Hi everyone — I’m working on a project called FarmRoots and wanted to share it here because I think this community might find it interesting.
One thing I keep hearing about is the growing gap between retiring farmers and people who want to start farming. Many experienced farmers don’t have successors, while a lot of aspiring farmers struggle to find opportunities, land access, or mentorship.
I started building FarmRoots.app to help connect those two groups.
The idea is simple: farms can post opportunities like apprenticeships, partnerships, succession opportunities, or mentorship roles, and people interested in farming can discover them in one place.
Right now we’re just getting started and offering free listings for early farms and agricultural programs. If you run a farm or know someone who offers opportunities for new farmers, I’d love to include them.
And if you're someone trying to get into farming, I’d also love feedback on what would actually make a platform like this useful.
Trying to build something that helps keep farms going and makes it easier for the next generation to enter agriculture.
Appreciate any thoughts from this community!
by ProofGoose2561
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Super cool project! Thank you for sharing and I have this bookmarked will recommend this as much as possible.
Dang this is a really cool concept. Farming is hard enough. My wife and I have talked about getting into it, but we were not raised in a farming family. Trying to find land and knowing whether we can farm it or not just based on zoning laws alone is daunting, let alone, the acquisition of funding, getting the equipment and getting things started. Something like this is really neat. Unfortunately for me, your website isn’t well know enough. I live in NC and the only posting you have is in Vermont.
This is very cool! Will you have a way to vet the people who can post opportunities?
I am thinking of getting into this next year and this FarmRoots app will become a tool for many I feel.
We have similar sites set up in Canada. Ive heard some amazing stories from people I did my degree with who have been matched. Kind of wild its not already a thing in the US.
[This ](https://youngagrarians.org/programs/bc-land-matching-program/) is one of the sites. Im pretty sure other provinces have similar ones.