

The property features three wooded pastures and another pasture that is cleared and has been seeded. A creek bordering the property and a well provide domestic water, and the property has water rights for summer irrigation. The land is mostly sloped on the side of a mountain, making it suitable for sheep (for meat or wool), goats, poultry (for eggs or meat), pigs and honey bees. The vegetable garden produces well and can be expanded. There is lots of potential here – the landholder has many ideas for the property and is very open and welcoming to new ones!

Current use of the property includes 150 laying hens, pigs and cattle. The landholder would be happy to pass on their egg customers to the incoming farmer, if they are interested in having their own laying hens on the farm. There is an established vegetable garden that produces well and has the potential to be expanded, and berries grow nicely on the property. There is an old log barn that could be erected and used as a shop or kitchen for processing food grown on the land into products such as soups, pickles, or jams. A Christmas tree business would also be a possibility – neighbouring properties have found success growing and selling Christmas trees and would be happy to share their knowledge.

The property comes equipped with a chicken coop with fenced runs, two animal shelters, two sheds that hold feed, fencing and farming supplies, an open front two-bay tractor shed and a fully stocked shop with a large inventory of carpentry and mechanical tools. There is also large equipment on-site such as a tractor and a couple of quads. All of the infrastructure and supplies would be available to the prospective farmer! The landholder would like the incoming farmer to have some level of training or experience in order to use the larger equipment.

If you would love to farm but don’t have land, come see what this landholder started! The landholder is more than happy to share their experience and knowledge and is eager to see the land used and cared for.

GET IN TOUCH!

This land is available through the B.C. Land Matching Program. If you are interested in this land opportunity, please contact the Okanagan Land Matcher, Haley, at haley@youngagrarians.org with the link to this post, any relevant photos and a paragraph or two on each of the following:

• About you
• Your farming experience
• Your plans for the land

For more details, check out the UMAP Listing for this property.

To learn more about the B.C. Land Matching Program and other land opportunities, visit youngagrarians.org/tools/land.

The B.C. Land Matching Program is funded in the Okanagan-Thompson by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative, with additional support from the Real Estate Foundation of BC.