Hi 👋 I'm Ryan!

Goose River Farm is a small plot my wife and I are building to supply produce to her coffee shop, Road to Sooke Cafe. We'll also be stocking a small farm stand and hopefully selling to some local food trucks and restaurants.

We don't have deep pockets and don't wish to take out a loan to start this farm, so we're taking it slow with family donations and bootstrapped financing. We currently have a 25'x25' garden plot, one small greenhouse (6'x12'), a 3-shelf microgreen operation, and a chicken run for 10 birds (birds coming soon!). The space we can work with is about 125'x65' so there is still plenty of room for growth! Plans for the future include another garden plot of the same size, a 25' high tunnel, a small frog pond & a wash/pack/sort building to get all this great stuff ready for sale! Farther into the future, we might bring in ducks & goats, but not until the rest of the farm is profitable.

I've been a hobby gardener for the past 10 years, trying my hand at nearly any seeds I could find room to sow! The local food movement is strong on Vancouver Island and I'm keen to jump on that wave. Food security has become even more important as climate change wreaks havoc on the predictability of weather in parts of the world that we have depended on for a great amount of our food supply. It's time to localize as much of our food production as we can, and support those who are doing so. Local agriculture is important to our economy as it creates dependable jobs and keeps your food dollars close to home, rather than giving it to Wal-Store and farms in California.

If you would like to support our efforts here at Goose River Farm you can buy us a plant or two. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook to see what we do with your donations! We're great at stretching our dollars and finding second-hand materials. Our chicken co-op & run only cost about $300 to build!

Thanks for checking us out! If you'd like to visit the farmstand, send me a message so I can let you know when it's stocked up!

Ryan & April

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