I am still looking in the four states that stayed in the search. Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, and the Mississippi hills. A listing outside that set has to be a better story. Plateau ground in Tennessee, or the coastal plain in North Carolina, can still get a look. The rest of those states are parked. The … Read more
Mississippi is still in the search, and only the hills. I have not picked a product. This is the same pass I made for the other three, in the order on the enterprise page. Work I want to keep doing The daily work has to be work I still want in year three. Mississippi can … Read more
Arkansas is still in the search. I have not picked a product. This is the same pass I made for Missouri and Kentucky, in the order on the enterprise page. Work I want to keep doing The daily work has to be work I still want in year three. Arkansas can support enterprises I would … Read more
Kentucky is still in the search. I have not picked a product. This is the same pass I made for Missouri, in the order on the enterprise page. Work I want to keep doing The daily work has to be work I still want in year three. Kentucky can support enterprises I would not want … Read more
Missouri is still in the search. I have not picked a product. This is the first pass at what could come off a farm there, in the order I set on the enterprise page. Work I want to keep doing A product I like to eat is not the same as work I want to … Read more
Land is not bought, and I have not picked a product. I have been walking around that choice as if it were a spreadsheet. It is not. I have to live with it. The aim is still a small farm with a food business attached. The products have to come off that farm. Before I … Read more
Land is not bought. This page cuts the eight-state list down to a search. It is a planning decision, not a purchase. The $25,000 startup budget does not include land or housing. Irrigation was already ruled out, because a well and a pivot would spend that budget before a crop exists. A parcel also needs … Read more
Land is not bought. This page is the North Carolina cut, not a recommendation. North Carolina farm real estate averaged $5,750 an acre in 2026. The source is the USDA NASS Land Values 2026 Summary. That figure includes land and buildings. It is not a vacant listing. Ten acres at the state average cost $57,500. … Read more
Land is not bought. This page is the Mississippi cut, not a recommendation. Mississippi farm real estate averaged $3,650 an acre in 2026. The source is the USDA NASS Land Values 2026 Summary. That figure includes land and buildings. It is not a vacant listing. Ten acres at the state average cost $36,500. That total … Read more
Land is not bought. This page is the West Virginia cut, not a recommendation. West Virginia farm real estate averaged $3,640 an acre in 2026. The source is the USDA NASS Land Values 2026 Summary. That figure includes land and buildings. It is not a vacant listing. Ten acres at the state average cost $36,400. … Read more