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MAR-26 HOMESTEADER
Do you grow or raise some of your own food? If no, or just very small amounts, please answer the Consumers’ survey.Response Chart Percentage
Yes 98.7%
No 1.3%
Total Responses
Do you fish and / or hunt and / or wildcraft?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 71.1%
No 28.9%
Total Responses
What kind of wild food?Response Chart Percentages
Berries 39%
Fish 21%
Game 17%
Herbs, greens 42%
Mushroom 28%
# Response
1. Deer, fish
2. Edible and medicinal plants
3. Game and fish
4. Huckleberries, medicinal plants (nettles, rosehips, clover, etc.), beginner fisherman, beginner hunter (deer, elk)
5. deer
6. deer berries mushrooms herbs nuts
7. fish, herbs
8. lamb's quarters, birch and maple sap, huckleberries, rowan berries, blueberries
9. mushroom, fish, berries,
10. mushrooms
11. mushrooms, deer, ferns etc...
12. mushrooms, herbs, berries, fish, fowl, meat
13. mushrooms, huckleberries, my husband fishes (mostly trout) and hunts (very occasional deer or elk)
14. roots, rosehips, tea and medicinal plants and lots of mushrooms :)
15. [Berries]Saskatoon Berries
16. [Berries]Saskatoons
17. [Berries]mostly berries and herbs
18. [Berries]only berries and a few mushrooms (not many)
19. [Berries]saskatoons and other wild fruit
20. [Berries][Herbs, greens]Huckleberries, elderflowers, herbs.
21. [Berries][Herbs, greens]Nettles, and other herbs, huckleberries
22. [Berries][Herbs, greens]edible greens and berries such as nettles, dandelions, elderberries, saskatoons, huckleberies, rosehips
23. [Berries][Herbs, greens]nettles, dandelions, elderberries, huckleberries, saskatoons, rose hips
24. [Berries][Herbs, greens]nettles, wild berries, tree buds, bark, roots.
25. [Berries][Herbs, greens][Fish][Mushroom]Mushrooms, berries, medicinal plants, fish
26. [Berries][Herbs, greens][Mushroom]Mushrooms, fiddle heads,nettles, Saskatoon berries
27. [Berries][Herbs, greens][Mushroom]herbs berries, mushrooms
28. [Berries][Herbs, greens][Mushroom]thimble berries mushrooms dandelions saskatoons
29. [Berries][Mushroom]Berries and mushrooms.
30. [Berries][Mushroom]berries, mushrooms
31. [Berries][Mushroom]elderberry,mushrooms,hucklerries...
32. [Fish]fish
33. [Fish]fish
34. [Fish]fish
35. [Fish][Mushroom]mushrooms, fish
36. [Game]Elk
37. [Game]Meat, berries
38. [Game][Berries]huckleberries, saskatoons, deer, elk
39. [Game][Berries][Herbs, greens]Meat (deer, elk, etc.), greens (nettle, fiddleheads, etc), berries (huckleberries, elderberries, thimbleberries)
40. [Game][Berries][Herbs, greens][Fish]Berries, deer and other large game, trout fishing, lots of wild herbs and medicene.
41. [Game][Berries][Herbs, greens][Fish]Nettles, yellowdock, elderberry, saskatoon, huckleberry, rosehips, deer, trout.
42. [Game][Berries][Mushroom]mushrooms, berrys, meat
43. [Game][Fish]Fish, deer
44. [Game][Herbs, greens][Mushroom]peppermint, nettles, mushrooms, roadkill and berries
45. [Game][Mushroom]Deer/Elk, Mushrooms
46. [Herbs, greens]Herbs
47. [Herbs, greens]Nettle, elderberry, dandelion,
48. [Herbs, greens]mostly plants. edibles and medicinals
49. [Herbs, greens][Fish]Spring shoots, fish, healing herbs, berries.
