Nicole's Farm - growing food sovereign communities
Location
Nicole's Farm develops precisely modelled, year round, sustainable farms on small acreages which create community based local economic stimulation and living wage jobs by building and managing regionalized food sovereignty networks. Each farm grows fresh, price competitive, flavourful and nutritionally superior fruits and vegetables which are sold wholesale to local grocery stores.
Reason:
Nicole's Farm has the answer to the question: Who will grow your food? The average age of a Canadian farmer is 52 years old. Reasons cited for limited entry into farming as a vocation are lack of access to land and the long held belief that agriculture is an industry of little economic return. However, limited supply and lack of convenient access to local, sustainably grown, year round fruits and vegetables combined with increased consumer concern about food security and safety, genetically modified organisms, chemical pesticides, water shortages, climate instability, and fuel shortages has created a unique niche growth market for the development of small scale, sustainable agriculture.
Organization:
Nicole's Farm Ltd
First name:
Nicole
Last name:
Huska
City:
Sechelt
Country:
Canada
