Krista Fayette

We are a young, healthy, energetic couple who wish to stay rooted in our community and invest in the well-being of our neighbors and environment through growing sustainable, organic food to share.

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Location:

  • West
    • Buncombe
    • Madison
    • Mitchell
    • Yancey

Total acres 5.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 1.0

Looking for the following:

Type of opportunity:

Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease with Option to Buy, Business Partnership. More info: Continue to grow in our business: www.newrootsmarketgarden.com

Equipment & infrastructure:

Well / Pond / Other water source, Farmer housing.

Current production on farm:

Flowers, Herbs, Orchard, Vegetable production, Woodlot or forest products.

Current farming practices:

Ecological production but not certified, None, the property is not being farmed. More info: Permaculture practices No till Zero spray

Qualifications and goals:

Previous farming experience:

Volunteer, Employee, Manager

Number of years experience:

5

Other qualifications:

Farm business training. More info: *Owners/operators of New Roots Market Garden *Graduates of Organic Growers School's Farm Beginnings Training Program

Production goals:

Field crops, Flowers, Herbs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production, Woodlot or forest products.

Personal experience and production goals summary:

We, Stephen and Krista are in a long term happy, healthy relationship. We are living our dream in providing food for our community in a sustainable way. We focus on preserving and caring for the land that we are on by growing using organic methods while incorporating permaculture methods. Together we have ventured through 3 years of full-time internships on 3 defferent organic farms.
2017 has been our first year owning and operating our own farm, New Roots Market Garden, on leased land in Madison County. We wish to grow even closer to the land and community by fostering land long term. www.newrootsmarketgarden.com

Resume:

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