Farmers Program — Blue Marble Acres

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The Bay Area is full of people doing extraordinary things.

What if working on the land was one of them?

Doctors, developers, chefs, teachers, project managers. People who’ve kept a garden alive for a few seasons, tended a food forest, run a market stand, or apprenticed on someone else’s land. People who already have dirt under their nails and want more room to grow.

Blue Marble Acres exists for those who feel the pull toward something grounded. Our Farmer’s Program offers shared infrastructure, organic land, and a community of next-generation land stewards.

Two paths to the land, one shared vision.

Our program opens access to land, mentorship, and shared infrastructure designed to empower the next generation of land stewards, removing pesticides and only using organic practices.

DevelopED and Undeveloped Land

The land we offer

Start growing this season with our undeveloped farmland, designed for small-scale producers, market gardeners, and herbalists ready to put roots down in established, previously cultivated soil. Protected by full deer fencing, you can plant with confidence while benefiting from shared infrastructure and personalized onboarding support to help make your first season a success. With a commitment to 100% organic practices and absolutely no pesticides, this is a place where healthy soil, abundant harvests, and sustainable farming can thrive together.

For visionary growers ready to create something lasting, we are offering larger plots with the freedom to build from the ground up. With up to two acres available, they are perfectly suited for food forests, perennial systems, and innovative agricultural projects that thrive over time. The land will be thoughtfully prepared, with soil disced and amended to meet your specific needs, while support is available for establishing irrigation infrastructure. Water rights and equipment arrangements are tailored individually, giving you the flexibility to shape a growing space that reflects your vision and long-term goals.

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Not all applicants will be accepted. We review every application, but can't accept everyone. If you're moving forward, we'll be in touch within two weeks. If you haven't heard from us by then, we encourage you to reapply in 6 months

Prepared to do the work

Farmer’s Program Expectations and Responsibilities

Our program is designed to support independent farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs by providing access to land, infrastructure, and a collaborative farming community. Successful applicants should be prepared to take primary responsibility for the planning, implementation, and day-to-day management of their farming operation.

While Blue Marble Acres may provide access to shared infrastructure, water, storage, and other agreed-upon resources, participants are expected to supply or arrange for the equipment, labor, and operational support necessary to establish and maintain their production systems.

Unless otherwise specified in a written agreement, Blue Marble Acres does not provide routine field preparation or cultivation services, including discing, bed preparation, BCS operations, planting, cultivation, harvesting, or ongoing farm labor.

Applicants should demonstrate:

Hands-on growing experience, a garden, food forest, market plot, or similar you’ve personally cared for through at least a season or two.
A clear production plan and farming goals
The operational capacity to manage their enterprise
Access to necessary labor, equipment, and technical resources
A realistic understanding of production costs and market

We’re building independent, economically viable farm enterprises. Applicants should view Blue Marble Acres as a land and infrastructure partner rather than as the primary operator of their farming activities.

Growers who’ve already started

Our program is built for people who’ve already put in the hours, behind a trowel, a hoe, or a hand cultivator, and are ready to take it further.

Gardeners who’ve kept a plot thriving for years, food forest builders, market-stand regulars, herbalists, chefs, who grow their own, wellness practitioners with a homestead patch, and anyone who’s apprenticed on land before. If you’ve grown something and kept it alive, we want to hear from you.

We believe the land remembers how it’s treated

Our program is built for people like you who consider this land a source of real inspiration, people looking to reconnect with nature, support the food system, and help us build a stronger community. Our agricultural hub is the future!

No pesticides, no synthetic inputs.
Every plot follows certified organic practices, full stop.
Fencing, water access, equipment.
We will provide a handbook to help you get started and then also support you along the way. We are building a community to reduce barriers.
We are not just farming!
We are building soil, documenting biodiversity, and thinking about long-term land health for future stewards.

Your plot is waiting. Choose purpose.

Developed Land

Ready-to-grow plots

For small-scale producers, market gardeners, and herbalists with some growing experience under their belt, ready to start this season.

• Previously farmed with row crops

• Soil is established

• Enclosed by full deer fencing

• Shared infrastructure already in place

• Onboarding support to get your first season started

• 100% organic practices, no pesticides ever

Starting from $125/month • Leased per ¼ acre

UnDeveloped Land

Regenerative canvas

For growers with prior food-forest, perennial, or larger-scale growing experience, ready to build from the ground up.

• Up to 2-acre plots available

• Soil will be disced and amended based on needs