Rural Wonder Family Farm

3-5 years experience

Focus Livestock

Updated April 1, 2025

  • Farmland
  • 21-50 acres
  • Lease
J

Joanna Cobden

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Seeking a land lease with barns in Southern Rutland/Northern Bennington Counties for the purpose of raising goats. 

3-5 years experience

Currently farming

Yes

Highest level of farming experience

Homesteading

Description of farming experience

Growing up my family ran a small farm. We had many different animals over the years, but my favorite was raising goats. We worked with a dairy farm and took the bottle kids to raise for market. My ultimate farming goal is to raise bottle kids for market. Providing a buyer for dairy farms while also supplying and growing the meat market. 
 

Over the last 5 years my homesteading/farming experience has been raising rabbits (for show and meat) and chickens. As well as ducks, geese, goats and quail at different periods. 
 

Through trial and error I have been developing a structure that allows for free ranging birds rotational grazing livestock and stationary pens/runs as seasons and predators change.

Tenure arrangement desired

Lease

Tenure arrangement description

Ideally I’d like to find a lease agreement nearby my current location. However, I’m open to other options including lease to buy, sale, or collaboration.  

Planned farm enterprise: Primary

Livestock

Planned farm enterprises: Others

Homesteading

Farm enterprises description

My primary goal is to bridge the dairy goat world with the meat goat world by raising bottle kids for market, along with raising chickens and ducks. Currently operating on a small scale, we raise dual purpose breeds and hatch eggs in the spring expanding each year as we go. Roosters are raised to processing weight. 

Written business plan

In progress

Farmer housing needed

No

Water source needed

Yes

Farm infrastructure needed

  • Barn/farm buildings
  • Electricity/power

Description of infrastructure needed

Preferably barns to maintain goats and shelters for birds. However, I’m not opposed to building structures as needed either. 

Access to equipment needed

No