Your farm. Your legacy.
Help grow the next generation.
Explore a partnership that supports you and carries your farm forward.
Your retirement, at your pace.
If retirement is on your mind, let’s explore ways to step back that reflect your financial needs, your timing, and how involved you want to stay.
A place for the next generation to grow.
Our vision brings regenerative working farms together with family homes. Children would have room to play outdoors, grow food, learn practical skills and care for animals.
A future rooted in your farm
The life your legacy could help grow.
A partnership that fits your farm.
Your goals and timing come first. We can discuss a long-term lease, a staged transition, seller financing, or a purchase, depending on what works for you and the farm.
Talk with Ben about your farm and the future you want for it.
A conversation, then one step at a time.
Tell Ben what matters.
Share your farm’s story, your priorities and the future you have in mind.
Explore the possibilities.
If there’s mutual interest, explore the property and possible arrangements together.
Decide whether there’s a fit.
Agree on a next step only if it makes sense for both of you.
Questions from farmers
Let’s start with the practical questions.
What we’re hoping to build, what we can discuss and where your priorities come in.
What is Family Farm Living?
It’s our vision for regenerative working farm communities with family homes: places where people grow food, learn practical skills and care for the land together.
Why are Ben and Mary doing this?
We want to partner with farmers to carry their legacy forward—giving the next generation a place to learn from their knowledge, care for the land, and build a life rooted in community.
Why begin with existing farmers?
A farm carries years of knowledge, work and care. We want to start by listening to the people who know it: what matters to you, what the land needs and what you hope comes next.
Do I need to be ready to retire?
No. A first conversation can be about retirement, a gradual transition or a different role. Your timing, financial needs and desired involvement are part of that discussion; there is no obligation to move forward.
Would you buy or lease my farm?
A lease, purchase, staged transition or seller financing can be discussed. Any possible arrangement would depend on the property, your priorities and whether there is a mutual fit. A conversation is not an offer or a commitment to a partnership.
Could I keep living on the farm or stay involved?
Tell Ben what you would want to retain, whether that is your home, a teaching role or continued farm work. These possibilities would need to be explored and agreed for the particular property.
How do working agriculture and family homes fit together?
Both belong in the vision. Family homes would sit alongside a working agricultural landscape, with space for outdoor life and practical learning. What could be built and how the farm would operate need a property-specific plan, including applicable approvals.
What happens after I contact Ben?
The first conversation is about your farm, priorities, timing and desired involvement. If there is mutual interest, we can explore the property and possible arrangements together. We agree on a next step only if there is a fit. A call request asks Ben to follow up and arrange a time; it does not book an appointment.
Can I start with an email?
Yes. Email ben@familyfarmliving.com with what you would like Ben to know. You can begin a conversation without completing the call-request form.
Meet the Pelos.
We’re Ben and Mary Pelo, parents to Piper and Payton. We want to help the next generation grow up connected to the land and to one another. We’re looking to partner with farmers to carry their legacy forward through working farm communities where families can learn, contribute, and put down roots.
Let’s talk about your farm.
Your first call with Ben is about your farm, your priorities, our vision, and whether another step fits.