Resources

Do you need assistance or educational resources for aquiring, selling, leasing or transitioning farmland?

Click the button below that fits your needs to view local, state, and national resources, or scroll down to browse all listings. 

Resources for Farmers  Resources for Landowners

Resources

Service Providers

  • Haywood County GIS

    GIS tax, aerial, resource, mapping

  • Ashe County NC Tax Maps and GIS

    Ashe County Parcel Maps, Aerial Imagery, Topo

  • Blue Ridge Aromatics

    Blue Ridge Aromatics is a craft essential oil distillery in WNC. We are always looking for "waste" or bulk aromatic plants to process into essential oils (including conifer branches). We also offer contract distillation services for herb/flower farmers.

  • Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture

    We are dedicated to strengthening the High Country's Local Food System by supporting women and their families with resources, education, and skills related to sustainable food and agriculture. We also provide and expand market & educational opportunities for our local farmers.

  • Caldwell County GIS

    Caldwell County NC GIS, Aerial Imagery, Property Boundaries, Geographic Layers

  • Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

    The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) is a farmer-driven, membership-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps people in the Carolinas grow and eat local, organic foods by advocating for fair farm and food policies, building the systems family farms need.

  • Casey & Company Realty, LLC

    Casey and Company Realty is a much different than most real estate companies. We offer the traditional real estate services in addition to connecting farmers and landowners to other resources such as forestry services, pond assessment, business plans and marketing services.

  • Cedar Grove Law

    We focus on providing legal services to farmers, growers, artisans, and stewards of the land. We’ve got over a decade of legal experience under our belt, including: business formation, contract negotiation, land use, food safety, tourism, and business disputes.

  • Central Carolina Community College Sustainable Agriculture Program

    The unique curriculum offered through the Sustainable Agriculture program at CCCC provides both the small business skills and the technical skills needed to develop and manage a profitable, environmentally sound and community-based small farm or agricultural business.

  • CK Farm & Agritourism Consultants

    Charlie Kissling specializes in strategic based planning, land management and creating additional income streams. Whether you are new or multi-generational farmers, Charlie will guide you using your abilities and capacity of the farm or ranch.

  • Conservation Trust for North Carolina

    CTNC and local land trusts work with landowners to voluntarily conserve their land, through conservation easements or sale to a conservation-minded buyer, helping ensure that farms stay in farms and farmers have opportunities to access affordable farmland.

  • Darnell Parker

    Darnell Parker, Jr. County Associate Extension Agent - Agriculture

  • Durham County GIS Mapping

    Durham County's interactive GIS mapping site may assist you in assessing potential properties and size up elements like topography, county lines, relative location in the county, tax requirements and zoning, and county/state infrastructure.

  • Farm Planning Portal, NC Cooperative Extension

    This Farm Planning site is meant to provide tools and resources to help new and experienced farmers best manage their business and property. All key topics in farm planning have been included.

  • Forsyth County GIS

    Forsyth County Aerial Maps, Parcel Data, Geographic Layers

  • Franklin County Tax & GIS Resources

    Franklin County's hub for information and tools related to tax, real estate and GIS mapping.

  • Jackson County GIS

    online tax map property viewer

  • Johnston County GIS Mapping

    A useful online mapping tool for those seeking or assessing land in Johnston County.

  • List of and Links to all NC County GIS sites

    For your convenience, below are links to GIS resources for North Carolina counties and municipalities. If you can't find the local GIS data you are looking for by county, try searching the NC City GIS Data page.

  • Madison County NC GIS

    aerial imagery, parcel data, topography, streams of Madison County NC

  • McDowell County NC GIS

    Madison County Property Maps, Aerial Imagery, Property Tax Information

  • NC Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation (ADFP) Trust Fund

    The ADFP Trust Fund encourages the preservation of agricultural, horticultural & forest lands to foster the growth, development & sustainability of family farms. We assist in the preservation of NC’s agricultural economy by providing grants to county governments & non-profit organizations for perpetual and term conservation easements, county agricultural plans, & agriculture development projects.

  • NC Agricultural Finance Authority

    Essentially operating as the NC 'Agricultural Bank' NCAFA originates, services, and finances loans in the agricultural sector that would otherwise not be made.

  • NC Farm School

    North Carolina Farm School (NCFS) is a unique strategic business planning program for aspiring, new, or transitioning farmers. Our mission is increasing the number of successful farms in North Carolina.

  • NC FarmLink newsletter for farm seekers and landowners

    Sign up for our newsletter here.

  • NCAMP

    NCAMP provides FREE Mediation Services to settle disputes between the USDA (including FSA, RD, NFS, NRCS & RMA) and its customers and clients. We also help resolve disputes involving leases, neighbors, the National Organic Program, wetlands, and family farm transitions. .

  • NCAMP

    NCAMP helps to settle disputes between USDA agencies and their customers and clients, and to help resolve disputes involving agricultural issues. Other conflicts that can be mediated include disputes involving neighbors, wetlands, leases, and family farm transition.

  • Nelson G. Paul & Associates

    Farmland sales and farm management. Consulting on a wide range of general farming, coastal NC environmental regulatory issues and crop irrigation.

  • North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation

    NC Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. is a private, non-profit, grassroots organization that has been actively promoting farm and rural issues since 1936 through governmental relations, marketing, field representation, agricultural education, member services and other programs.

  • Organic Growers School

    The Organic Growers School works to inspire, support and educate people to farm, garden, and live organically in the Southern Appalachians.

