Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease with Option to Buy.
More info: I'm looking for a space that allows me to practice no till vegetable farming. I've converted my 1/3 acre suburban lawn into a high productive garden but would like to expand with more perennials and perhaps even chickens. I don't need much space, but I would like to be able to live on the property.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Farmer housing.
More info: Ideally I'd like to have a space for equipment storage, and possibly even a dedicated processing space. Water sources would be great, as would a green house, or a hoop house.
Current production on farm:
Fallow, Field crops, Flowers, Hay or pasture, Herbs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production, Woodlot or forest products.
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
Number of years experience:
10
Other qualifications:
More info: My grandfather was a farmer in the piedmont and I spent my summers growing up helping him. I learned pretty much everything from him and my mother who is an avid gardener. While I have never considered myself a "professional" or a "horticulturist" or anything like that, I have gardened my entire life and most years grow enough food to pay for my hobby and feed myself all winter.
Production goals:
Field crops, Flowers, Herbs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
When I was in my early twenties I worked on vineyards in the Willmaette Valley in Oregon, later I worked on organic farms in the mountains of Humboldt County, Ca. At one point my best friend and I operated a five acre produce farm in Penrose, NC that specialised in organic heirloom vegetables, cut flowers, eggs/poultry, mule foot hogs, and dairy goats. For the past few years I have been converting my abused, suburban lawn into a highly productive no-till vegetable garden. I have developed relationships throughout my community that allow me to sell any produce that I do no preserve, which so far has allowed me to break even. I keenly interested in permaculture, biodynamic practices, and no-till techniques. I would like to have to have a flock of chickens again, and gradually produce enough food to operate a smallish (30-45 family) weekly CSA program, in addition to supplying local restaurants with various items.
