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First:

Sarah

Last:

Sims

Co-Applicant / Spouse:

Karl Koehler

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Past and present farming experience:

Hello! I started farming as a summer job in 2013 in Charlotte, Vermont, and continued until this year gaining experience on a range of farms in the U.S, Canada, and Hawai’i. I studied sustainable agriculture at Green Mountain College, and finished my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Agroecology at the University of Vermont. Most of my experience is in organic vegetable production - at Stoney Loam Farm and Philo Ridge Farm in Charlotte, Vermont, and Bear Roots Farm in Barre, Vermont. I then moved to Los Alamos, California where I managed a small 2-acre market garden and started my own cut flowers. My partner and I are looking for land in Maine, where he’s from, to start a diversified enterprise. The business plan will depend on the land we find, but my dream is to start a farm heavily focused on community and land health, that will eventually house education programs, events, small-scale livestock, vegetables, fruit, and flowers -but open to what the world offers

Counties being considered:
  • Androscoggin County
  • Aroostook County
  • Cumberland County
  • Franklin County
  • Hancock County
  • Kennebec County
  • Knox County
  • Lincoln County
  • Oxford County
  • Penobscot County
  • Piscataquis County
  • Sagadahoc County
  • Somerset County
  • Waldo County
  • Washington County
  • York County
Types of enterprises considered:
  • Apple/Fruit
  • Berries
  • Flowers
  • Goats
  • Grains
  • Greenhouse
  • Hay/Forage
  • Herbs
  • Livestock
  • Nursery
  • Pasture
  • Poultry
  • Row Crops
  • Sheep
  • Sugaring
  • Vegetables
Organic:
  • Doesn't matter
Farm structures needed:
  • Barn(s)
  • Shop
  • Greenhouses
Equipment needed:

I don’t own any of my own equipment, so would be great if available with land, but not expected.

Arrangement(s) considered
  • Standard Sale
  • Lease with Option to Buy
  • Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assests)
I am interested in farms with Conservation Easements:
  • Maybe (Please send me information)
Here is a summary of the vision for my farming future and/or business plan:

Don’t have a written business plan, but many years of mulling over the dream plan. I’m in the beginning stages of the search for land, so the business plan is a work in progress and will feel more urgent when land feels accessible.