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ABOUT THE LAND
Situated in the Rocky Mountain foothills, in the Peace Region, the Niwatame Eco-Homstead is being developed as a youth-focused social enterprise to support eco-friendly living and learning. The property is located on the shores of Moberly Lake and is bisected at one end by Medicine Woman Creek.
The property features 5 acres of highly fertile alluvial soils, consisting of both cultivated land and mixed Boreal forest with various edible botanical plants. Land developments include a principal dwelling and a cottage, as well as outbuildings with stable water sources and infrastructure suitable for a permaculture production.
Landholder Reg Whiten has lived in the Peace region since 1991, where he operates InterraPlan Inc., an environmental and planning consulting practice with specialization in water stewardship. Reg also enjoys cultural pursuits in music, visual art and international travel. For several years, he also provided support to The Boreal Centre for Sustainability, a non-profit organization that he founded, which promotes food, water and energy security.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
This opportunity is primarily aimed at supporting berry production, as well as other permaculture activities and services related to ecotourism. There is also potential for new horticulture and intensive livestock production.
Business micro-enterprise ventures currently include: direct marketing of harvested and value-added haskap berries and other (wild & grown) berries, as well as harvesting of perennial species and annual food plants in a small market garden / orchard.
The landholder is looking for a minimum two-year lease agreement, with potential for shared ownership or other negotiated terms. The opportunity includes comfortable, year-round accommodations in a cottage on-site.
ABOUT THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
As this is a small community in a remote region, incoming farmers will need to blend work from other income sources.
This opportunity would be well-suited for a keen pair of energetic young agrarians interested in northern agroecology and community food security!
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 Central North Land Matcher, Andrew Adams, at andrew@youngagrarians.org with the link to this post, any relevant photos, and a paragraph or two on each of the following topics:
- About you
- Your farming experience
- Your plans for the land
For more details, check out the UMAP Listing for this property.
For more land opportunities, and to learn about the B.C. Land Matching program, please visit youngagrarians.org/land.
The B.C. Land Matching Program is funded in Central & Northern B.C. 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.