Francesca Watts
After managing farms in Patagonia Chile and USA, my goal is to settle onto a piece of land to cultivate nutritious vegetables for the community while generating fertile soil and biodiverse habitat.
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Location: East, Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount (Maryville), Bradley (Cleveland), Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen (Morristown), Hamilton (Chattanooga), Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox (Knoxville), Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan (Kingsport/Bristol), Unicoi, Union, Washington (Johnson City), Middle, Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson (Nashville), DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson (Jackson), Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury (Columbia), Montgomery (Clarksville), Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam (Cookeville), Robertson, Rutherford (Murfreesboro), Smith, Stewart, Sumner (Hendersonville), Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson (Franklin/Brentwood), Wilson, West, Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Shelby (Memphis & Area), Tipton, Weakley
Total acres 5.0
Acres of cropland or tillable land 1.0
Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease (5+ Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Internship / Mentorship, Incubator / Mentored Lease, Business Partnership, Employment. More info: To utilize my experience managing and working on organic vegetable farms across the world and settle into a piece of land where I cultivate nutritious organic vegetables and fruits for the local communityEquipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Fencing, Well / Pond / Other water source, Greenhouse, Farmer housing, Farm equipment, Processing facilities, Irrigation equipment, Cold storage (cooler/freezer).Current production on farm:
Field crops, Herbs, Vegetable production. More info: It is necessary that the land is viable to cultivate vegetables on.Current farming practices:
Certified organic, Transitioning to organic, Ecological production but not certified, None, the property is not being farmed.Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Employee, ManagerNumber of years experience:
3Other qualifications:
Incubator program, Farm business training.Production goals:
Field crops, Herbs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Vegetable production. More info: My production goals are to cultivate a wide variety of organic vegetables both outdoors and inside a greenhouse. My five-year goals are to eventually incorporate livestock animals into the production system to practice rotational grazing within the production of vegetables to have the most fertile soil possible.Personal experience and production goals summary:
I have three years and five seasons of organic vegetable farm experience. I have been farming in the summers of the northern hemisphere from California to Maine and traveling to the southern hemisphere of Patagonia Chile to farm in the summers in the south. I am currently managing my second season at the one-acre organic vegetable farm in Torres del Paine Patagonia Chile where I grow 30 varieties of vegetables and 10 varieties of fruit and fruit trees alongside the 4 volunteers and 4 employees who I train and manage in Spanish and English. I am looking to settle down in the US, specifically in the state of Tennessee where my mother is living in Knoxville. My goal is to utilize the few years of experience I have to settle into one place and create a home where I can cultivate nutritious and organic vegetables for the local community in the most restorative biodiverse way possible.
Resume:
2022Resume.docx