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10-20
- Doesn't matter
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
- Farm Manager
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
Current Maine Meat Initiative VISTA, former Alpine camp consultant in Washington state.
Ag expereince: Meadow management, Wildflower beds, Cannabis cultivation, Fibrous plant cultivation and processing.
Machine experience: Generator and wheeled vehicle maintenance tech, Medium equipment operator, Industrial Motor controls wiring and design.
Business credentials: Grant applications, Student Veteran Organization social chair, Masters in Business Administration.
Attempts to raise exotic livestock for fibre and beef, cultivate medicinal herbs, mushrooms & mycelium products. Success already in the later marketing around $4,000 per month.
Farmhouse required, first 12 months rents guaranteed up to $1,350/month allotted via my Americorp VISTA station.
Luke McGarr
50+
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Short-Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
We currently are reapiring 36 acres of forest in West Broofkield, MA after 15+ years of neglect- removing invasives with our herd of mixed dairy goats. Our goal is to start a micro creamery where we can make ice cream, candies and yogurt from our goats and registered jersey cows. I am a heavy equipment operator out of Boston and my husband is a wheeled vehicle mechanic and instructor for the Army Reserves. When he is not on active duty he is a industrial mechanic/facilities maintnece. We currently raise geese, ducks and pork as well. We focus on heritage and rare breeds wherever possible. We are hoping to find a dairy farmer who would consider working with us as we take over their operation. We are open to other types of farming as long as it is livestock friendly ( our geese and ducks are great for managing weeds/grass and pests in orchards and vineyards). We are comfortable with most equipment, quick to learn and constantly taking educational classes on regenerative agriculture and organic farming practices.
David Novaria
100+
- Doesn't matter
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
My family and I have had an extensive working horse farm for the last 30 years. We have done our own hay and property/land management. During that time we have added chickens and goats to broaden the farm base. We do programs through the local 4 h, girls scouts, and local Rec dept. We have out grown where we are and want to expand our program to include the Randall cows as well as adding ducks. We love the youth and want a working farm that can hold educational programs and camps for the next generation.
Wade Ambrose
75+
- Yes
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
Our project is unique! - Please see the section below for more info. Tara was a MOFGA farm apprentice in the past, and the family currently lives in a tiny house on wheels they built, on an organic 100 acre beef and sheep farm in Waldo County. We have grown personal vegetable gardens most years, and planted and harvested blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, asparagus and fruit trees. We've utilized a greenhouse for shoulder crops. We currently have a flock of chickens and sell eggs. We have also raised turkeys. We have run farm and forest camps for children in the past and intend to do so again, giving children and families an immersive experience in nature and sustainable living skills.
Any
- Doesn't matter
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
- Farm Manager
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
8 yrs working as ranch/farmhand in Northern CA
Sarah Duprey
2-5
- Yes
- Standard Sale
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
I currently work as the assistant manager of Harvest Tide Organics, a 40 acre organic vegetable farm providing about 900 CSA shares to folks from Portland to the farm's location in Bowdoinham, Maine. I'm happy to say this is my 10th year farming, although I haven't always farmed, and I've bounced around New England a bit on my way to Maine. During college one of my first and favorite jobs was on a small urban organic vegetable farm in New Britain Connecticut. After graduating from Central Connecticut State University and then getting my Masters at Uconn, I spent several years in in the state as a special education teacher in Willimantic and Manchester, CT. I enjoyed helping challenging student groups with math and science and was able to build in gardening and cooking into some programming. Then there came a day when I needed a change and an old friend needed help on a farm they were managing in Massachusetts. So, I spent 5 years building up the infrastructure and business of what grew into a highly productive year-round 2 acre organic vegetable farm called Holly Hill Farm in Cohasset, MA. Then there came a day when I needed a change and Harvest Tide Organics needed help building up and managing their growing CSA farm. Over the past 3 years they've helped me develop a greater understanding of how to manage larger fields and larger crews of people, and let me build them more greenhouses and incorporate many of my no-till small scale methods in some of their growing spaces. I have been so lucky to have worked with so many wonderful people in so many beautiful spaces and been given so many opportunities to gain important experiences and skills. I feel confident that it is the right time to put everything I've learned to the test and to start a farm of my own. With land prices and scarcity what it is, I have grown doubtful that this dream will ever materialize. If there is still anyone out there who wants to give someone like me a chance to turn their land into food, I will do my absolute best to make it happen, and enjoy every minute of it. Please feel free to reach out through email or call if you have a portion of your land you'd consider selling or leasing. I have been saving and planning for a long time now and would love to talk to you about what future farming together we could make possible. GrazianoJon@gmail.com 207-671-6767
2-5
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
I have participated in MOFGA's Apprenticeship program for a year in 2016, I have worked on various vegetable farms throughout the years as well as greenhouse operations, I lived in Maine from 2016-2021. I participated in the UMaine Food Studies Program Graduate certificate. I currently work for Cornell Cooperative Extension in northern, NY supporting farmers with their marketing needs. I am currently growing dye plants at my home.
20+
- Yes
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
Experience working in vineyards and orchards. Seasonal experience with organic vegetables and fruits.
