Branding the Harvest
Why Every Farm Needs a Signature Style Regardless of whether you sell to the local grain silo, into wholesale markets...
Sharing Farm Business Insights
Over the course of the next year we’ll be following a Georgia farm as it seeks to optimize its farm...
Keeping on Top of the Books
Proper bookkeeping really does enable better decisions This is the last piece of the “farmer safety net,” and for many...
Markets and Marketing
Diversifying who you sell to can provide a better safety net for your farm Growing your product is only half...
Do It Better!
Operational analysis is an important part of the farmer safety net This aspect of the farmer safety net is something...
The Joys (and Perils) of Community Ownership/Investment
A possible strand in the farmer’s safety net is getting customers to invest in you Like my article on co-ops,...
Diversifying Customers
Making a living with crop specialization: strategies for farmer resilience This month’s strand in the farmer safety net is a...
Cooperation Motivation
A farmer’s guide to co-ops No one ever went into agriculture because it was easy. Yet it amazes me that...
Funding On-Farm Research
Why and how to apply for a farmer-led research grant Growing food is an experiment. Even if you grow exactly...
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