  • Outside My Window, LLC

    Outside My Window's focus is to share meaningful ways an organization, small businesses, and farmers can build their business through marketing by sharing of family stories, expertise, products, and offer services such as grant writing and research for other means of funding.

  • Piedmont Land Management Inc

    We offer custom tillage and agronomy services to farms in Eastern NC. We also offer on site equipment repair and service.

  • Planning for an Agricultural Future: A Guide for NC Farmers and Local Governments

    A guide to North Carolina's statewide efforts to protect farmland for the future, including topics like agricultural planning, local government tools, conservation programs and easements, land trusts, and economic viability strategies.

  • Richard Hibbits, NAI Carolantic Realty, Inc.

    Need help working out a lease that is fair to both Land Owner and Farmer that will cover the transition from conventional farming to certified organic? My 40 years of experience with commercial leases may be of some help at no cost to either party.

  • Smith Land and Realty, Inc.

    Experienced broker primarily focused on land and farms. Also provides professional graphic design and marketing services. Lives on a 23 acre farm with an office in downtown Hillsborough. Transactions support local non-profits. Landowner and farmer references available.

  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Community Farm

    Our Farmer Incubator Program is located in Alexander, Buncombe County - 10 miles from Asheville, NC. We provide land, infrastructure, equipment and training at reduced rates to beginning and limited resource farmers. See our website for more details.

  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Farmland Program

    Our Farmland Protection Program provides farmers with a means to preserve their family farms or farmland for perpetuity. We often work to raise funds from the USDA ACEP-ALE Program and the NC Ag Development and Farmland Preservation Program to purchase conservation easements.

  • Swain County Mapping & GIS

    The GIS/Mapping department office is responsible for maintaining data such as parcels, roads, county districts and boundaries. Reviewing GIS maps is very helpful in assessing farmland sites in terms of topography, county lines, taxes, and county infrastructure.

  • Symbiosis Design/Build LLC

    We are your sustainability consultant and contractor. Our firm specializes in greenhouse construction, water systems and compost solutions. We can help you attain your dreams via the infrastructure needed for a successful farm or homestead.

  • US Dept. of Agriculture Web Soil Survey

    Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world.

  • Wescott Environmental Services, Inc.

    Attention Farmers!! Waiting for NRCS to do your 1026 farm evaluation? Wescott Environmental Services has conducted NRCS farm evaluations since 2015. References from farmers are available. William Wescott 252-402-9662 [email protected]

  • Zev Friedman, Living Systems Design

    We work with landowners throughout site assessment, planning and implementation to help you grow a land project that sustains people, your farm eco-system and income generation goals, including customized educational services that give you and other residents the knowledge you need for your vision to thrive as a legacy.

Educational Materials

  • Affording OURLAND: Financial Literacy Guidebook for Young Farmers provided by The Greenhorns

    This is a fantastic guidebook aimed at helping beginning and/or young farmers explore their options for accessing land and credit to start farm businesses. Authors: Severine v T Fleming, Kristen Loria, Kendra Johnson and Cara Siprelle.

  • Alamance GIS

    This website offers parcel maps, topography, and soil information.

  • ATTRA Master Publication List

    ATTRA, the National Agricultural Information Service, has an incredible collection of publications on various sustainable farming topics, from field crops to farm start-up to business and risk management. Check out this database for all your educational resource needs!

  • Chatham County GIS

    Web resource with parcel information, topography, water resources, and soils!

  • Farmer Resource List from Growing Small Farms

    A list of resources for farmers targeted to those in Chatham County but relevant to farmers across North Carolina. Growing Small Farms is an incredible source of information & guidance for NC small-scale farmers!

  • Farmland Information Center's Farmland Protection Toolbox

    A fact sheet providing a description of tools and techniques that state and local governments utilize to protect farmland and ensure the economic viability of agriculture, now and into the future.

  • Finding Farmland Calculator from NYFC

    The Finding Farmland Calculator is designed specifically for farmers seeking land. Use this tool to build financing scenarios for purchasing farmland. You can compare detailed estimates of total costs, monthly payments and affordability metrics, then download the results to have

  • Granville GIS

    Web resource for parcel information, topography, water resources, and soils!

  • Landowner's Toolbox for Sustainable Farm Leasing

    The landowner's guide to sustainable farm leasing!

  • North Carolina Cooperative Extension County Offices

    Find and contact your county's agricultural extension agent through this state-wide list, and explore the educational and technical assistance offered by North Carolina Cooperative Extension.

  • Orange GIS

    Web resource for parcel records, topography, and soil maps

  • Person County GIS

    Web resource for parcel information, topography, water resources, and soils!

  • Resource Library: California Farm Link

    California Farm Link has an extensive general resource library on the following topics: farm business management, financing, land access and tenure, land trusts & conservation, farm succession planning, farm production resources, farm policy and advocacy, and more. Check it out!

  • Sample Short Term Lease

    A sample short term lease created by Land for Good.

  • Sampson County GIS

    Find out information on soils for any property as well as any possible zoning!

  • Small Farmer Listservs from NC Cooperative Extension

    A group of listservs created by Debbie Roos to foster connection and communication across small farming communities. Subscribe to applicable lists, and use as a resource for events, news, and a place to post your burning questions and learn from other farmers.

  • Web Resources on Sustainable Production

    A compilation of resources on sustainable production practices from Chatham County Extension's Growing Small Farms project.