$1 mil needed for urban community farm in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO — There’s hope an urban farm in Nanaimo can be bought and sustained by the community.
Foodshare Nanaimo is looking to buy the lot of their current Five Acres Farm, located near Park Ave. and Eighth St. The owners of the lot will be selling it and Foodshare Nanaimo has been told they can buy the land for $1 million.
An info and planning session was held Monday night to brainstorm how to fund raise and secure the land, as well as engage the community and gather volunteers for the project. More than 40 people attended to share their thoughts, many more than staff member Marjorie Stewart had anticipated.
“We suspected there was strong community support, but we weren’t entirely sure until we saw how many people arrived,” she said of how they needed to bring in extra chairs for the meeting.