50. [Herbs, greens][Fish]mostly herbs wildcrafted, some fish
51. [Herbs, greens][Fish]nettles, rosehips, fish, herbs
52. [Herbs, greens][Fish][Mushroom]mushrooms, herbs, fish
53. [Herbs, greens][Mushroom]Herbs, mushrooms
54. [Herbs, greens][Mushroom]Wild mushrooms (Chanterelles, pine mushrooms,lobter, ect) false salomon's heal
55. [Herbs, greens][Mushroom]mushrooms, herbs, wild edibles (roots, greens, berries etc...), medicine plants.
56. [Herbs, greens][Mushroom]tea, condiments, berries, spring greens, roots, mushrooms
If yes, how much of your wild food contributes to your household dietary needs on a yearly basis?Response Chart Percentage
Under 10lbs 28.6%
10-50lbs 39.3%
50-100lbs 17.9%
More than 100 lbs, please specify... 14.3%
Total Responses
If yes, how much of your wild food contributes to your household dietary needs on a yearly basis? (More than 100 lbs, please specify...)# Response
1.
This year, 40ls of huckle berries, about 20lbs of trout, about 50lbs of deer, plus smaller amounts of other berries, etc.
2.
Not sure on the total weight but it's well over 100lbs.
3.
2000lbs+
4.
deer (1 or 2), greens (~4-6 meals), berries (10-20 lbs)
5.
Wild "weeds", (greens) and berries
6.
elk and deer come heavier than 100 pounds usually
7.
deer, elk
What percentage of the food you eat is grown, raised or wildcrafted by your household? Response Chart Percentage
0% 0.0%
Less than 10% 13.2%
10-25% 31.6%
25-50% 36.8%
50-75% 13.2%
75% and more 5.3%
Total Responses
What percentage of the food you eat is grown or raised in the West Kootenays (including your own production)? Note that tofu and chocolate can be produced here but it is not grown here!Response Chart Percentage
0% 1.3%
Less than 10% 8.0%
10-25% 17.3%
25-50% 30.7%
50-75% 33.3%
75% and more 9.3%
Total Responses
Are you interested in increasing production on your homestead? Response Chart Percentage
Definitely yes 75.0%
Maybe 10.3%
I don't know, neutral 4.4%
Probably not 4.4%
No, planning to scale back/retire 2.9%
Other, please specify... 2.9%
Total Responses
Are you interested in increasing production on your homestead? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
we have another two generations on the farm, but mainly we are the farmers
2.
once our homestead is thriving, i intend to sell produce and eggs at the salmo valley farmers' market
Do you have a succession plan for your homestead?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 31.8%
No 68.2%
Total Responses
Do you have any unused (underused) farm land, infrastructure or housing, which you might consider creating opportunities for young farmers to utilize?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 33.3%
No 66.7%
Total Responses
What is your primary challenge to increase production on your homestead?Response Chart Percentage
Financial: Too low returns, lack of access to land and financial support for investment etc.
20.6%
Labour: Lack of succession plans, training, skilled labour, mentorship and farm extension services etc.
17.6%
Infrastructure: Lack of distribution, storage and processing etc. 10.3%
Business skills: Lack of marketing, promotion, branding, bookkeeping etc.
4.4%
Organizational/policy: Government regulations, lack of coordination in the food system and between organizations etc.
1.5%
Other (please specify) 45.6%
Total Responses
What is your primary challenge to increase production on your homestead? (Other (please specify))# Response
1. lack of physical energy and funds. unwillingness to continue to take care of "new farmers"
who don't actually want to work and treat me like i'm rich because i'm struggling to be a land owner.
2. I do not want to increase
3. just need to learn more about food storage and getting free hay and manure or other mulching techniques.
4. own capacity
5. Lack of soil! We live on a mountain otherwise I'd grow much more food.
6. my age.
