Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease with Option to Buy.
More info: My husband and I are moving back to our hometown in East TN (Johnson City area) and looking for farmland for homesteading & community farming. We are both licensed mental health professionals with a shared long-term goal of incorporating experiential therapies with horses and other animals as the farm grows. I have experience with animal husbandry and horse ownership; we both are new to homesteading.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Barn, Fencing.
More info: We are willing to build a 3-sided shelter for a small herd of horses; and other infrastructure for animals in the future. Fencing would be great!
Current production on farm:
Hay or pasture.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Employee
Number of years experience:
10
Other qualifications:
More info: Studied Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech; have ridden horses for 17+ years and owned horses in the past.
Production goals:
Hay or pasture, Woodlot or forest products.
More info: We would like to have 3 to 5 acres of pastured land for a small herd of horses. We have no intention of riding the horses, but collaborating with them to provide therapeutic experiences for people. We would also love to have forested land to keep wild or re-wild to promote biodiversity.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
My husband is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and I am a licensed therapist; we share a vision of regenerative and sustainable homesteading while having horses and other farm animals on the property to work with our clients in a therapeutic manner. I studied Animal Sciences and Biology at Virginia Tech where I learned the basics of animal husbandry before I shifted focus to study counseling. I have ridden and handled horses since the age of 12yrs and I grew up spending time on my grandmother's farms with chickens, ducks, and goats. My husband and I have dreams of building sustainable housing to support our homestead vision for our growing family far beyond our lifetimes. We plan to pass this special piece of farmland down to the next generation.