Patrick
10-100
- Yes
- Standard Sale
Brooke is a clinical herbalist with experience growing medicinal herbs, flowers and plants for my organic skincare and herbal support product line.
Lucie Nolden
30+
- Yes
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
I’m Sohrab (they/ he) and my partners name is Lucie (she/ they). Lucie apprenticed on an organic farm last summer through MOFGA working primarily with growing vegetables, but also worked with poultry, cattle and hogs to a varying degree. I worked on the same farm, but not as an apprentice. We will both be apprenticing again this summer through MOFGA and will be working more with livestock this year. In addition to all of this, Lucie studied Earth and Oceanographic Science at Bowdoin and I studied math at CU Boulder and now at UMaine as a graduate student.
Duncan Alden (sibling)
30
- Yes
- No
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
Duncan and I have been growing cannabis in greenhouses and full sun for four years running, and are entering our fourth year of cultivating cannabis in living soil beds indoors. We grew up out in the garden with our parents, planting vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Additionally, Emma has lived and worked short term on several organic farms.
Kelly Collins
no less than 10
- Short-Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
Timothy and Kelly both have been farming since childhood Experienced in vegetable, herb, orchard, nursery, Beef, dairy cow, pig, chicken, Nubian goats and Great Pyr Dogs Simpler thyme farm is known and looking to have a farm property to increase our ability to grow
Husband is also a contractor and is able to turn a project farm into a full functioning home and business
Kelly is a Registerd Nurse who also is a Reiki master and herbalist
Currently in York County, but current property owner passed away, and children have chosen not to honor current lease , because developer has offered large amounts of money, we will put any property into trust to maintain farmland for generations
<10
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
I have a small cut flower farm on the outskirts of Montpelier, VT called Old Time Flowers. I grow intensively on 1/10th acre of leased land and follow organic, no-till growing practices. This is my second year growing here. I offer fresh and dried flowers through my seasonal CSA, honor stand in town, local orders and sell wholesale dried wreaths and bouquets to local businesses.
In the past I've worked on organic veggie farms across the country as an apprentice (through MOFGA), employee, and crew leader. I ran my own small market garden with mixed veggies and flowers in westnern North Carolina for a season. I've also worked at High Mowing Seeds in VT and at the Johnny's Seeds research farm in central ME.
25 or more
- Doesn't matter
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
I really don't have formal training in the farming industry. I have worked on a farm in my teens and learned how to hay , and grow crops to be self sustaining from feed for the animals to feeding families in the area.I have maintained a vegetable garden for my family and others. As for livestock I raise and show Great Pyrenees dogs and am highly interested in the genetics of bettering the breed. So i would use this knowledge and improving the cattle or other livestock.
Gregory Bender
25-100
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Lease with Option to Buy
I have a diverse background in farming. I began my farming career on Martha's Vineyard as a farm worker on a diversified vegetable farm. I worked in the fields, the market store, and ended up managing the 1 acre herb garden for the season. The next year I returned to MV as a farm worker on a 20 acre mixed vegetable farm. There we sold produce at the farmer's market, delivered to local markets, and had a 200 member CSA. I then graduated from college, UMass Amherst, and went into the Peace Corps as an Ag. Extension volunteer. I worked on small farmers and with small farmers to diversify their production and decrease use of pesticides/insecticides. I returned to the United States and was an intern with John Jeavons of Ecology Action in CA. This was a 1 acre diversified educational farm. I then moved to New York and was an Asst. Farm Manager on a 20 acre diversified vegetable farm. We had over 50 types of crops and distributed to a CSA and to the community where we lived which was a living center for those with developmental disabilities. After this I returned to the west coast to settle in Eugene, OR. While there earning my Masters in Teaching I was an Asst. Manager on a 1 acre diversified vegetable farm. After finishing my degree I moved to Portland, Oregon and began teaching at high school in SW WA. I created a horticulture program and small farm at the HS I worked at. I ran a commercial greenhouse and 1 acre market garden for the school. All of these farming experiences were on small diversified farms that were either organic, biodynamic, or a combination of regenerative practices. My husband and I bought 2.5 acres in SW WA where we had a small vegetable farm, chickens, pigs, and a fruit orchard. We sold to local restaurants and to a weekly subscription. We sold eggs and slaughtered our pigs at home.,
I am now in Connecticut as the Farm Ed. Coordinator at the Hotchkiss school but last winter our farm manager left and I took over as interim farm manager for 4 months. We have a 280 farm but cultivate around 3 acres including high tunnels, chickens, pigs, and an orchard.
Kelly Cote
- Yes
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
Hi I'm glad I found ya!I'm looking to rent to own a small farm i have had my lil farm for 4 winters now an im looking for a permanent homestead for us,which is myself, my 8yr old Stryker dog,my 13yr old potbelly I've had since 3days old,Gracie the beughftul boergoat,Sitsue almost 3 my working steer will be an ox in jan.my Bubba baby,yr old pet rooster an my fixed fat an happy barn kitty's, im willing to live on as helper on the farm if anyone is looking,maybe to sell to me when they decide to move on,its getting colder,I do have a large camper home.Hope this will help me!Thankyou ~kelly 🚜 trublu farms
FarmLink Coordinator
30+
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Lease with Option to Buy
Sue Lanpher is standing in as contact for this farm seeker. They are using discretion in their farm search due to current commitments, before notifying jobs of a departure.