7. this our first year on the land
8. I grow most of our food on rented land.
9. Most of the above answers as well as space
10. We just need to do it.
11. My "homestead" is a 60x100 foot city lot; house + garden.
12. time
13. I live in Nelson and garden on my 2 lot property. I lived 30 years on a farm in Winlaw, so I know a lot about farming. I wish I lived there now to be part of your co-op! I'm getting old and need help with my Nelson garden, which I have shared with others since I moved here in 2007.
14. not enough time. working a full time job.
15. enough time and other hands to help+ processing/ storing
16. Land is too small
17. lack of space, small lot
18. advanced age
19. Lack of time - too involved in too many things!
20. The fact that i rent (means more money for more space) garden space 10 KM away from home is challenging. Commitment under those conditions are risky.Lack of help.
21. Even as a very smallholder, the amount of labour involved in keeping up with a few fruit trees, garden, flowers, working for a living, community involvement, recreation, making firewood, home improvements, and so on mean we're about at our limit for our small piece of land. When we do can fruit, we get it from neighbours who have too much, or buy it locally.n, means we're about at our limit withut
22. First three options are equally challenging (lack of time, money and infrastructure)
23. I rent my land, so the landlord would have to agree to this first, which is highly likely but guaranteed
24. working off farm to pay for the land, not enough time
25. nervous to make the step - lack of committed help, fear of too little financial return
26. lack of time and usable land-i live on a mountain slope
27. education: we are young and new to farming. we are learning by trail and error and through the guidance of local farmers. it is a slow process, but we intend to grow in time as we learn more and more about homesteading
28. lack of access to farm equipment
29. time: for required labour, building infrastructure and fining money
30. Financial, labour, infrastructure and time
31. Age. We are turning 60 and still working at paid work. Can't do as much food production as we did 30 years ago.
Do you sell any of your crops or animal products? Response Chart Percentage
Yes 49.2%
No 50.8%
Total Responses
If yes, what do you sell?Response Chart Percentage
Fruit , please specify... 17.6%
Vegetables , please specify... 41.2%
Meat, dairy or egg , please specify... 70.6%
Value added products, please specify...
23.5%
Other, please specify... 17.6%
Total Responses
If yes, what do you sell? (Fruit , please specify...)# Response
1.
raspberries, strawberries, blackberries onions, garlic, leeks, carrots, potatoes, lettuces, kales, , asparagus, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes Eggs
2.
apples, pears, raspberries
3.
apples, plums, pears, raspberry mixed beef, chicken, eggs raspberry juice, jams made from all the fruit that we produce
4.
berries garlic,potatoes,squash,any extras
5.
blueberries eggs
6.
plums squash eggs
If yes, what do you sell? (Vegetables , please specify...)# Response
1. raspberries, strawberries, blackberries onions, garlic, leeks, carrots, potatoes, lettuces, kales, , asparagus, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes Eggs
2. any squash, spuds, corn or carrots excess to our needs
3. apples, plums, pears, raspberry mixed beef, chicken, eggs raspberry juice, jams made from all the fruit that we produce
4. squash, leeks, chard eggs
5. Local, in season veggies and leaf greens, herbs. Eggs Recycled art work and bird houses
6. berries garlic,potatoes,squash,any extras
7. Tomato pepper carrot fruit leather dried fruit
8. some surplus veggies eggs, dairy salves, lotions
9. Kale, rutabagas, potatoes
10. mixed greens, spinach, root veggies
11. greens
12. plums squash eggs
13. Any extra veggies i have
14. Early spring greens Eggs Veggie starts
If yes, what do you sell? (Meat, dairy or egg , please specify...)# Response
1. raspberries, strawberries, blackberries onions, garlic, leeks, carrots, potatoes, lettuces, kales, , asparagus, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes Eggs
2. apples, plums, pears, raspberry mixed beef, chicken, eggs raspberry juice, jams made from all the fruit that we produce
3. squash, leeks, chard eggs
4. Eggs
5. meat
6. Local, in season veggies and leaf greens, herbs. Eggs Recycled art work and bird houses
7. berries garlic,potatoes,squash,any extras
8. eggs honey, alfalfa hay, random vegetables (small quantities)
9. pork, eggs, dairy sausage, cheese
10. eggs honey
11. eggs herbal tinctures, teas, potions
12. eggs
13. Small amount of eggs
14. some surplus veggies eggs, dairy salves, lotions
15. meat (chickens) eggs and sometimes vegtables or seedlings
16. eggs, milk, cheese, tiny bit of meat (small quantities)
17. blueberries eggs
18. eggs
19. greens
20. eggs we hope to sell berries, carrots, zuchinni, greens, cucumbers, etc in 2015
21. all of the above
22. plums squash eggs
23.
