Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Internship / Mentorship, Incubator / Mentored Lease, Business Partnership, Employment.
More info: With experience in Market Gardening, the wife & I are finally following our years long dream of moving to North Carolina. We intend to find leasable land to break ground with a new market garden operation and begin expanding our experience with live-stock. Our background is in regenerative agriculture, we intend to maintain a grass-fed operation and implement synergistic systems to create complimentary enterprises. Since we will be new to the region, we want to lease first before we buy our land. We have several ideas for strategic partnerships with existing operations.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Fencing, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Livestock facilities, Farmer housing, Farm equipment, Processing facilities, Irrigation equipment, Cold storage (cooler/freezer).
More info: None of the above are necessarily required, but some existing infrastructure could be useful.
Current production on farm:
Aquaculture, Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Christmas trees, Fallow, Field crops, Flowers, Hay or pasture, Herbs, Hogs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production, Vineyard, Woodlot or forest products.
More info: We have several strategic partnership ideas that could be mutually beneficial for nearly any existing operation.
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Certified organic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified, None, the property is not being farmed.
More info: We seek to be involved with small-scale, sustainable and regenerative farming practices.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Manager
Number of years experience:
6
Production goals:
Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Flowers, Herbs, Hogs, Orchard, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production, Vineyard, Woodlot or forest products.