Missy Duckworth grew up picking strawberries on the family farm, dreaming of the day she'd run it.

Now her dream has turned into a nightmare.

Duckworth's local council is considering a proposal that would result in almost half of Farleigh Farms being rezoned from rural to residential, at a cost of up to $15,000 in extra rates.

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Duckworth said Sunshine Coast Council did not tell her that part of the 52-acre family farm she managed would be in the firing line of the rezoning project.

She said she only found out when her father Don Hungerford, who started Farleigh Farm in the 1960s, suggested she check the council website.

"We didn't get any notification or communication or anything from council, they just did it," she told 9news.com.au.

"Our council rates are going to skyrocket because we'll be paying rates for farmland that's zoned as residential, even though we're not connected to sewerage or water."

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