24. Early spring greens Eggs Veggie starts
If yes, what do you sell? (Value added products, please specify...)# Response
1.
Jam from wild and cultivated organic fruit
2.
apples, plums, pears, raspberry mixed beef, chicken, eggs raspberry juice, jams made from all the fruit that we produce
3.
Local, in season veggies and leaf greens, herbs. Eggs Recycled art work and bird houses
4.
Tomato pepper carrot fruit leather dried fruit
5.
pork, eggs, dairy sausage, cheese
6.
eggs herbal tinctures, teas, potions
7.
some surplus veggies eggs, dairy salves, lotions
8.
jams, wines, apple butter, pear butter
If yes, what do you sell? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
Honey
2.
eggs honey, alfalfa hay, random vegetables (small quantities)
3.
eggs honey
4.
weekly basket
5.
eggs we hope to sell berries, carrots, zuchinni, greens, cucumbers, etc in 2015
6.
Early spring greens Eggs Veggie starts
If you sell your products, where do you sell them?Response Chart Percentage
Local stores 13.5%
Farmers’ market, please specify where 27.0%
Direct to consumers / trade with neighbors
86.5%
Other, please specify... 10.8%
Total Responses
If you sell your products, where do you sell them? (Farmers’ market, please specify where)# Response
1. Winlaw, Cottonwood Sissies
2. Nelson (rarely) New Denver Friday market
3. Nelson wed. market in 2014
4. Baker st., Cottonwood Market both in Nelson
5. Rossland, only very seldom (that why I said "no" above)
6.
7. we intend to sell produce and eggs at the salmo valley farmers' market in 2015
8. Salmo Valley Farmers' Market
9. Kaslo garden festival
10.
If you sell your products, where do you sell them? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
Winlaw, Cottonwood Sissies
2.
i give it away or trade, not sell, vegetables and fruits.
3.
gifted/bartered fruit to neighbours and food bank- didn't sell for $.
4.
Food bank had a special budget last year after the spills
How much do you sell in an average year?Response Chart Percentage
Under 10lbs 8.1%
10-50lbs 27.0%
50-100lbs 35.1%
More than 100 lbs, please specify...
29.7%
Total Responses
How much do you sell in an average year? (More than 100 lbs, please specify...)# Response
1.
we sell several beef halves, chickens, 20 dz, eggs/week, frozen , fresh, upick, juice and jam
2.
don't have an average year but this year I sold more than 100lbs
3.
1200 lbs meat, 200 dz eggs, 416 L milk
4.
mostly honey, maybe 100+ doz eggs per year
5.
I grow food for the food bank and got donation.
6.
chickens (50 to 100 lbs), eggs (0-500 dozen), 0-20 lbs of veggies
7.
Not sure, and varies from year to year. Estimate 200 lbs
8.
including meat
Do you have products you wish you could process (value–add) and sell?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 41.8%
No 58.2%
Total Responses
If yes, what products?# Response
1. sour cherries
2. Veggies, poultry
3. Nettle beer, canned goods, salad crops
4. bread, chocolate, pasta
5. i would like to trade more and also sell for some cash.
