Farmer Profile for Johanna Engebrecht

Experience

Please describe your past and/or present farming experience:

I have worked on diversified vegetable farms and orchards all over the country (North Carolina, Upstate New York, and Southwest Colorado), and came back home to Cincinnati with the intent to find a place of my own to farm. I currently work at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden where I work with ornamental annuals and perennials, creating healthy pollinator habitats. I am currently growing on a patchwork of plots throughout Cincinnati, but I would love to have a centralized location where I could continue growing vegetables, and add in berry production, and well as establish a nursery for perennial edible plants.

Are you currently farming?:

Yes

Are you interested in connecting with other farmers to explore collocation or collaborative farm ideas?:

Yes

Enterprises

What is the primary agricultural enterprise you are considering?:

Vegetables

What other enterprises are you considering?:

Apple/Fruit
Berries
Nursery
Ornamentals

The Land

Total Acres Desired:

2.0

Tillable Acres:

2.0

Forested Acres:

2.0

Acres in Pasture:

2.0

Organic:

Yes

Infrastructure

Desired Infrastructure & Equipment Needed:

Water Access
Greenhouses

Farmhouse Needed:

Doesn't matter

Tenure Arrangement

Tenure Arrangement Considered:

Lease with Option to Buy
Long-Term Lease
Short-Term Lease

Maximum sale price you are willing/able to pay:

$350

Maximum monthly rent you are willing/able to pay:

$600

Have you been qualified by a lending institution? (if applicable):

No