We began farming in 2009 and moved home to Maine to start our own farm two years later. Since then, we have owned and operated our own financially successful, MOFGA-certified organic farm on leased land. We grow 5-10 acres of produce every year, which we wholesale year-round to accounts in New England. Farming has been our sole source of income for the last 8 years.
We are financially prepared and eager to purchase our own land. We have a robust business plan and we are pre-approved by our local bank for a mortgage to purchase the land and infrastructure we need. While we are poised to grow the business, we can pay the mortgage without any growth. Owning farmland will allow us to expand our farm business to satisfy unmet demand from our established customers, take on new customers, increase our soil stewardship practices, and provide permanent housing for ourselves.
100-500
- No
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Farm Manager
Experience managing sheep, cattle, poultry, and pork under management intensive grazing systems for the production of meat and milk including reproduction, herd health, and maintenance of disease free status. Experience managing land for the production of high quality pasture and forage. Experience with all aspects of building and maintaining facilities and infrastructure.
100
- Yes
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
I do not have any past or present farming experience, however I have done a lot of gardening in my small but fruitful vegetable garden at my house on the Maine Coast. I am a first year student at College of the Atlantic, and will be taking a class next term called Sustainable Food Systems. I also plan on volunteering at either Peggy Rockefeller Farm or Beech Hill farm when my schedule allows for it, and hopefully doing work study there at some point. Because I am so interested in farming, I have done extensive research on the topic. I plan on doing an independent study on Regenerative Agriculture and its vitality in the fight against climate change during my second year at COA.
5-10
- Yes
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Lease with Option to Buy
8+ years of commercial farming experience, primarily in annual vegetables, though some dairy experience as well. Currently working for Johnny's Selected Seeds as a variety trial manager for a set group of crops on the research farm.
Matt Kovarik
20+
- Yes
- Doesn't matter
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
We have been collectively farming for 10+ years on organic vegetable farms and with livestock. We currently manage our own small-scale regenerative farm on leased land. We raise pastured waterfowl, grass-fed sheep and nursery crops, with the hope to expand our livestock enterprises once we transition to a larger piece of land. We are college graduates with degrees in science and have a passion for caring for the land through organic practices. We are currently participating in MOFGA's Journeyperson program.
Kelly Dunbar
10+
- Yes
- No
- Doesn't matter
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Farm Manager
- Apprentice with a Farm Owner for a year or more
We are currently working and living on a MOFGA certified organic farm in Washington County, Maine.
We are involved and experienced in many aspects of the farm including daily animal care (large poultry flocks, pigs, and cows), poultry processing (slaughter, cuts, packaging, and deliveries), dairy (milking, bottling, cream, yougurt, cheese, and butter), as well as general farm maintenance, and farmers markets.
We both aso have several years experience working as environmental educators in a farm and forest school. In addition to teaching children and running various community and educational programs on the farm, we also are experienced in caring for the site (management, maintenance, development, and stewardship) the farm (seedling care, raised beds, crops, perennial gardens, honey bees, and maple sugaring), and the animals (laying hens, broilers, turkeys, ducks, goats, sheep, and pigs).
01/14/2019
100 to 500 Plus Acres
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
- Short-Term Lease
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
- Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
- Partnership
- Joint Venture with eventual sale
Experienced Farming Group looking for large tracts of farmable tillable land and will consider pastures and fields, as well.
3+
- Doesn't matter
- Standard Sale
- Long Term Lease
- Lease with Option to Buy
I have been gardening and farming for over fifteen years. In 2006 I was a MOFGA apprentice at a permaculture homestead and tree nursery in Franklin, Maine. From there, I moved on to develop my own permaculture- focused homestead with gardens and livestock including poultry, dairy goats, honey bees, and meat rabbits, which I tended for 8 years. In 2013 I was accepted into the MOFGA Journeyperson program, initiating 4 growing seasons of running my own cut flower farm. I grew on a half acre and marketed to wholesale accounts, studio florists, farmer's market, CSA, and did wedding design. In addition to my own farm, I have worked on 2 other flower farms in Maine as co-manager and harvest crew. With over 20 years of self-study in herbalism, today I am interested in a dual approach: using permaculture and biodynamic methods to grow medicinal herbs and flowers, and building a pollinator and native plant sanctuary. My desire is to grow medicinals to sell to established herbalists in the state; to develop a native plant nursery for retail and wholesale sales; and to offer folks educational resources around the how's and why's of growing and maintaining native plants and their vital role in the web of life, particularly through the lens of pollinator habitat.
50
- Yes
- Standard Sale
- Owner-Financed Sale
Lived and worked on two small family farms in Maine and Ohio, since childhood; grew herbs, veggies, berries/orchard, flowers, grains, established butterfly gardener and promote conservation.
Have some experience in preparing farm plan and marketing. took courses on anti- GMOS’; plants and human affairs; botany; conservation organic & sustainable methods