The "Otters" are a sub-group of the farm team. Click here to go to their blog.

• To use the Commons vision to maintain the agricultural aspect of the Commons by:
  • maintaining and enhancing the land to produce food for generations to come;
  • engaging in food production largely for the benefit of the community;
  • modeling sustainable supported agriculture, using renewable energy practices; and
  • engaging in horticultural research specific to Gabriola.

• To fulfill the ALC requirements outlined in Charting Our Agricultural Path.

• To coordinate the agricultural initiatives in the three-phase agricultural plan.

The Farm Management Team was one of the first action teams on the Commons. They have developed:

• a community garden shared with People for a Healthy Community (PHC) as well as a children's garden;
• over 30 large allotment gardens available for community use;
• an experimental garden to furnish Commons events and conduct research; last year this was filled with 19 varieties of heritage potatoes;
• orchards containing plum, almond, hazelnut, fig, walnut, apple and pear trees;
• a blueberry plot containing 120 plants; and
• scything hay in the shallow soil of the grassland.