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.
More info: My wife Norma and myself are college educated seeking to rent/lease or rent/lease with option to buy farmland/small farm with house if possible. I am graduate of the Tuft University Beginning Farmer program. Farmed organically small plot with a partner in Mass for 3 years and have been gardening since boyhood. Come from long family line of sharecroppers.
Our plan is to open a farm-to-table vegan restaurant and CSA in the Raleigh-Durham area, but will consider other areas. People always say that we are great vegan cook. We have 14 old son and potentially a few nephews and nieces who might join in to help. Will also cultivate lots of herbs and medicinals. Will revamp our business plan upon.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Fencing, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Farmer housing, Farm equipment, Processing facilities, Irrigation equipment, Cold storage (cooler/freezer).
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Manager
Number of years experience:
3
Other qualifications:
Incubator program, Farm business training.
More info: I am graduate of the Tuft University Beginning Sustainable Farmer program. Farmed organically small plot with a partner in Mass for 3 years and have been gardening since boyhood. Come from long family line of sharecroppers.
Production goals:
Field crops, Flowers, Herbs, Orchard, Vegetable production.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
We want to farm organically and sustainably for our future vegan restaurant, a CSA and donate some food to food bank and soup kitchen. We intend to place special focus to local communities and churches.