MiKu Valley Permaculture is actively seeking a Market Gardener and a Bee Keeper for the 2016 season.

This is an opportunity to start your own business based on our established land and equipment resources.

We’re on  68 acres with at least 2 acres dedicated to a market garden strategy. We also raise livestock on a small scale: chicken, rabbits, sheep, a cow and a horse. We are in the process of building a Permaculture demonstration site that includes a food forest, market garden, kitchen garden ect.. In addition we are building a community of like minded people. Our location is in Eastern Ontario in the beautiful Thousand Island region between big market centres: Ottawa to the north, Montreal to the east, Kingston and Toronto to the west and the US 15 minutes to the south.  Access to the St-Lawrence River and many beautiful lakes and rivers easily reached by vehicle.

Accomodation options can be negotiated – either onsite or in the neighborhood. Couples or small families looking to start their own market garden or beekeeping, or both, are welcome to apply. Mallorytown and Lansdowne are an easy 5 or 10 minute commute. Brockville and Gananoque are a 20 minute drive away – all of these communities have farmer’s markets. We anticipate our own active farmgate business will coincide and support this strategy.

We are looking for a self motivated person or persons willing to develop a business plan for a Market Garden Business and/or BeeKeeping Business. Les Jardins de la Grelinette ( lagrelinette.com ) owned by  Maude-Helene Desrocher and Jean-Martin Fortier is a good example of what is possible.

MiKu Valley Permaculture also hosts a Wwoofer program, Workaway vacations and a Permaculture design course.

Contact us for more information:
info@miku.ca
613-659-3823

Near Thousand Islands National Park.