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Hello, I want to find a few acres to lease and farm. Is there a website that is good to find this? Thanks!
 
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You didn't mention where you are looking, but we have 30 acres in SW Virginia in the Blue Ridge foothills and are looking to add a few folks to our Permaculture community.  There is a central core with barn, sheds, gardens, camphouse (single-wide trailer) and several home sites and grazing land surrounded by forest.  Intention is to live independently but farm cooperatively.  Share equipment and tools and help each other with heavy work, while each having own special skills to contribute to the community.  

Land is currently in first founder's name, but will be placed in a farmland trust as soon as trust docs are completed and filed.  Each member will get a 99-year lease on an acre or more depending on number of beneficial units of trust purchased and hours of community service pledged.  Founders have contributed down payment on the land, credit to finance mortgage, cost of solar power system, new Kubota tractor and implements, and other farm equipment, rehab of camphouse, new well pump, etc.  Greenhouse to be added soon.  Cost per unit still being worked out, but will be quite affordable compared to buying or leasing a few acres on your own.

Joy and abundance, Cory "Cimarron" Layne - Building a Permaculture community on 30 acres in SW Virginia Appalachian Foothills. Still looking for liberty-loving, resilient people ready for a challenge. PM me with your email address for more info.

 
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Around here the best way to find a few acres is to stop and ask around in the area you are looking. we lease out 2 acres to a local farmer and our neighbour and the previous owner of this house lease him another 1+2 right next to us. I think he just talks to everyone and looks for land that isn't in use.
 
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The Savannah Institute has a guide to leasing land long-term for agroforestry, and a lessee--lessor link webpage:
http://www.savannainstitute.org/land-access.html

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Thanks for the info! Brian, I think that website is going to be very helpful! Thanks again!
 
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Brian Cady wrote:The Savannah Institute has a guide to leasing land long-term for agroforestry, and a lessee--lessor link webpage:
http://www.savannainstitute.org/land-access.html

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Looks like Savanna Inst has made a $40 course on land access, and taken down that linked page, but web archive has it: https://web.archive.org/web/20201001000150/http://www.savannainstitute.org/land-access.html
course page link:
https://www.savannainstitute.org/product/land-access-and-finances/

They mention his farmcommons work: https://farmcommons.org/collections/farmland-and-ranchland-leasing/

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Holly was looking awful sad. I gave her this tiny ad to cheer her up!
the permaculture bootcamp in winter (plus half-assed holidays)
https://permies.com/t/149839/permaculture-projects/permaculture-bootcamp-winter-assed-holidays
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