Try Your Hand at Farming at Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Monday November 16, 2009

Get your thinking cap on. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is offering to lease 35 acres to the aspiring farmer with the best idea for using the land.

The program has been around for a decade and is run by the private, nonprofit Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy who screens the applicants. Those interested must provide plans for the farm and for marketing the produce. The winner will join yeomen farmers who already work at 11 other rented plots.

The plot being offered is called the Edgar Farm and comes with a two-story farmhouse, built in 1909 and refurbished by the park. Completed proposals should be sent to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, OH 44141 by January 15, 2010. The winner will be picked in the spring and should take over the farm by summer.

To learn more contact the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy at 330-657-2542 or via email.