A Feasibility Study for Urban Edge Agricultural Parks - SAGE

Crystal Waters Village(Malaney, pop. 8,000,1.5 hrs to Brisbane),AustraliaLot owners jointly managecommunal lands as acorporation with votingrights. 60 year leaseholdlots are owned by a Coop.Leaseholders canconvert to ownership lotsfor fee of $14,000640 200 L Unit Titles -freehold titleof 1 acreand jointownership of640 acres83 lots of 1 acreeach privatelyowned, communalownership of 640acresOrganic farming.Participate in WillingWorkers On OrganicFarms (WWOOF)where apprentices liveand work on hostfarms.Donations topurchase landplaced in "ethicalinvestment bank"with money plusinterest earned,less 1% feereturnable within 3months. Investorsbecame co-opmanagement team.Lots sold for$330,000 in profitand co-op spent ona business area,bunk house &children's creche.The initial landpurchase was aidedby a local activist,subsquent unit titlesales have fundedcommunalmanagement.Otamatea Eco-Village(Kiawaka, New Zealand(pop. 500))Eco-village modeled afterCrystal Waters combinescommunally ownedfarmlands withindividually owned homelots with cooperativemanagement ofcommunal lands includingjoint efforts in finance,administration & publicrelations.250 11/7 L Unit Titles -freehold titlefor eachfamily plotandcommunalownership ofmajority ofacreage5 acre per familyplus 167communal acresCommunal grazing,nursery, permaculturecourses, communityfruit & vegetablegardens, communitybarn, weed & pestcontrol, maintenanceof community roadsand buildings, Planted2000 trees. Organicfarming. Participatein WWOOF.Otanui EducationalFarm Park Project(HumanitecResources) (Otanui,New Zealand)Subdivision of 50 housessited on a working organicfarm within the commuteshed of two cities.Farmlands placed underTrust management leasingto farmers with residentaccess. Communityrecreation andconservation areas aswell.The community, withfoundation managementof communal resources,meets 50 percent of itsfresh food needs throughlocal production (300households).420 TBD Y Lease fromLandManagementTrust(commonownershipconsidered,dismissed)Farmer(s) to leasepastoral lands.Smaller arablelands available forlease to homeowners. Homes on1/4 to 3 acresites.Features ecologicallydesigned building andservice systems. Willhost a number ofmutually supportiveeducational andagricultural initiatives.Private developer.Findhorn Ecovillage(Scotland)90 3 L Privateownership/CSA65 acre farmsingle ownershipfarm, plus 25acres on 2 sitesunder CSAscheme.Local ExchangeTrading System -allows trade in goodsand services withoutthe use of money.EarthShare CSA: fruitand vegetablesWester LawrencetonFarm: organic milk,cheeses, eggs andmeat (65-acre area).A project of theFindhornFoundation (NGO).Tourists primarysource of income,small businessdevelopment.Privatehomeownership.