6. honey, wax, fruits
7. More Jam!
8. dried fruit products, fruit leather etc. processed medicinals (teas),
9. I would like to sell my juice in another area
10. herb stuff, dehydrated veg, preserves
11. There are many products I'd wish to sell but limited spacing = limited product -(ex. to get an alpaca and sell the wool)
12. canned fruit vegetables
13. cheese
14. bee products. wax etc.
15. dried and hehydrated wild greens and berries
16. No time right now, but enjoy cheesemaking and herb crafting
17. i would get into dairy (goat and cow) if I could sell raw milk legally
18. meat and dairy
19. eggs
20. honey
21. Kale chips
22. birch syrup
Where do you get most of your groceries?Response Chart Percentage
Growing my own 70.3%
Direct from farmers: farm gate or CSA – Community Supported Agriculture
25.0%
Farmer's markets 26.6%
Grocery stores 67.2%
Bulk buying club or directly from wholesaler 28.1%
Big purchases outside West Kootenays such as Vancouver, Calgary, Kelowna, US etc.
1.6%
Other, please specify... 20.3%
Total Responses
Where do you get most of your groceries? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1. gaia tree whole foods
2. Azure Standard out of Oregon, Organic Matters
3. seasonal- winter: grocery stores/summer: farmer direct
4. I grow most of our vegetables, and buy the rest of our food from our local grocery store.
5. Whatever I can't grow I buy from the Co-op or from local farmers.
6. organic home delivery
7. 1/3 own 1/3 store 1/3 bulk
8. Endless harvest
9. Local organic store, local product. About 80%
10. hard to answer (25% own, 25% farm gate/CSA, 25% buying club, 25% local grocery store)
11. kootenay coop
12. dependent upon the season, winter shopping is based in grocery stores. summers are much more garden and market based
13. Endless Harvest
What types of products do you choose most often:Response Chart Percentage
Organic 84.4%
Locally grown / raised 89.1%
All natural 28.1%
Specialty diets (gluten free, vegan, sugar free etc.)
18.8%
Wholesome / homemade 34.4%
Non GMO (genetically modified ingredients)
48.4%
Low cost 17.2%
None of the above 0.0%
Other, please specify... 0.0%
Total Responses
What types of products do you choose most often: (Other, please specify...)# Response
Have you experienced hunger in the last 2 years?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 9.4%
No 90.6%
Total Responses
Do you use emergency food programs?Response Chart Percentage
Yes 9.5%
No 90.5%
Total Responses
How often do you use emergency food services?Response Chart Percentage
Weekly 1.9%
Monthly 3.8%
Once a year 0.0%
Other, please specify... 9.4%
n/a 84.9%
Total Responses
How often do you use emergency food services? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
thinking of starting to as finances are getting scarce.
2.
i needed to access the food cupboard when i was underemployed when i first moved here. unfortuantely i didn't actually feel safe to do so because of other clients accessing. I had an advocate access the services on my behalf. Since finding employment I have not needed to access.
3.
occasionally donate produce
4.
in the past, have used seasonal emergency food services
5.
I have been able this year to not have to use emergency food services. I am so grateful that we have such a service here.
What are the challenges to increase the amount of locally grown or raised products that you purchase? Rank from 1 biggest challenge to 5 lowest challenge
Most challenging 1
2 3 4 5, least challenging
Pricing 11 (19.0%) 12 (20.7%)
17 (29.3%)
12 (20.7%)
6 (10.3%)
Inconvenient and timeconsuming
2 (3.8%) 5 (9.4%) 13 (24.5%)
20 (37.7%)
13 (24.5%)
Seasonal availability 28 (48.3%) 14 (24.1%)
7 (12.1%)
5 (8.6%) 4 (6.9%)
Quality and consistency concerns
2 (3.7%) 6 (11.1%)
7 (13.0%)
19 (35.2%)
20 (37.0%)
Unsure where to buy or who grows what
9 (15.5%) 15 (25.9%)
16 (27.6%)
6 (10.3%)
12 (20.7%)
Other, comments# Response
1. Grain products, meat and dairy are what I don't grow myself. Get eggs locally.
2. Distance travelled and energy footprint used to gather local products.
3. Availability seems to be the biggest problem, where to buy and when in season.
4. we only buy grains (creston)
5. The biggest challenges are the cost of available land for young farmers and the waste of urban land that could be growing food.
