Farming full-time for income
Updated Jun 26, 2025
Seeking
- 6-10 Total acres
- 0-5 Acres of cropland or tillable land
Desired locations
Experienced farm manager seeking land to establish organic farm.
Plan
Currently managing a 3-acre organic farm in Wake County, NC. I have been farming organically, full-time, since 2017. My roles have been as a farm manager and/or director since 2018.
Areas of focus/expertise include apiary management, IPM, diversified vegetable production, holistic orchard management and growing specifically for restaurant sales with a focus on specialty crops.
I am currently looking for land to establish an organic farm business that will focus on CSA and restaurant sales.
Prior to my career in farming, I worked in the artisan cheese industry as a cheesemaker and cheese maturer for 10 years. I live in Raleigh, NC, with my wife, 2 year old daughter and our farm dog, Lucy.
Preferred type of opportunity
Desired farming practices
Production goals
Farm experience
Years of experience
8 total years of experience
8 years as a manager
Education, training, and employment experience
Experience details
- Farm Director
- One Oak Farm at the Umstead Hotel and Spa. Cary, NC
- Jan 2025-current
- Director of Agriculture
- SingleThread Farms. Healdsburg, CA
- Oct 2021-November 2024
- Farm Manager
- Heidrun Meadery. Point Reyes, CA
- Sept 2017-Sept 2021
- Assistant Farm Manager
- Honest Heirlooms. Calistoga, CA
- March-October 2017
- Cheesemaker, Operations Manager
- Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm. Greensboro, VT
- 2012-2017