Month: November 2017
Diggers’ Mirth
- Farmers: Hilary Martin, Dylan Zeitlyn, Elango Dev, Sophia Zowat
- Method of Access: Lease
- Acreage: 11 acres
- Location: Burlington, Vermont
- Year Founded: 1992
- Affordability Tools: Farm incubator, collaborative farming, LLC
- Farm Operation: Vegetables and salad greens
Elmer Farm
- Farmers: Spencer and Jennifer Blackwell
- Method of Access: Ownership
- Acreage: 89 acres
- Location: Middlebury, VT
- Year Founded: 2006
- Affordability Tools: Conservation easement, OPAV, land trust
- Farm Operation: Vegetables and grains
Full and By Farm
- Farmers: James Graves and Sara Kurak
- Method of Access: Ownership
- Acreage: 100 acres
- Location: Essex, NY
- Year Founded: 2010
- Affordability Tools: Conservation easement, land trust
- Farm Operation: Vegetables, meat, eggs
Greenfield Berry Farm
- Farmers: Daniel and Michele Greenfield
- Method of Access: Lease, public lands
- Acreage: 20 acres
- Location: Cuyahoga, OH
- Year Founded: 2006
- Affordability Tools: Leasing public lands
- Farm Operation: Berries
Growing Veterans
- Farmers: Chris Wolf is the Farm Manager and oversees hundreds of veterans and volunteers
- Method of Access: Lease with option to purchase
- Acreage: 3 – 40 acres – there are three farms at different locations: Whatcom County Farm, Skagit County Farm, and Auburn Farm
- Location: Washington State
- Year Founded: 2012
- Affordability Tools: Nonprofit status, short-term lease with option to purchase, “pay with product” rent
- Farm Operation: Berries, vegetables
Higher Ground Rooftop Farm
- Farmers: John Stoddard
- Method of Access: Lease
- Acreage: 1.3 acres
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Year Founded: 2013
- Affordability Tools: Urban rooftop farming, lease, fundraising donations
- Farm Operation: Produce, herbs
Hillen Homestead
- Farmers: Maya Kosok
- Method of Access: License, lease pending (rolling lease)
- Acreage: Two lots, about 1/4 acre combined
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Year Founded: 2013
- Affordability Tools: Use of public land
- Farm Operation: Flowers
Natick Community Organic Farm
- Farmers: Lynda Simkins as Executive Director, additional full-time staff, seasonal and part-time youth, and adult employees/trainees
- Method of Access: Long-term lease on public lands with management contract
- Acreage: 27 acres
- Location: Natick, MA
- Year Founded: 1975
- Affordability Tools: Leasing public lands, nonprofit status
- Farm Operation: Produce, flowers, maple syrup, meat, wool yarn, honey
Pine Island Community Farm
- Farmers: Chuda and Gita Dhaurali, Theogène and Hyacinthe Mahoro
- Method of Access: Lease
- Acreage: 230 acres: 80 acres are grazed, 8 acres are used for vegetable production, and the remaining acreage is used for beekeeping and ecological protection
- Location: Colchester, Vermont
- Year Founded: 2013
- Affordability Tools: Collaborative arrangement, nonprofit status, lease, land trust
- Farm Operation: Vegetables, goats, chickens
Say Hay Farm
- Farmers: Chris Hay
- Method of Access: Lease
- Acreage: 50+ acres
- Location: Esparto, Yolo County, California
- Year Founded: 2010
- Affordability Tools: Long-term lease with option to purchase, long-term lease with right of first refusal
- Farm Operation: Organic vegetables, pastured eggs
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