James Hunt - Radicool Farms

Silvopasture/ Agroforestry operator.

Preferred counties/regions

  • Hudson Valley
  • Dutchess County
  • Ulster County
  • Sullivan County
  • Orange County
  • Putnam County
  • Westchester County
  • Rockland County
  • Central
  • Cortland County
  • Madison County
  • Onondaga County
  • Oswego County
  • Cayuga County
  • Finger Lakes
  • Genesee County
  • Livingston County
  • Orleans County
  • Wyoming County
  • Monroe County
  • Ontario County
  • Seneca County
  • Wayne County
  • Yates County

Desired acreage

  • 5 or fewer
  • 6-10
  • 11-20

Farming Status

Emerging farmer: 2 years or more of on farm work experience

Currently farming part-time

Primary reason for farming

Farm will generate a portion of my income

Farming status, plans, and practices

Seeking to implement trial scale agroforestry/ silvopasture production with plans to scale operation over 5 year period. 

Farm Experience & Education

  • Farm internship/apprenticeship
  • Farmer training or workshop
  • Formal agricultural education
  • Farm manager

I have worked in Agriculture Technology and Regenerative Agriculture for nearly a decade with intermittent hands-on experience on the family farm in Wilson, NC, and extensive administrative/ industry experience from the former. 

Farming Plans and Practices

Farming method or practice

  • Regenerative/Sustainable

Primary crops

  • black outline apple icon Fruits
  • black outline hay icon Hay

Primary livestock

  • Black outline of a pig Pigs
  • Black outline of a chicken Poultry
  • Black outline of a bee Bees

 installing agroforestry systems that include silvopasture for combined, multi yield high value protein production. 

Farm business plan or farm resume

My business plan or farm resume is in progress

Farmland Needs

Infrastructure required

  • black outline barn icon Barns - Equipment Storage
  • black outline electrical icon Electrical access
  • Black outline of a water drop Water access

shed for equipment storage, electrical access, and water access for irrigation. 

Desired Tenure

Tenure options desired

  • For Sale
  • Business Partnership
  • Cooperative Model

Prefer to buy but open to business partnership or cooperative model. 

Estimated price range for a lease or a purchase of a farm property

purchase or lease

Will this operation qualify an eligible landowner for an Agricultural Assessment?

Unsure

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