Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease (5+ Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Internship / Mentorship, Incubator / Mentored Lease, Employment with Transfer.
More info: I am looking to buy or lease land for vegetable production, herbs and to mentor interns. I have ten years of organic farming experience.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Farmer housing, Farm equipment.
Current production on farm:
Field crops, Herbs, Honey bees, Orchard, Vegetable production, Vineyard.
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Certified organic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified, None, the property is not being farmed.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Employee, Manager
Number of years experience:
10
Other qualifications:
Farm business training.
More info: Farmer Training Program with University of Illinois Extension
Production goals:
Field crops, Flowers, Hay or pasture, Herbs, Honey bees, Orchard, Vegetable production.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
I have over ten years of professional production experience at various farms in both urban and rural settings. Farms include Urban Canopy, Living Roots Ecovillage, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Nature & Nurture Seeds and Old City Acres. I would like to apply all I've learned to start my own organic vegetable production farm.