6. Need winter production of greens and greater access to stored vegetables
7. certain grains and products we use are not available locally
8. My main concern is pricing. I strongly believed that heatlhty should be affordable for everyone. overprice of organic food is a scam. I am groing organically, there is no astronomical cost to do so.
9. Most of what we buy that isn't local can't or isn't being produced locally (e.g. grain, sugar, coffee, chocolate, dairy)
10. So many people opt for cheap, non organic, imported food from the grocery store because it is easier and cheaper. This will not change until we have a new mindset, or until we make local foods more easily sourced. or until there is a food security crisis.
11. variety, there are some things we want to eat that arent grown here...like chocolate
12. Too much farm land just growing weeds plus most people do not like to do hard physical work.
13. storage/processing/appropriate volume
14. ridiculous government reegulations
How could you support the local food system?I do that already
I would like to do that
Grow my own and/or preserve and store for the winter 61 (98.4%) 2 (3.2%)
Choose local and ask for local in stores and cafes 53 (89.8%) 6 (10.2%)
Buy direct from the farmer (farm gate sales, CSA or farmers’ market )
48 (82.8%) 10 (17.2%)
Eat seasonal food 49 (84.5%) 10 (17.2%)
Volunteer with a farmer, food bank, farmers’ market etc 16 (50.0%) 16 (50.0%)
Go wild with game, fish, wild berries and plants 36 (75.0%) 14 (29.2%)
Infrastructure needs: Which projects would be most useful to your homestead? Check all that apply.Response Chart Percentage
Distribution services to bring your products to markets, processing or to food banks
25.9%
Storage facility: large walk-in freezer, cooler storage / root cellar
48.1%
Commercial Kitchen / Processing facility with commercial dehydrator, commercial canning equipment, flash freezer, packaging equipment etc.
48.1%
Tool library for processing equipment 44.4%
Mobile Abattoir 27.8%
Other, please specify... 20.4%
Total Responses
Infrastructure needs: Which projects would be most useful to your homestead? Check all that apply. (Other, please specify...)# Response
1. actually connecting with an actual farmer to work the farm. not a city kid who thinks it would be just peachy to grow all their own food.
2. would like to learn more about keeping some winter crops mulched, where they are grown and then harvested thru the winter\spring.
3. food swap system, perrenial swaps (like seed swaps for perrenial plants), work bees (rotating), greenhouse...
4. I'm pretty well set up. Age and energy are the main factor.
5. adjusted inspection and regulatory requirements to accomodate small producers/community barter
6. Affordable transport for feed, hay and bedding
7. I don't have a homestead anymore, just a lot of garden space.
8. Connecting with others who don't have garden space and are willing to rent some or getting involved in ongoing project. A pool of offer and demand for labour.
9. no, to very low interest loan programs for infrastructure
10. we slaughter our own animals and have them processed at Legendary Meats. We are very comfortable slaughtering our pigs but are frustrated at the laws prohibiting us from selling this meat
11. soil testing access
Organizational and policy needs: Which projects do you think would be most useful useful to increase local food production? Check all that apply. Response Chart Percentage
Regional marketing board with new brand for products from the Kootenays
36.7%
Food charter locally and regionally 33.3%
Annual conference about food security in the West Kootenays 35.0%
Regional food guide for the West Kootenays 76.7%
Form a Kootenay Food System Alliance that can coordinate initiatives
60.0%
Save the ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve) 86.7%
Other, please specify... 13.3%
Total Responses
Organizational and policy needs: Which projects do you think would be most useful useful to increase local food production? Check all that apply. (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
funding for farmers, subsidies for consumers to buy local
2.
