New Hampshire

#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.

#351 - A green 17-acre planned residential condominium horse-keeping community in Marlborough, NH (southwestern) is offering communal “shares”: the buyer is able to build and own their own home on one of six available sites, as well as own a 1/7 undivided share of the 17-acre farm.  Pastures, barns, and riding arenas will be communally owned and managed.  All permitting, state and local, is in place as well as surveying.  The farm is deeded and  governed by a completed set of association documents containing covenants related to green building, alternative energy and environmental maintenance.  Although the property is established and maintained for keeping horses and/or agriculture, there is no requirement of horse ownership.  The owner will consider any and all creative purchasing/partnering/building/development options.  Asking $100,00/share.

#359 - Farm in East Concord, NH (south-central) for sale: about 21A+ of well-drained, organic Windsor soils, of which about 17A are open fields and pasture with two year-round brooks; hayfields have been manured with no chemical applications for 20+ years, and are being cut two or three times a year.  The area is zoned for light commercial use, veterinary clinic, riding academy, church or civic center, educational facility, and any type of production agriculture and would accommodate pick-your-own fruits, community CSA, greenhouse center, agriculturally-focused education center, or equine activities with miles of trails close at hand.  Buildings include a large farmhouse, and an English-style, 40’ x 50’, post-and-beam barn, originally a horse barn, with three full levels, both needing modernizing. Property is close to the capital city with good retail possibilities.  Asking $350,000.

#390 - Farm in Lyme, NH (west-central) seeks farm partner:  of 42 acres, ten are currently cleared and the rest is clearable for pasture, with neighboring lands offering additional acreage.  Soil, crop productivity and water supply are excellent, in an idyllic setting.  Present operation is one year old with two part-time partners with limited commercial farming experience but with relevant skills and interest.  Owner hopes to develop a profitable operation that integrates organic vegetable, fruit and pastured livestock production, achieving four-season production using hoophouses and other technologies while restoring the ecological health and biodiversity of the land.

#391 - Thirty-acre farm in Easton, NH (northwest central) for rent or farm manager: about ten acres are immediately tillable with another 5-10 acres available after de-stumping, and substantial expansion is possible through lease or purchase of adjacent, tillable land.  There is a small sugar bush and ten fruit-producing apple trees and a source of good water.  Buildings include a 20’x 30’ barn, a small, recently-renovated farmhouse, and a large vacation home used by the owner.  There is a tractor and carpentry equipment available.  Farm is in a beautiful setting with many recreational opportunities.  Owner would consider financing start-up expenses.

#402 - Farm for sale in Alstead, NH (southwest):  about 26 acres, of which about 17 are in hay or pasture, some of which is electric-fenced, and six wooded, to the west of a year-round brook; with about three acres to the east that contain two gardens, one 25’ x 125’, the other 35’ x 90’, both with irrigation systems in place.  There are also two watering lines in place for cattle, one in the west, and another in the east section, and four accessible field ponds and natural springs.  Buildings include a four-bedroom house, a trailer that is currently rented, a 40‘ x 40‘, two-story garage/barn and a 16’ x 36’ pole barn.  Asking $349,000.

#414 - Commercial property in Northwood, NH for sale: 2.92A, of which about 1.5A are open fields, previously operated as field-grown pansy farm and garden center/florist business until about 2002. Buildings include a post and beam, 1811 Cape farmhouse, with attached barn in need of some shoring, about 2484 sq ft total, with a septic system redone in 2002 and a very productive well; a 24’ x 48’ hoop house metal frame; and two smaller green houses in need of repair. Property has 165’ frontage on busy Rte. 4 and additional 430’ on a side road, and is located about twenty miles from Concord and Portsmouth. Owners are willing to consider assistance with financing – asking $179,900.

#415 - Farm for work-in or sale in Hancock, NH:  38A, of which 3A are fine, sandy loam, 16A are mixed woodlot, of which 8A are potentially tillable, 13A are wetland and a mill pond is 2A (an additional 61A of nearby land is also potentially leasable).  Buildings include a 1900 farmhouse remodeled in the 60s, with three bedrooms and three and a half baths; a 25’ x 40’ barn; a 20’ x 40’ workshop; a  shed; and an operable water-powered box-and-barrel mill, needing repair, that runs off an on-site pond and dam.  The farm hosts a 60-member CSA, and the owner has worked towards a non-profit demonstration, research, and education enterprise for ecological technology, including a micro-hydroelectric power station, and a water-powered woodworking business.  He wishes to find a like-minded entrepreneur to continue the ecological business opportunity and homestead. 

#416 - Ten to one hundred forty acres for rent in West Swanzey, NH:  80A are now in corn, but owner wishes to transition to hay for livestock operations (cattle, other livestock and poultry), and vegetable production. Water is available from on-site well and/or an abutting river. Buildings include: two barns, one is 2,520sq ft, the other, 4,000sq ft; a 900sq ft shed; and an 880sq ft garage. Owner prefers but does not require management practices compatible with NH organic standards or certification. Barn space is available for shared use and lessee has access to a three-bedroom apartment in the farmhouse on site.  Leasehold improvements at lessee expense are negotiable.

#417 - Up to 35A of farmland for lease in Marlborough, NH:  7A are prime soils suitable for intensive vegetable production and 28A for pasture, hay and forage production, with an on-site well.  A willingness to supply food to a camp on the property is desirable.  Biodynamic and/or NH organic standards are preferred, but certification is not necessary.  Direct marketing from the site to the general public is considered incompatible with camp privacy.  Any leasehold improvements at lessee expense will be negotiable.  There is housing for rent or sale nearby, but not on site.

#421 - Farm property, former dairy farm, for sale in Londonderry, NH: 10A in two adjacent parcels, of which 7A are available for agricultural use.  Of the 7A parcel, 5A, with one house, are fenced with a stream running through and a .33A pond with bass; of the 3A parcel, 2A are tillable, with a  second house that is rented.  Buildings include the two houses, one currently rented at $1400/month with a 60-day-notice lease; and a two-story, 40’ x 50’ barn, recently improved.  There is a conservation easement on the land that guarantees that in any conflict between conservation goals and agricultural use, the latter will prevail, and there is a specific right to have up to one acre of greenhouse structures.  Location is about one mile from a major highway.  Asking prices are $270,000 for the 7A parcel, and $150,000 for the 3A parcel with a possible discount for purchase of both.

#429 - Farm in Stoddard, NH for lease and possible eventual sale:  about 100A of pasture, hayfields and woodlands protected by agricultural easement.  Buildings include a three-bedroom farm house needing some renovation, a 40’ x 75’ barn with attached 25’ x 75’ shed, two equipment sheds, one 30’ x 40’, the other 20’ x 30’.  There are two enclosed, concrete-paved barnyard corrals, totalling about 75' x 75', with a smaller attached corral.  Farm is on a numbered route about twenty minutes from good-sized city with retail opportunities.

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