Keep the farm in the family.
Let the land earn its keep.
More families than ever want land, a garden, and a home they own. Family farms have the land and the know-how. Here are six ways a farm family can earn from part of its land by serving those families, instead of selling it all to a developer or a data center.
★ ★ ★ See the Six WaysYou decide how much and how fast. Nothing here requires selling the home place.
The home place, the fields you farm, and the say over who comes onto your land and when.
A parcel to sell, a pasture for a field day, a barn for a class, or the beef and eggs you already raise.
Each one is paid for by the families or partners who use it. Start with one. You don't have to do them all.
Sell a few acres to a homestead family and carry the note yourself. You earn monthly payments, keep the rest of the farm, and gain a neighbor who shares your way of life.
Raising cattle, keeping a garden, canning, fencing, running a small farm. Families will pay to learn from people who actually live this life. You set the class and the price, and families buy their tickets from you.
Your farm becomes the place families come to see how it's done. You sell your products while they're there, and a sponsoring partner may pay you to host.
Beef, pork, eggs, produce, honey, hay. Families who want food from a farm they trust can find you in our directory and buy from you directly, with a member discount you set.
Over time, part of the land can hold a few homes or a small homestead community, built by a vetted builder. It's a long-term option for families who want to plan for it.
A conservation easement can keep farmland as farmland forever, while you still own it, farm it, and pass it down. Easements can bring tax benefits, and Tennessee now has a state program that helps pay for them.
We're a family business, and we'd rather sit at your kitchen table than send you a brochure.
We come to you, hear what you want for the farm, and tell you plainly whether we can help.
Pick the one or two options that fit. Everything we agree on goes in writing before anything starts.
We bring families who are ready to learn, buy, or build, and someone on our team stays in touch.
Straight talk about money. Membership and introductions never cost you a dime, and sitting down with us won't cost you a thing. If we ever earn a fee for bringing someone your way, we'll agree on it together, in writing, before any work starts. Every partner we work with signs our Homestead Pledge, and we hold ourselves to it too.
This is general information, not legal, financial, or tax advice.
We're a family business in Franklin, Tennessee, and we'd be glad to come to you. Send us a note and tell us a little about your farm.
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“Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.”Jeremiah 29:5 (ESV)