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wanted to rent pasture (s. Vancouver Island)
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During the last 25 years, I have started and been involved-with 3 ‘cowshares’ … that term meaning : a farm on which cows are jointly owned, from which we take home our own property, ie. the milk. Members take the initiative to produce our own food because we want a quality of milk significantly different than what’s available in retail stores. So we underwrote buying cows, paying an Agister ( farmer ) to look after them and package our property for us to pick up at the farm. A cowshare does not sell milk to the public. It is in the nature of a limited partnership, although not formally registered.
One of the cowshares I organized was ‘Home on the Range’ in Chilliwack. In May 2007 we started with one Jerseycow in the backyard on 2 acres. By the time we shut down 6 years later our dairy was providing REAL MILK to 500 households in the lower mainland. We proved the concept : there certainly is demand for fresh, whole pure, truly organic, raw milk produced by grass-fed cows. And it can be done safely. No-one ever got sick from drinking milk from our dairy.
The Campaign for REAL MILK has proven that when raw milk dairying is done properly, risk of illness from drinking it is minimal. For extensive info. on that subject see the website < www.realmilk.com > At this moment, distribution of raw milk for human consumption is illegal in British Columbia pursuant to a regulation of the Public Health Act. But that’s about to change because it was implemented in 2009 with no consultation with those affected
I am positioning myself so that when raw milk is decriminalized I’ll be ready to supply fluid milk to people who want it. Once the milk is flowing, an artisanal creamery making butter and cheese, follows naturally.
To start with, I require a property of 2 acres or more of pasture somewhere South of Duncan. Ideally, the property has a barn and /or outbuildings on it already. But that’s not crucial. I have tools for building shelters and fencing. I do all the work of managing the herd and the dairy
Please contact me and let’s meet to discuss possibilities Gordon Watson
Suite 4 5177 William Head Road Metchosin British Columbia V9C 4H5 Telephone
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