Dear Farm Buyer or Lessee:
This is a special place, from the beautiful barn, birdsong, brooks, gardens, to the location minutes outside of our thriving arts/book-loving/brewer/diversity-celebrating town.
I will be your neighbor and I take my responsibility to this land and this community seriously, so I'm holding out for the right people with synergistic priorities anc skills/resources, not the highest offer.
Set-up for a 4-season operation in a neighborhood with over 300 conserved acres, drive-by customers and great neighbors. Brattleboro is the economic hub of southern Vermont, with a fantastic year-round Farmers' Market and a local Coop for your direct-marketing. There's a thriving network of farms, farmers, and farm customers within the community. Farm Camp is in its 15th year engaging youth in the life of a real family farm, and can potentially be yours. Unique CSA, with kids helping to grow and cook their own food.
I'm open to buy out or capable investor(s) to share the opportunity and the excitement of building a sustainable, small-scale, quality-driven farm system.
There are several potential housesites you could choose from without detracting from the beauty or productivity of the land if the old house/barn is not your interest. In fact, it is not under any development restrictions so it could be great agriculture/ sustainability oriented mini-development of eco home neighbors.
I look forward to hearing your priorities, enterprise ideas, questions, resources.
I'm continuing to contract graze organic heifers, host Farm Camp, and run a small farm stand and CSA while holding out for a great next owner or owners. But I am one woman and I am cognizant that while I make magic here with children and grow some great stuff, this great place needs more than I can give.
Thanks for your interest,
Lisa Holderness
799 Upper Dummerston Rd
Brattleboro, VT 05301