Finca Verde - Farm to table Model - feasibility study for almonds [Eco Hacker Farm]

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====== Finca Verde - Farm to table Model - feasibility study for almonds ======

===== Current data as at 15/01/2022 =====

^ Subject ^ Value ^ unit ^ Comments / Observations ^
| Harvest in 2021 - Marcona type | 200 | KG | Amount may be inflated as the farmer is unsure how much is from his other plot of land |
| Harvest in 2021 - another type | 550 | KG | Amount may be inflated as the farmer is unsure how much is from his other plot of land |
| Financial costs in 2021 for almond parcel | unknown | Euros | The farmer has someone come into plough the land totally bare to make the harvest easier |
| Income in 2021 for Marcona type | 320 | Euro | Amount inflated see comments above |
| Income in 2021 for another type | 550 | Euro | Amount inflated see comments above |
| Average yield per tree | unknown | KG | New trees are planted to replace dead trees - Marcona variety because the price per KG is better |
| Amount of trees - Marcona | unknown | trees | to estimate average yield per type we will need to be able to distinguish between the types and manually count the trees |
| Packaging costs | 0 | Euro | the current crop is sold wholesale with the shell on |
| Shipping costs | neg | Euro | some diesel to drive the crop to the wholesaler in town |
| Licencing costs | 0 | Euro | no present licence to sell directly to consumer |
| Fertilizer | unknown | Euro | some uncomposted animal dung from the horse, inorganic fertilizer|
| Pesticide | unknown | Euro | |
| Herbicide | unknown | Euro | for the ground to be completely clear of growth even after the rain I have to assume he sprayed it. |


===== Legal requirements =====

===== Applicable Taxes =====

===== Direct to customer market =====

^ Method ^ Details ^ Cost ^ Comments ^
| Platform |[[https://www.crowdfarming.com/|Crowdfarming]]|unknown | email sent to hola@crowdfarming.com to ask for more information re costs and shipping arrangements |

===== Reasons to buy from almonds our farm =====

  * We practice regenerative agriculture practices
  * Handpicked Almonds are grown on unirrigated/rainfed land saving according to  a recent study ((Elsever 2020, https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-update/worldwide-74-irrigated-nuts-are-produced-under-water-stress)) 13,080 litres of water per kg
  * Cut out the intermediary, a fairer price for the regenerative farmer
  * Produced using 0 chemicals on recovering degraded land
  * Farmed using permaculture principles and ethics of earth care, people care and fair share


===== Footnotes =====