Entering Farmer #20349

Hello my name is Eric Frain. I have been around small scale crop farming most of my life. In may of 2023 my father passed and I took over his farming operation. Currently Iam leasing a little over 200 acres in Franklin County Pennsylvania and Washington County Maryland. I am a us army veteran and I’m looking to own land or lease land for horse hay production and cash crops would be also interested in finding pasture land for beef cattle. I currently do work full time as a diesel mechanic and shop manager. I also currently own all the equipment I need to produce all crops and harvest.

Entering Farmer #20348

Hi. I am a farmer’s daughter, an Early Childhood Educator, an avid gardener, and a true tree hugger. I want to live a self sustainable lifestyle while growing food for myself my family and my community. I have always been involved in CSA’s, school gardens, community gardens as well as nurturing my own backyard garden. I am currently volunteering at our local community garden in Holidaysburg where all of our produce goes to food banks. We have two high tunnels and over an acre in field for vegetables.
I would like to wake up and be where I want to be, my happy place my garden. I want to witness each sunset and sunrise and celebrate each season in the garden. I understand and respect the daily work that a garden needs. I also know it takes a team and want to involve youth programs and other non profits to assist with some gardening activities. I would like to operate a farm school and use the garden and land for teaching and learning about gardening and our natural environment. I would like to use recycled materials and use regenerative farming practices. I am familiar with typical farm animals and would consider exploring options for small farm. This is my dream and I believe it is where I am to be on a farm being a farmer.

Entering Farmer #20333

I have experience raising many kinds of livestock.
I am looking to lease to own or buy a farm on sales agreement.
I’m interested I aquaculture and many other farming practices.

Entering Farmer #20329

I am a US army veteran, but I am a lot of other things as well. I am a former Peace Corps volunteer (agriculture in Mali), I am a proud father of two young children, and I am a former 4-H kid. I want to return to the rural life and give my kids the life I had growing up.
Experience
– I grew up in a rural area and worked on a (small) farm doing intensive vegetable farming
– I was trained and successfully ran animal husbandry operations in Africa (goats and rabbits)
– I am business and computer savvy and have been working in the corporate world for 10 years
– I am trained in skilled in basic animal medicine (vaccines, basic medical care, etc). While I would not perform surgery, I do feel comfortable with day-to-day care and standard practice
– My wife is no slouch either, she was a former water sanitation Peace Corps volunteer (how we met), and has been working in the business world doing marketing (online and real world) since 2010.

What I am looking for
– A small plot of land for regenerative agriculture (40-100 acres)
– I intend to primarily focus on small food crop production and dairy production- note, due to the large number of cattle dairy producers in the area, we will focus on goat milk, goat milk soap, and goat cheese products.

Entering Farmer #20306

Looking for a place for our family to expand pursuits and have space to share together. We would like space to grow our butchering and value added food production, beekeeping, maple syrup, and other interests.

Entering Farmer #20304

I am 30 years old, married with two little boys. First generation farmer. Currently have a small farm in northern Maryland by delta PA. Majority of the farm is used for breeding show stock, primarily Scottish highlands. We have some other breeds as well. Wife raises and breeds swine and poultry for meat and sale as well.
I currently own a business (tattoo company) that I have had success in. I was featured on several National tv shows, and competitions for my work on paramount network which has helped me gain a following and a good sense of marketing. I currently use this to promote and grow our client base for our animals as well.
Our goal is to grow the farm exponentially and produce beef cattle, show cattle, pork, chicken, duck, as well as (depending on amount of land) grain and hay.

Entering Farmer #20301

My name is Brock, I’m 33 and I’ve been farming for the better part of 13 years now. I started out on a raw goat dairy in northern FL, did a formal internship at Soil Born Farms in CA where I later became an assistant manager. We raised sheep, cattle, chickens, orchards, and vegetables. I then became the farm manager at a 50 acre diversified vegetable/sheep farm in southern Oregon. After that I spent the next 3 years starting my own farm business in southern OR raising 3 acres of vegetables, mixed livestock (Chickens, pigs, sheep, ducks) attending 3 farmers markets each week, managing a 30+/- member free-share CSA, and selling to about 10 restaurants. I relocated back east 2 years ago due to unmanaged wildfires that were getting worse each year, as well as drought and water issues. I worked for a year as a farm manger mostly doing tractor work in upstate NY on a 25 acre vegetable farm, and I currently manage the hay, equipment, livestock and orchards at a farm in VT.

My wife is Joelle who has been working at a geoengineering company working in sales and event organizing. She just finished her Masters in Business and in her free time is a certified yoga teacher, avid knitter and flower grower and organizer.

Together we both bring the necessary skills and experiences to operate a profitable farm business.

Entering Farmer #20291

Hi there!
I am Desmond, seeking land for agro farming. I have farming experience in cereal crops and vegetables. Have been doing gardening for several years and looking for possibilities to expand.