Benjamin Young

Aspiring farmer from upstate NY looking to start small and organic in NC. Currently still learning and planning but open to options and looking to be creative.

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Location:

  • North Central
    • Alamance
    • Caswell
    • Chatham
    • Davidson
    • Davie
    • Durham
    • Forsyth
    • Granville
    • Guilford
    • Orange
    • Person
    • Randolph
    • Rockingham
    • Stokes
    • Surry
    • Vance
    • Yadkin
  • South Central
    • Alexander
    • Anson
    • Cabarrus
    • Catawba
    • Cleveland
    • Cumberland
    • Gaston
    • Harnett
    • Hoke
    • Iredell
    • Lee
    • Lincoln
    • Mecklenburg
    • Montgomery
    • Moore
    • Richmond
    • Rowan
    • Scotland
    • Stanly
    • Union
  • Northeast
    • Beaufort
    • Bertie
    • Camden
    • Chowan
    • Currituck
    • Dare
    • Edgecombe
    • Franklin
    • Gates
    • Halifax
    • Hertford
    • Hyde
    • Martin
    • Nash
    • Northampton
    • Pasquotank
    • Perquimans
    • Pitt
    • Tyrrell
    • Wake
    • Warren
    • Washington
  • Southeast
    • Bladen
    • Brunswick
    • Carteret
    • Columbus
    • Craven
    • Duplin
    • Greene
    • Johnston
    • Jones
    • Lenoir
    • New Hanover
    • Onslow
    • Pamlico
    • Pender
    • Robeson
    • Sampson
    • Wayne
    • Wilson

Total acres 10.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land 5.0

Acres of pasture 5.0

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, Internship / Mentorship, Incubator / Mentored Lease, Business Partnership, Employment, Employment with Transfer. More info: I am a beginner in the very early stages of education, exploration, research and planning. The ultimate aim is to start a small, 5-10 acre, organic farm with a focus on garlic, root vegetables, micro-greens, chickens for eggs and goats for dairy. These are all just initial plans and can adapt as needed. Properties of most interest will include a house on site, tillable land and access to freshwater aquifer/spring. Other standing structures such as barns and greenhouses are also of interest.

Equipment & infrastructure:

Barn, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Farmer housing, Irrigation equipment. More info: As a beginner, I am interested in existing structures/equipment and am open to discussion.

Current production on farm:

Field crops, Flowers, Hay or pasture, Hemp, Herbs, Vegetable production.

Current farming practices:

Biodynamic, Certified organic, Transitioning to organic.

Qualifications and goals:

Production goals:

Field crops, Herbs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production.

Personal experience and production goals summary:

I am a beginner in the very early stages of education, research and planning. The ultimate aim is to start a small, 5-10 acre, organic farm with a focus on garlic, root vegetables, micro-greens, chickens for eggs and goats for dairy. These are all just initial plans and can adapt as needed. Properties of most interest will include a house on site, tillable land and access to freshwater aquifer/spring. Other standing structures such as barns and greenhouses are also of interest. 

Productions goals are limited at this stage of planning.