Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Owner Financed), Lease with Option to Buy, Internship / Mentorship, Incubator / Mentored Lease.
More info: My wife and I are looking to relocate to the Davidson County/Middle Tenn region in Fall of 2025. We have several adult children living in that area and one is studying to become a vet. We are looking for more of a hobby farm or leasing land for regenerative farming initiatives that I'd like to explore. I'm a diy handyman and am interested in being mentored in regenerative grazing ideas. I've read a lot of Joel Salatin and Greg Judy and would like to incorporate those practices on a piece of property.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Farmer housing.
More info: We would be interested in exploring the idea of a caretaking role of a farm that had housing.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Employee
Number of years experience:
1
Production goals:
Cattle (Dairy/Beef), Hay or pasture, Hogs, Poultry (Broiler/Layer), Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat), Vegetable production.
More info: I'm interested in exploring several of these to find which area is right for the farmland and for me. I've researched poultry, sheep, hogs and cattle.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
I worked on a 1,000 acre horse ranch in California for a year where I learned that ranchers are the smartest people on the planet; they have to know a lot about a lot of things. I learned how to run fencing and provide access to water for animals. I learned you can live on generator power and solar panels. I gained experience (though not proficient in many) in things like welding, plumbing, mucking stalls and all forms of heavy ranch work like transferring truckloads/bales of hay, weeding fence lines and controlling weeds or dangerous plants, fence building, electric fencing, water line repair/installation, operating an excavator and dump truck, hauling trailers.... (you know, ranch work!). I'm interested in exploring a hobby farm and seeing what works and what doesn't and hopefully find something that is sustainable.
I've lived overseas in Asia for 10 years working as a missionary and had to learn how to be self-sufficient and figure things out on the fly. I've had to learn how to fix cars and houses and churches and computers and washing machines and even people sometimes! I'm 55 years old and looking to provide a place my wife and can do what I Thessalonians 4:11 says, "Lead a quiet life and mind our own affairs and work with our hands and not be dependent on anybody."