Laura & Abram LaStrand

3-5 years experience

Focus Agroforestry

Updated August 4, 2025

Seeking

Forest
6-20 acres
Collaborative model

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We are looking to build a home in a cooperative farm focused on agroforestry, silvapasture, crafting, and agrotourism.

Farming experience

3-5 years experience

Currently farming

Highest level of farming experience

Agricultural degree or training program

Description of farming experience

I (Laura) have worked on 3 different farms -- 2 diverse organic vegetable and 1 Whole Diet CSA (livestock/milk/veg/fruit). I grew up homesteading poultry and gardens. I am a founding member and event planner with Good Farmers Guild of WNY. I have a deep passion to farm in harmony with forests and meadows. I worked as an Ag educator with Cornell CExt. --where I made curriculum and taught kids the sociopolitical and historic roots of the food system. I also volunteered with Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo, NY.

Abram is a design engineer, hobby artisan, problem solver, and as-need mechanic. He has experience with personal gardening and is a skilled self-learner.

We both have building experience.

Farming plans

Tenure arrangement desired

Collaborative model

Tenure arrangement description

We are looking for a partners to farm with. We believe cooperative land management helps with land access and forms necessary community relationship for resilient farm business. We want to join/establish a healthy cooperative farm and coliving arrangement and ideally build a small home on the land.

In addition to farming we are interested in agrotourism, I work as a massage therapist and therapeutic yoga teacher. I want to integrate these healing modalities into a space on the land where people can receive the somatic medicine of bodywork and greenspace. These therapeutics can help provide diverse income.

Planned farm enterprise: Primary

Agroforestry

Planned farm enterprises: Others

Livestock, Perennials/Orchard

Farm enterprises description

We are drafting a perennial farm plan (medicinal herbs, hazelnut & chestnut trees, blueberries, mushrooms, sheep/poultry silvapasture systems).

We value permaculture and regenerative ag principles.

Written business plan

In progress

Farmer housing needed

Yes