In the summer of 2001, a group of concerned citizens formed the Land for Food Coalition (LFFC) in response to the threat of having this farm and other lands in the Greater Victoria area removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve and converted to housing. The Land for Food Coalition developed an alternative land use plan to restore Haliburton Farm to a working, organic farm with a community focus, and presented this plan to the Capital Regional District (CRD). As a result of these efforts, the CRD and the District of Saanich agreed to a deal that involved the transfer of the Haliburton lands to Saanich, with the intention of preserving the farm for agricultural use.
The Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society (HCOFS) was then established to develop plans for and manage the farm. The Society is leasing the farm from the District Saanich.