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Permalink Reply by Carolyn McBride on May 16, 2012 at 9:23am

Great question! I've been looking for the same thing, and so far all I've found is funding for farms bigger than what I'll be moving to. I think the trick is finding out what the Cdn. government  sees as a small farm. How much land are you taking on? I'll keep looking. You know how the web is. What you find tomorrow was not available five minutes before.

Permalink Reply by Heather S on May 28, 2012 at 8:05am

Hi Carolyn, thanks for your reply. We're not exactly large but we're 75 acres. We're not looking to do things as a sole occupation (full time farmers - at least not in the foreseeable future) - and we don't have an economic history in the agriculture sector - both of these things seem impt to some funders. If you come across any links please let me know. Cheers

Permalink Reply by Carolyn McBride on October 13, 2012 at 10:04am

Hi heather,

I found a website today that I did not see when we had this discussion. Please let me know if it's of any use.

http://www.communityfarms.ca/resources/grantsLoans.shtml

Carolyn

Heather S said:

Hi Carolyn, thanks for your reply. We're not exactly large but we're 75 acres. We're not looking to do things as a sole occupation (full time farmers - at least not in the foreseeable future) - and we don't have an economic history in the agriculture sector - both of these things seem impt to some funders. If you come across any links please let me know. Cheers