Farming part-time for income
Updated Sep 23, 2025
Seeking
- 11-50 Total acres
- 0-5 Acres of cropland or tillable land
- 6-10 Acres of pasture
Desired locations
I am looking for land for crop production and pastured animals- potentially cattle goats.
Plan
I am not currently farming. I have experience in vegetable production, greenhouse production of edible flowers and micro greens, nursery production of native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, and I have personally owned chickens, sheep and pigs.
Desired infrastructure
Preferred type of opportunity
Opportunity details
I am looking to buy property in the near future. I am currently getting my house ready to put on the market in the next year to free up some funds to do so. I would be interested in an arrangement that could transfer into ownership. I’d also be interested in just leasing as well.
Desired farming practices
Practices details
I would like to use all-organic inputs, including compost for fertilizer and biological pest management. I incorporate native plants into the landscape to balance out the ecosystem and encourage beneficial insects to do their work. As needed I may use diatomaceous earth or similar products. I utilize cover cropping.For animals I use organic feed. I don’t think I would operate on a large enough scale that I could justify the cost of being certified organic- though I am not opposed to that.
Production goals
Goals details
I’d primarily like to have a small amount of animals (cattle/goats) to sustain my family and to work the land. The cattle would be for beef and the goats would be for dairy. As far as vegetable production, I would like to run a small CSA to generate a small income and sustain the cost of the farming.
Farm experience
Years of experience
9 total years of experience
7 years employed as a worker (non-manager)
2 years as a manager
Education, training, and employment experience
Experience details
-Associate of Sustainable Agriculture from CCCC (2016-2018)
-Worker then production manager of a greenhouse and edible flower farm, East Branch Ginger (2016-2020)
-Homesteading with a vegetable garden, fruit trees, nut trees, chickens, sheep and pigs. (2019-2023)
-Six months on a 1 acre market garden in the West of Ireland, An Garraí Glas. (2019)
-Native plant nursery worker, Mellow Marsh Farm. (2022-2023)
- I currently have a small garden at my house but I do not have much land.