Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease (5+ Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Business Partnership, Employment, Employment with Transfer.
More info: I am open to various opportunities, but strongly prefer organic, biodynamic and permaculture based systems. Pesticide free and low RF/EMF also essential.
I am also very open to more acreage than listed above. Additional forested acreage and/or other buffer zones between neighbors would also be advantageous and appreciated.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Livestock facilities, Farmer housing, Farm equipment, Processing facilities, Irrigation equipment, Cold storage (cooler/freezer).
More info: I am not a builder, so more infrastructure would be a major plus. I can create and maintain fencing, and am extremely gifted and experienced with plant, animal and landscape design.
Current production on farm:
More info: I am open to various forms of plant and animal farming, though I strongly prefer permaculture and organic based practices.
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Certified organic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified.
More info: fallow land is fine, but conventional farming practices will not work for me and my little family.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Employee, Manager
Number of years experience:
5
Other qualifications:
More info: Five years experience in off-grid living, homesteading and permaculture farming. Four years experience in mixed poultry management. less than a year experience in support work on organic, permacuture based dairy farm. Seven years experience developing and implementing pollinator forage and medicinal plant production.
Production goals:
Aquaculture, Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Fallow, Field crops, Flowers, Hay or pasture, Herbs, Honey bees, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production.
More info: Also very interested in having and caring for donkeys and possibly horses.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
My goals include but are not limited to permaculture based farming and homesteading, homeschooling my young son and expanding my knowledge and experience base. My main project is called Pollinator Haven, which will grow into an educational resource for other farmers and homesteaders to help them incorporate medicinal and other flowering plants into their homesteads and farms in order to support local, wild pollinators and their farms and homesteads.
