Entering Farmer #20743
My husband, Patrick, and I are looking for an opportunity to establish a multigenerational family farm in Pennsylvania. Our goal is not simply to acquire land, but to build a legacy farm that we can operate, improve, preserve, and eventually pass on to our son, who is currently eight years old. We would love for him to have the opportunity to grow up on a working farm and learn the responsibility, skills, and values that come with caring for the land and producing food.
We are particularly interested in connecting with an established or retiring farmer who may not have a family member who wants to continue farming. We would be very open to learning from an experienced farmer and creating a thoughtful transition or succession arrangement that allows their knowledge, experience, and agricultural legacy to continue into the next generation.
Our agricultural goals include growing clean, nutritious food and raising animals for meat and eggs for our family and, as the farm develops, for other families in our community. We are open to different types of farming and would like the land, existing infrastructure, and experience of the current farmer to help shape what is ultimately possible.
Although our professional backgrounds have primarily been in technology, real estate, construction, and business rather than traditional farming, we bring significant transferable experience. Patrick has a technology background and previously worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Treasury Department. I have approximately 20 years of experience in information technology, document imaging, records management, and systems architecture.
For the past ten years, we have also owned and operated successful real estate and construction businesses. Through those businesses, we have developed extensive hands-on experience in property rehabilitation and maintenance, construction, project management, budgeting, business operations, technology, logistics, managing employees and contractors, problem-solving, and overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.
We are hands-on owners and would expect to be actively involved in the farm’s day-to-day operation. We also understand that a successful agricultural operation may require employees, skilled farm workers, contractors, and experienced advisors, depending upon the size and type of farm.
Most importantly, we are willing to learn. We recognize the tremendous amount of knowledge that experienced farmers accumulate over a lifetime, and we would value the opportunity to learn from a retiring farmer during a transition rather than allowing that knowledge to disappear.
Our long-term goal is to build a financially sustainable working farm that produces quality food, provides opportunities for our family and others, responsibly cares for the land, and remains in agricultural use for generations to come.
Entering Farmer #20735
Hi everyone,
My name is Rezart, I am a masters student here at Penn State University completing my masters in Supply Chain Management. I am a 6th generation farmer with a passion for regenerative agriculture and meat processing.
My family and I are looking to open a farm to retail meat store operation here in State College after graduation this coming May, 2027. We want to first start by finding a farm with considerable farm land (15+ acres) that is willing to lease so that we can start raising our own livestock before working on opening the meat store.
We are passionate young adults who love farming and care about the community here. We are educated and easy to work with so if you have something that you believe may be of value to us and matches what we are looking for, kindly reach out to us.
Entering Farmer #20720
Farming is very new for me but my husband and I have started exploring ways to be more self sufficient on the small property we own and we have been looking for land for over a year. Our current property is in a small town and they recently changed the policy that we are within the border of not being allowed chickens. Our goal is to find land to continue our dream of having a small scale farm and seeing where that leads us
Entering Farmer #20718
looking to start farming
Entering Farmer #20716
I have a small flock of ornamental waterfowl (a.k.a. The Call Duck) that I breed as a small hobby business. I have to find a new place to house and care for them so I thought it’d be good to look here to see if there’s any small areas of land for rent or a rent for work type thing.
Entering Farmer #20714
I come from a family of farmers and feel the natural draw to have my own. I have spent the past 5 years taking beginning farmer courses in MD and DE, touring farms with these groups and also attending Penn State Farm Conference to prepare myself. I am growing at home indoors and out and am ready to take the next step. I have worked in business for 27 years and currently am the Director of Operational Risk Management which brings alot of insights with it as well. I would love to have a property that can be a community space for education and wellness retreats as community is a top priority for me.
Entering Farmer #20710
Goumi Grove is a planned specialty fruit farm and research-focused orchard centered on goumi (Elaeagnus multiflora) and other underutilized perennial fruit crops suited to Pennsylvania. I am seeking a rural property where I can establish several acres of orchard plantings, evaluate cultivars and low-input growing methods, and eventually develop a small seasonal U-pick operation alongside limited on-farm sales and value-added production such as fruit purées, frozen products, sorbets, and preserves. The goal is to build a practical, financially sustainable farm that introduces consumers and local food businesses to uncommon, climate-resilient fruits while documenting which varieties and production methods perform best in our region. I am particularly interested in properties with existing agricultural infrastructure, good water access, privacy and tree buffers, suitable well-drained orchard ground, and enough space for future processing, storage, and customer parking.
Entering Farmer #20704
We are 3 families wanting 3 homes and a large barn on one piece of land. This will be for personal, work and ministry use. We all have experience in growing our own vegetables, working with horses rabbits goats dogs and chickens. We are experienced in carpentry, electrical work and technology. I’m a certified life coach and counselor and both my daughters are teachers. We would like to create this as a haven for healing trauma victims and others that need spiritual emotional and physical healing. We do this through prayer, counsel and guided time working outdoors, spending time with us and the animals. We would love to eventually have a one bedroom cottage where people can actually stay for a whole weekend to be ministered to as well. Quite possibly would create a hybrid school or other business use in the barn if possible to provide income to support all of this and in order to offer trauma healing sessions for little to no cost.
Entering Farmer #20698
Myself and my family would like to farm a piece of land in Pennsylvania. We are open to any type of farming, but would prefer crop and agricultural farming. We would work the land and make a living doing so. We would also be willing to relocate obviously. Our experinece this far is vegetable gardening and chickens on our suburban lot. But we have certainly dome.our research and want to expand and grow this into a full time venture.
Entering Farmer #20695
I have been farming since I was 12 years old. I started on a dairy farm working, then starting running my own beef cattle. In 2020 I started switching over to registered angus and have been working on building better genetics with embryos and AI breeding. I currently have 60 cows and my goal is to in the near future start having registered angus sales and potentially grow up to have around 200 cows.