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When you first decided to start your farm, I bet you were so excited to bring in the first crop of veggies, bring home your first animal, or welcome your first customers. You planned everything to the last detail, overjoyed that you were living your dream of feeding your family off the land. But after a while, farming started
Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything you can to let people know about your products, but still not enough people are buying from you? Or perhaps you have lots of buyers but your prices aren’t where they need to be, you’re not making a profit yet, and you’re afraid to raise your prices? This is a problem I see frequently with
Imagine being stuck with 60 old hens that aren’t laying eggs anymore — they’re just taking up space and eating expensive feed. You have to buy new chicks, but it’s going to be a big bill and you’d like to have a little cushion before they mature and egg productions gets back up to normal. So you have them butchered
Holy smokes, did I have the most exciting weekend ever! Joel Salatin and attorney Elizabeth Rich stayed in our home for a couple of nights, we co-taught a workshop, we shared some incredible meals and fantastic conversations right here on the farm! I tried not to be too much of a fangirl. I let them have their space and
Don’t let this guy’s laid-back Texas drawl fool you. Nick Burton, the owner of Victory Garden Farms and Victory Lunch Club in Paris, Texas, is one sharp businessman who agreed to share as many of his success strategies he employs on his small protected culture farm (greenhouses, indoor grow room, high tunnel) as he could in the 30 minutes we
Have you ever met someone and immediately thought of someone else in your circle you’d love to introduce her to? That’s how I felt when I met Melissa Miller of Ladybell Farms in Maine who’s also the Education Director at the National Farmer’s Union. Which is why I asked her if I could interview her live in our private FB
I wrote a book!! It’s still hard to believe, but it’s true! It’ll be published on Kindle on June 13th. If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, I’m here to tell you it’s totally figure-out-able and is an amazing marketing tool for your farm. Join My Book Launch Team If you’re interested in watching the book launch process and
For many, the American dream is to have a house and a few acres. And luckily, you and I are living that dream! Whether you have 1/2 an acre, 5, dozens or even hundreds of acres – you can have a thriving farm business. Too often, though, we start with one product and have success with sales, so we add
Do you consider yourself an introvert? Oh boy…if there was a way I could sell my farm products without having to talk with customers all day then heck yes, I would!! You and I just want to farm or work in the garden, we don’t want to have to sell our stuff and interact with people – let’s be honest…nobody
Have you ever been in this spot? You serve dozens of customers all week, bending over backwards in your busy schedule to accommodate them in the best way you can, and at the end of the day all you can think of is that one super-annoying, complainer customer that you can just never seem to please! One of our students,
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