Farming part-time for income
Updated Nov 11, 2025
Seeking
- 0-5 Total acres
- 0-5 Acres of cropland or tillable land
Desired locations
Seeking opportunities for land stewardship/farming ~ 2026-27. 20+ years of experience in specialty crop production
Plan
My family of 3 hopes to find an opportunity to produce specialty crops for market sales on 1-5 acres. We offer advanced degrees, formal/informal experience in organic agriculture, agronomy, and envvironmental conservation. We will listen to your needs, respect your goals, and steward your land. The average farmer age in NC is about 65, we are in our 30s. Our elders seem to have the money and land, we have neither - but we are hard workers with attention to detail, and dedicated to our neighbor's and the earth's wellbeing.
Desired infrastructure
Equipment and infrastructure details
Adaptable. Farmer housing preferred. Willing to negotiate work-for-stay agreement.
Preferred type of opportunity
Opportunity details
We hope to find an older farmer that needs help transitioning operations to new/younger owners. We would be interested in being a part of their succession plans.
Desired farming practices
Practices details
Care for the land and coexist with the wildlife. Receptive to your goals.
Production goals
Goals details
Open to your goals.
Farm experience
Years of experience
25 total years of experience
15 years employed as a worker (non-manager)
5 years as a manager
Education, training, and employment experience
Experience details
Numerous years as a farm hand in fields of small fruits, orchard fruits, field crops, forest crops, and more. Farm manager 2020-23. Extension Agent 2023 to current. Supervisor of 12 farm hands and counting since 2020. I have farmed specialty crops and vegetables successfully since I could walk. MS Plant Pathology, BS Horticulture Research and Biotechnology, BS Botany (NC State). Wife: MS Environmental Conservation, BS Fisheries and Wildlife Biology (NC State).