For New Farmers
New Hampshire
#229 - Three parcels of prime Connecticut River uplands and flood plain farmland in Claremont, New Hampshire available for lease with close proximity to Interstate 91. 112 total agricultural acres with 97 tillable which includes 33 Hadley flood plain acres (23.4 of which are currently under a short-term lease agreement ). Most recently used for raising hay & forage crops and feed corn for a neighboring dairy farmer. Infrastructure includes an L-shaped open barn with cement floor and hay loft, bunker silo, intermittent brooks adjacent to barn, access to summer city water and year-round wells. The property is owned by a family trust originally established [in part] to preserve the land. An experienced, competent, and self-sufficient organic/sustainable farmer is sought to responsibly lease the land in ways that enrich soil fertility and keep the agricultural fields open. Housing is not available on the site but is being investigated nearby. The owners would prefer enterprises that would not bring in a lot of traffic on the 57 acres near their houses.
#236 - The Quaker City Land Trust was formed in 1993 by residents of a cooperative, "back to the land" neighborhood dating from the 1970s. The Land Trust owns 9 houses (2 of which are small cabins) on 91 acres, mostly wooded, in southwest New Hampshire. The seven adult members of the Land Trust share interests in low-impact living, organic agriculture, cottage industries, non-violent social change and conservation. A modest home is available (1/5 of a mile from the community parking lot) with potential for membership and a long-term lease on the house and its leasehold, which includes a garden plot and a well. Leaseholders share access to woodlots on common land and to a community woodworking shop. Sharing resources and skills and trading work is a valued part of what we do here. Current members include orchard workers, Quakers, carpenters, historian, mediator, beekeeper, accountant, gardeners, spinner, knitters, and feltmakers. Families with children are welcome. Land here is currently, or has recently been, used for small home gardens, goat pasture, small orchard, wholesale flower growing, and firewood. A large portion has been left as undeveloped forest.
# 265 - Farm property in southern NH for rent or lease: 100 acres consists of 5 tillable acres, 15 pasture, 78 woodland and 2 other, all abutting several hundred acres of undeveloped and town conservation land. There are two residences and a wooded house lot: one is a two-story antique cottage, 16' X 23', with full bath and laundry room with front porch, available May, 2010; the other is a two-story cabin, 16' X 16', active solar/wood, propane systems, low-volume composting toilet and wraparound porch, available March, 2010. These are available to the renter or leasor as well as the wooded house lot for a farm house with farm use rights. Pastures and gardens slope to the south; water is ample and good; soil is light and needs building. Owners raise goats, cattle, donkeys, hens and turkeys for personal use and some retail; vegetables, fruits and berries also primarily for personal consumption and occasional sale. There is the potential for a market garden, CSA, cordwood and livestock.
#275 - Farm for immediate sale in East Haverhill, NH (central): 24.6 acres includes an approximately 8-acre woodlot with the balance in open flat fields, mostly prime agricultural soil (Podunk fine sandy loam) with a state-stocked trout stream. There is a 7+-room 1840s cape house with one-car garage, a 26X26 horse barn with a large hay shed. There is an artesian well, septic system, oil hot-water heat with two wood stoves and a hook-up for a generator. Farm is not certified organic but no prohibited materials have been used for the past twenty years. This is a great location for future commercial use as it is on a short loop off major route. Asking price is $249,000.
#304 - Property in south-central NH for rent or lease: 40+ acres includes 6-8 acres of open field actively farmed until twelve years ago. Property is bound completely and broken into useable fields by stone walls, and has a nearby water source and road frontage. There is rental housing nearby or owner will allow building if desired.
#324 - Farm in Mason (extreme south-central) NH for sale: twenty acres of which ten are open pasture and ten in hardwoods, with three-bedroom antique farmhouse with many new additions and updates, including newer self-contained apartment; 75+' barn with two-plus stories, 14 horse stalls, middle aisle, large tackroom and more stabling; two-story garage on numbered route with retail possibilities. Farm is now a horse-breeding operation but is suitable for a variety of farm uses. Asking $339,000, a price reduction for quick sale.
#350 - Farm in Barrington, NH (southeastern) for sale: 172 acres includes 100+A of woodlands, 40+A of pasture, about 15A of vegetables, and a cut-your-own herb garden, all backing on year-round river. The woodlands offer miles of trails and the pasture is suitable for building an indoor arena for equestrian purposes. Buildings include a 19th-century, 3+-bedroom farmhouse in excellent condition, set well back from the road; a 35X50 sq ft barn; two greenhouses, one 17X48 sq ft, the other 27X48 sq ft with heat and auto-ventilation; a 1452 sq ft farmstand with a commercial kitchen, all on well-travelled road. Asking price: $1,850,000.
#351 - A green 17-acre planned residential condominium horse-keeping community in Marlborough, NH (southwestern) seeks additional members: of seven clustered building sites, occupying two acres, six are available for buyers to build a house using available house plans or their own. Buyers, who are permitted to have two horses, will own their own residence and a 1/7 share of the farm, which includes access to the whole working horse farm: barns, pastures, arenas, fencing and gardens ready to use. All permitting, state and local, is in place as well as surveying, and the entire farm is governed by a thoughtful association agreement; however, the owner will consider any and all creative purchasing/building/development options. Asking price per share is $120,000.
#356 - Ongoing well-known, certified-organic CSA farm in Temple, NH (southern) for lease, or sale: of 5.5A, almost two are currently cultivated, with small streams surrounding the fields, and there is pasture, 35 4-year-old blueberries and raspberries, and 2-year-old heritage apple trees. Farm currently serves twenty CSA families and could easily be expanded to forty; has sold goat’s milk, cheese and pudding for five years. Infrastructure includes a 16’ by 24’-high tunnel, a 16X20’ farmstand and a dug well with a solar-powered pumping station and electricity. The owner of this profitable operation is selling for family reasons, and is willing to consider any reasonable arrangement, from a one-or-two-year lease with rental rooms available, to sale of complete 5.5A operation with a house lot. The 5.5A is also part of a larger farm of about 150A with a large antique colonial home, all of which is offered for sale at $600,000.
#357 - Farm partnership offered for 95A in Grafton, NH (west-central): about 5A growing vegetables reclaimed from former farm now in woodlands. Buildings include a greenhouse for starts, a high tunnel for tomatoes and season extension, a year-round farmstand with commercial kitchen, and a large farmhouse that could initially be shared with farm partners. Owners currently lease 3-5A off-farm for corn and potatoes, run a CSA with 30-50 members, and are seeking ambitious and hard-working farm partners to share in this operation and to help develop other diversified enterprises for the property. They are willing to consider innovative arrangements to facilitate the partnership.
#359 - Farm in East Concord, NH (south-central) for sale: about 21A of pasture, woodlands, and hayfields, of which about 12A are tillable with two year-round brooks; hayfields have been manured with no chemical applications. Buildings include a large New Englander farmhouse needing modernizing, and an English-style barn, originally a horse barn, with three full levels. Property is close to the capital city with good retail possibilities. Owners are willing to consider assistance with financing.