Community gardening initiatives where one neighbour who has the best soil for carrots agrees to grow the carrots for the neighbourhood and the next beets, etc. and then everyone share with each other.
3.
there are already two local groups KOGS in my view the most legitimate, which could become more involved in regional food distribution and marketing.
4.
cooperative feed organization
5.
localized, like every 50-75 kilometres have a food hub
6.
more land for farmers
7.
finding ways to utilize unused land, ie for grazing or interested market gardeners
8.
alliance/paid o-ordinator reporting to the various food groups most important
What tools in a regional food website would be the most useful to you?Response Chart Percentage
Directory of local food, farms, and food resources 82.0%
Seeking out more locally grown foods to purchase 47.5%
Free promotion of businesses/farms with easily updated profiles
47.5%
Advertising for interns or WWOOFERs (Willing Workers On Organic Farms)
41.0%
Calendar of food events 50.8%
None, I would not use it 6.6%
Other, please specify... 6.6%
Total Responses
What tools in a regional food website would be the most useful to you? (Other, please specify...)# Response
1.
food and resource swapping; work bee coordination; information compilation (resources, how-tos, etc...)
2.
growing charts like KLAS website has
3.
Some strategies to ensure that anyone listed in the directory is following ethical, non-GMO policies for their food production.
4.
an alliance of food groups supporting 1 and only 1 website to serve as a bulletin board and means of communication. Ideally a hub and spoke platform like drupal.
What would motivate you to attend a conference on local food?Response Chart Percentage
Vote on or receive cash bursary for a project plan proposal
23.7%
High quality workshops or speakers 81.4%
Networking with professional peers 44.1%
Conference location close to where you live 62.7%
Delicious, local feast 54.2%
Art, music, film, fun 54.2%
Other, please specify... 15.3%
Total Responses
How much land do you cultivate? Response Chart Percentage
2500 square feet or less, (a town lot of 50x50 ft)
24.6%
2500 sq ft - half an acre (21780 sq ft) 41.0%
A half acre (21780 sq ft) - 1 acre 13.1%
1-5 acres 14.8%
5-10 acres 3.3%
10 acres or more, please specify... 3.3%
Total Responses
How much land do you use to raise animals? Response Chart Percentage
2500 square feet or less, (a town lot of 50x50 ft)
47.5%
2500 sq ft - half an acre (21780 sq ft) 7.5%
A half acre (21780 sq ft) - 1 acre 12.5%
1-5 acres 17.5%
5-10 acres 12.5%
10 acres or more, please specify... 2.5%
Total Responses
How much land do you use to raise animals? (10 acres or more, please specify...)# Response
1.
25 acres, pasture and wooded
What is your land ownership situation?Response Chart Percentage
Own 76.3%
Co-op / land sharing 1.7%
Rent / lease with a legal farming / land use contract
0.0%
Rent / lease on a handshake 10.2%
Other, please specify 11.9%
Total Responses
What is your land ownership situation? (Other, please specify)# Response
1.
co-own with friend
2.
homeowner with additional large garden rented informally
3.
Own AND land share
4.
We cut hay and graze on neighbours lands
5.
For 6 years, I co-op farmed; now am looking for in-town or close-ttown garden space …
6.
co-own with parents
7.
Caretaker
You age - optionalResponse Chart Percentages
0-25 0%
25-40 29%
40-55 17%
55 + 23%
How many adults live in your household?Response Chart Percentage
1 15.3%
2 71.2%
3 8.5%
4 1.7%
5 0.0%
5 or more 3.4%
Total Responses
How many children under 18 years live in your household?Response Chart Percentage
1 28.9%
2 24.4%
3 4.4%
4 0.0%
5 2.2%
5 or more 0.0%
None 40.0%
Total Responses