96 Acres and a Dream

96 acres of meadow & woods in Exeter City Devon

Collaborative  possibilities - 

Husbandry / horticulture farm share plus "cottage industry" potential to nurture an oasis of alternative ideas, culture and to offer fresh healthy food to the city. Long list of possibilities all of which can be synergistically enriched in collaborative endeavour.


Working Relationship?    Breakdown of potential share agreement

Land Management and Production systems

Regenerative land management / horticulture exploring the ideas of Richard Perkins, Joel Salatin, Elaine Ingam et al. for carbon positive, high health & welfare animal rearing. Traditional breeds as appropriate. Plus chemical free horticulture production for local supply. Sheep and cattle work nicely together in leader-follower or flerd grazing. Throw chickens in the mix and we’ve got a recipe for success in building top soil.

Potential enterprises 

Beef, lamb, goats, poultry, pigs, small scale fodder crops & cereals

Innovative soil management. Carbon capture.Woodland, short rotation forestry, agro forestry, biochar, bees / honey

Market gardening informed by Curtis Stone, Richard Perkins et al. Small scale multi enterprise on permaculture/regenerative principles

Vegetables, top fruit, soft fruit, nuts, mushrooms

Processing & Marketing

Fresh and healthy real food hub. 

Potential sales to restaurants, hotels and box schemes to local folks as well as investing   in the emerging market for "meal planner" boxes .

Food canteen "of the woods" with barn back-up in poor weather. 

In house catering for weddings and party events, small festivals etc.

Butchery, charcuterie, preserving and pickling, drying

Local market, REKO marketing in which Goffin Land could be a hub.

Further enterprise openings ........

Kitchen garden

Fruit production for processing into transportable and more durable (longer shelf life) juices, sorbets, ice cream or "home made" jams.

Mushroom production - rarer mushrooms

Canteen / banquet kitchen

Charcuterie

Tempeh making

To make alcohol / biogas for fuel naturally with in our authorities legal restrictions. To experiment and build wind turbines

To develop biochar making facilities and workshops

In process:

Events & wedding venue

Glamping / camping venue

Creating a magical nature trail with physical and mental puzzles, obstacles and collaborative challenges as per fitness / bootcamp events. Creating tranquil spaces in the woods and edges of meadows for gatherings and wild woods pizza and soup kitchen events plus wild camping.

Complementary openings

Running workshops and events to enlighten more folk of the benefits of all the above - alt energy, permaculture, regenerative farming, local growing of chemical free foods and rearing for local markets. If there are teachers of yoga, mindfulness, singing, pilates  etc. that wish to earn a living off the land coupled with passing on knowledge for love and additional income - then possibilities will exist here on the land. 

There is potential for people to create their own income stream as long as the process is beneficial to the overall projects - Biophilia & Goffin Land.

So lots of potential - PICK & MIX basket of interests that could create both a money and goods income and desirable living environment. "Goods" are the food / accommodation / workspace and onsite selection of paid casual engagements.

Educational Scope

Food and health - Rural Science - Climate and food

Waste management - Composting -  Off grid technologies

Linking in to schools curricula on…………. Biology - Ecology

 - Maths - Geography - Science - Astronomy?

Working relationship

 I seek to build the project on a collaborative basis to create an enjoyable socially enlightening experience for all involved which will resonate positively in the local area. I propose offering farm share agreements plus openings for co-operation on complimentary enterprises.

As the land owner and enabler I seek to earn a living with people not out of them on the basis of the offer below

Market Garden: My investment / commitment

1. Half an acre flat naturally fertilised fenced rabbit safe growing area.

2. Space in a 20 x 7 metre barn.

3. Share of workshop.

4. Space alongside for covered area

5. Bore hole water and big tank for rain water

6. Share of Case 275 tractor

7. Possible share of Land Rover

8. Marketing and sales development

9. Metered electricity

10. Greenhouse 96 Acres and a dream

Husbandry: My investment / commitment

1. 86 acres of meadow approx 50 sown with herb and legume rich swards all newly fenced and gated.

2. Water to middle of farm plus access to ponds and brook running water.

3. Maintained tracks

4. Maintained fencing

5. Shared use of a Case 4240

6. Possible share of Land Rover

Goffin Woods and Goyles

1. Approximately 10 acres of woods and tree lined water courses

2. Woodchipper 

Gray's Barn

 1. Agricultural barn available for workshops, conferences and gatherings on mutually agreeable terms

2. Commercial kitchen on wheels

Running workshops and events to enlighten more folk of the benefits of all the above - alt energy, permaculture, regenerative farming, local growing of chemical free foods and rearing for local markets.