Derek Swanson

Aspiring first-generation farmer looking to start a sustainable small livestock and vegetable farm.

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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

Total acres 15.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 2.0

Acres of pasture 10.0

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. More info: Searching for land to lease in the Winston-Salem/Greensboro region. Acreage from 2 to 15 acres which would allow me to manage a sustainble vegetable CSA, pastured poultry, and small sheep and pig stock.

Current farming practices:

Certified organic, Ecological production but not certified.

Qualifications and goals:

Previous farming experience:

Employee

Number of years experience:

3

Other qualifications:

Farm business training. More info: Two years working on a garden farm which supported a 30 member CSA. Now serving out a 8 month sustainable livestock internship in northwest PA.

Production goals:

Flowers, Herbs, Hogs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production.