2007 MSU Organic Farm Program alumni seeking long-term organic farm arrangement with affordable private onsite housing in Northern Michigan (ie Tiny House or other)
Preferred location: Alger, Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Houghton, Iron, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Lake, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Menominee, Ontonagon, Presque Isle, Wexford
Desired Transitional Agreement: Farm Seeker/Farm Owner Partnership, Lease to buy, Working arrangement with future partner
Aug 2, 2024
Desired Acreage
- 1-5 Acres
- 5-10 Acres
- 11-25 Acres
- 26-100 Acres
- 101-250 Acres
- 251-500 Acres
Desired Infrastructure
Desired Land Usage
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
Building soil, tending plants, sharing nutritious food, and cultivating community via four-season regenerative farming and traditional skill-sharing is what I love to do most. I also enjoy tending animals, but I know the most successful farms start small and build new value-added systems as capacity allows. I'm interested in creating a perennial polyculture (no-till/low-till permaculture) system that also includes annual vegetables, flowers, herbs, mushrooms, bees, maple syrup, and chickens for eggs. Particularly interested to explore possibilities of Community Land Trust (with small sustainable affordable housing) to care for the land, farmers and community in perpetuity, similar to what "Agrarian Trust,” “Community reBuilds" and "Crooked Forest Institute" are doing. Not particular on how many acres; hoophouse desired (can install). Clean water a priority.
