How offering free land in Cape Breton lured B.C. families for a life off the grid

[inanna]

Published Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 7:58PM EST

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Mr. Walkins and his young family now live near Whycocomagh, N.S., a small village in rural Cape Breton where two local sisters made international headlines in September when they started offering free, three-acre plots of land to anyone willing to work at their understaffed country store for five years.

The offer resonated with a shocking number of people: Over the past three months, at least 100,000 people – a remarkable number, equivalent to about two-thirds of the island’s current population – have applied to work at the Farmer’s Daughter.

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Their unusual story has prompted visits from several TV producers, each keen on developing a documentary or reality show. Talks are ongoing.

And as the job applications continue to pour in – with a noticeable spike from American job-seekers after Donald Trump was elected president Nov. 8 – certain themes have started to emerge from the mountain of correspondence.

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[guillaumeb]

1. One hopes that the prospective workers realize how much snow that area receives in an average year.

In my home area, not that far from Cape Breton, 3 meters of snow is not unusual.