What is "SHARE" ?

Citrus Creek Plantation is starting moving to launch its new and innovative 'SHARE' program. What is SHARE ? SHARE is the acronym for : SHare Agriculture and Real Estate SHARE is about.... sharing. SHARE is about living in harmony between local Dominican farmers and foreign investors willing to call the Nature Island of the Caribbean - Dominica - their second home. SHARE is a new and innovative concept where: Farmers sell their land at today's market price to foreign investors BUT can continue to harvest it in exchange of maintaining the land clean and nice. Citrus Creek Plantation selects a panel of farmers in Dominica willing to sell their lands and work with them . Citrus Creek Plantation finds foreign investors willing to purchase land in Dominica to build a home. Citrus Creek Plantation will provide the infrastructure, organize the collection of crops, provide the logistics (including shipping by sea and/or air) as well as the marketing and distribution. Citrus Creek Plantation prepares the SHARE agreements and suggests and selects the type of crops to be planted for the mutual benefit of the local farmer, the new land owner and Citrus Creek Plantation . Citrus Creek Plantation assist the farmer to get a far better income from its work while preserving the land by banning chemicals and by planting in a harmonious way so the home owner lives in a garden of Eden. Citrus Creek Plantation with partner company Sustainable Earth can provide electricity and water to remote lands thanks to its expertise in Renewable Energies installations (Solar, Wind, Hydro) This is a win/win scenario. Phase 1 of the SHARE program will focus on : - La Plaine and Dominica East Coast area on Riverside lands - Immediate ban of chemicals use on the properties - Plantation of fruit trees : Citrus (Oranges, Grapefruits, Lime, Tangerine), Coconuts, Mangoes, Guava, Cherry, Cacao, Avocadoes, Sugar cane, Bananas and Plantains - Plantation of subsistence gardens with Tomatoes, Carrots, Cucumbers, Peppers, Cabbage, lettuce, Mint, basil, ...... - Plantation of Large hardwood trees such as Red Cedar and Mahogany The benefits of the SHARE program: - For the Dominican farmer: He gets cash money if needed by selling his piece of land He can still get a revenue from planting and harvesting on his land He does not pay any rental to the new land owner He benefits from the infrastructure built or enhanced by the new owner such as electricity, shed, road access He SHARES with foreigners willing to invest and do something in his own island - For the new land owner: He buys a nice piece of land in a preserved island at a very fair price compared to other Caribbean islands He SHARES with the local community and his investment brings something to this young nation He builds his vacation home in a manucured garden of Eden, planted of a variety of crops making his land become a plantation and not a simple "lot". He benefits from having a permanently maintained garden He increases the rental and market value of his property thanks to this amazing landscaping This is a new concept of really Sustainable development based on "sharing" .