Nick Spurrier

New beginning farmer, trying to get started in 2017, access to land seems to be one of the bigger hurdles to jump.

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Location:

  • West
    • Alleghany
    • Ashe
    • Avery
    • Buncombe
    • Burke
    • Caldwell
    • Cherokee
    • Clay
    • Graham
    • Haywood
    • Henderson
    • Jackson
    • Macon
    • Madison
    • McDowell
    • Mitchell
    • Polk
    • Rutherford
    • Swain
    • Transylvania
    • Watauga
    • Wilkes
    • Yancey
  • North Central
    • Alamance
    • Caswell
    • Chatham
    • Davidson
    • Davie
    • Durham
    • Forsyth
    • Granville
    • Guilford
    • Orange
    • Person
    • Randolph
    • Rockingham
    • Stokes
    • Surry
    • Vance
    • Yadkin
  • South Central
    • Alexander
    • Anson
    • Cabarrus
    • Catawba
    • Cleveland
    • Cumberland
    • Gaston
    • Harnett
    • Hoke
    • Iredell
    • Lee
    • Lincoln
    • Mecklenburg
    • Montgomery
    • Moore
    • Richmond
    • Rowan
    • Scotland
    • Stanly
    • Union
  • Northeast
    • Beaufort
    • Bertie
    • Camden
    • Chowan
    • Currituck
    • Dare
    • Edgecombe
    • Franklin
    • Gates
    • Halifax
    • Hertford
    • Hyde
    • Martin
    • Nash
    • Northampton
    • Pasquotank
    • Perquimans
    • Pitt
    • Tyrrell
    • Wake
    • Warren
    • Washington

Total acres 1.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 1.0

Acres of pasture 1.0

Acres of unfenced pasture 1.0

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, Business Partnership, Employment, Employment with Transfer. More info: I am looking for a piece of property that I can start a market garden within a reasonable distance from Raleigh.

Qualifications and goals:

Previous farming experience:

Volunteer, Employee

Number of years experience:

2

Other qualifications:

Academic degree in agriculture or related field. More info: I attended Appalachian State University where I earned a degree in sustainable development with a focus on agroecology. While attending here I became very interested in the need and importance of local foods. I volunteered and worked at several farms, as well as attending classes that involved supporting the schools teaching and research farm. I would like 2017 to be the year that I obtain a 1 acre lease and start my farm with a market garden.

Production goals:

Aquaculture, Field crops, Flowers, Herbs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production, Woodlot or forest products. More info: pastured poultry and organically and sustainably grown produce

Personal experience and production goals summary:

I have an interest in heirloom varieties.

Resume:

File Nicholas_Spurrier_Resume.docx