Abbie Muffett

Abigail Muffett & Thomas Smith are a dedicated, married farming couple with 10+ years of combined professional agricultural and horticultural experience. We’ve completed Master Gardener courses, organic farm internships, and extension coursework (Cornell/Purdue), and have worked as greenhouse managers, organic dairy workers, and food rescue coordinators.

Preferred location: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa, St. Joseph, Van Buren

Desired Transitional Agreement: Farm Seeker/Farm Owner Partnership, Lease, Lease to buy, Working arrangement with future partner

Sep 29, 2025

Abbie w/ dragons, 2024 Tom + Abbie, big day Abbie - maize beds Abbie - Goats

Desired Acreage

  • < 1 Acres
  • 1-5 Acres
  • 5-10 Acres
  • 11-25 Acres

Desired Infrastructure

  • Road access

Desired Land Usage

  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Nursery Stock
  • Organic crops
  • Vegetables

Goals, Values, Vision

We seek to lease, sharecrop, or lease-to-own unused/neglected acreage near New Buffalo, MI (willing to commute/relocate for the right partnership!). Our goal is to establish an intensive organic microfarm and demonstration plot to provide nutrient-dense produce locally, donate excess to community programs, and pilot our unique ecological farming methods (which include coppicing, silvohorticulture, native insectary habitats, landrace plant breeding projects, native species cover cropping programs, farming on contour, and a botany/biology/hydrology first principles approach).

 

Collaborators/landowners: If you have suitable land or an opportunity, please contact us!

Farming Status

Current Farming Status

Not currently farming

Farm Experience/Education

Farm employee, Farm internship/apprenticeship, Farm management, Formal agricultural education

Mentoring

I am willing to mentor a farmer

Farming Plans and Practices

Farming Method

Certified Organic, Organic Practices

Our system and philosophy of ecological agriculture is guided by the following ten principles: 

1: Contour Farming 

2: No-Spray Pest Management 

3:Low-Tillage Cultivation

4: Interdisciplinary Ecological Crop Planning

5: Circular Amendment Production

6: Native Species Coppicing and Silvohorticulture

7: Native Species Cover-Cropping

8: Low-Plastic Use

9: Landrace Plant Breeding

10: Third-Party Testing & Verification