Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Lease with Option to Buy, Incubator / Mentored Lease, Employment with Transfer.
More info: Looking for a work trade or lease to own opportunity. I live in an airstream camper with my partner Gabriel, and we are wanting to farm together. We can provide our own housing and are looking primarily for land - a house on the property is not a necessity.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Fencing, Well / Pond / Other water source, Farm equipment.
More info: Do not have specifics in this area - any infrastructure would be a bonus
Current production on farm:
Field crops, Herbs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production, Woodlot or forest products.
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Conventional, Certified organic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified, None, the property is not being farmed.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Employee
Number of years experience:
3
Production goals:
Herbs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
Gabe and Lianna have a good mixture of experience:
Lianna grew up on a Hobby Farm raising fiber animals - sheep and alpacas, as well as broiler chickens and egg layers.
Gabe grew up in farm country and worked as a farm hand in high school throwing hay, splitting wood and tending to chickens, horses and goats.
Together we have; worked on a cattle Ranch in Arizona building fence and feeding the animals; been the Property Managers at a community garden in Fairview, where we maintain the grounds, help in the garden, provide any maintenance to the property facilities, and oversee chicken care; wwoofed on an avocado farm in Hawaii where we pruned 30 avocado trees.
Gabe is a Plant Health Care Specialist for a tree service and is interested in orchard growing and maintenance, and Lianna is an Environmental Educator at the Arboretum and is interested in Fiber animals. We are both wanting to produce veggies, herbs and teas in addition to an orchard and animals.
