Company description

Prometheus Farms LLC., located in Livonia NY, is seeking a business partner(s)/co-owners to help get our fledgling farm-to-table permaculture farm, market and food truck/catering business off the ground. We have been establishing our 11-acre farm since 2017, but just recently worked out the legal details with our Town to operate commercially on-site. Our farm production focuses on specialty fruits & vegetables; free range poultry; goat dairy products; horticultural plants; and aquaculture. Our production capacity is currently somewhat limited, but could be easily expanded (in volume and scope) in the future on readily-available rented land & facilities. On site, we have a 1200 sqft farm market/cafe; a small (300 sqft), but fully functional, commercial kitchen ready to be health department certified; a 500 sqft commercial kitchen under construction inside of our market building; and two food trucks under construction. Initially, the plan for the food trucks is to operate mostly on-site, but we may want to also consider other off-site catering opportunities. Our café offerings feature baked goods (sweet and savory) made from ingredients produced on our farm (i.e., eggs, goat dairy, fruit, etc.) and we feature Glen Edith (https://www.glenedithcoffee.com/pages/our-story) craft-roasted coffee. The plan for the food truck/catering components of the business is to feature ethnically diverse dishes made from seasonal farm-produced ingredients. We hope to achieve a “Slow Food” ambiance where food truck customers linger and enjoy our farm atmosphere and hopefully shop at our market. Currently, we have strong expertise in food production, so rounding our team with people with commercial culinary/hospitality experience would be ideal. However, people with agricultural backgrounds are still encouraged to apply. In either case, we need to recruit team members that are prepared to participate in all aspects of the farm business. Although the primary residence on the farm is occupied by my wife and I, there is a 1700 sqft space above our market that could be developed into living/office space for an incoming partner or manager. In the meantime, other on-farm housing arrangements are available. We are located a quarter of a mile from the Conesus Lake and the NY State Boat Launch, so we believe our agritourism potential is very high. The capital needed to join the business is negotiable. More insight into our farm business can be found on our Facebook page (@PrometheusFarmMarket).

business description

The current business model for Prometheus Farms seeks to integrate our farm production & unique landscape management with direct sales to consumers (i.e., farm-to-table). In our first summer of operation in 2017, a small roadside stand market outlet seemed insufficient to draw customers and overall sales were low. Since we are not on a main traffic route, it became apparent we needed to make our farm agritourism “destination” to draw customers to us. Our new eclectically accessorized market facility; value adding of our farm products (i.e., prepared food items, farm crafts, etc.); permaculture-type farm-scaping, farm animal “petting zoo”; educational offerings; and farm-to-table events are all part of that effort. However, the management complexity of such a diverse farm operation is far more than one person can manage effectively. Now that we have cleared our legal hurdles with our Town and had much of the business infrastructure in place, we felt it was now appropriate to recruit some more team members. Bringing in one or more partners that had some “skin” in the business seemed to be the best way to share the management & financial burden/risk and help realize the vision for the farm. As indicated in introductory statement, since we already have considerable expertise in the production & farm marketing side of the business, we would benefit greatly from team members with culinary/hospitality experience.      

 

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