New Found Farmers

New Found Farmers is O’Brien Farm’s agriculture incubation program, designed to assist new entrant farmers in obtaining skills, experience, and knowledge as they move towards independent farm operations. Started in 2021, New Found Farmers is a 5 year cooperative program for those with prior farm knowledge and/or experience who are interested in moving from a backyard/homestead setting to a small business setting. Applicants should demonstrate a willingness to work and learn with fellow incubator farmers, access to funds to designate incubator space, and readiness to participate in the programming benefits.


Our Farmers:

Being passionate for gardening and farming since a very young age, Julie Laquerre puts her vast experience to work in her vegetable market garden and cultivates a wide array of vegetables. With her bit of efforts, Julie aims to improve the food security of the province.

Contact:

jlaque12@gmail.com

Website

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La Petite Ferme

An Engineer by profession, Issac Adejuwon breeds and produces quality goat meat locally to meet growing market demand and truly believes in improving the food security of the province by producing and utilizing more goods manufactured within the province itself.

Contact:

isaac.adejuwon@gmail.com

Atlantic Goats

Being interested in farming since a very young age, Jennifer Collins aims to create sustainable organic locally grown food to combat the instability of current food imports and help the environment while assisting our community with access to affordable nutritional food.

Contact:

j.collins8317@gmail.com

Lucky Farm

McNiven’s Fresh Produce

Jeremy McNiven

Contact:

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William Kigbu

Contact:

wkigbu@gmail.com

Salty Creek’s Farm

Previously working with Food Corporations and after being acquainted with the increasing food insecurity of the province, Heather Rumancik and Mike Fardy decided to perform a wide variety of tasks, ranging from beekeeping to growing vegetables and even plants for dyeing.

Contact:

hrumancik@gmail.com

Patch Work

Flower + Vegetable Farm by Organic Horticulture Specialist Brittany Kelly

Contact:

Email: strongrootscc@gmail.com

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Strong Roots Cultivation Company

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