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Darby answers a question about which chicken tractor design is the best?

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Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:00am PDT

How much should you be making as an owner/operator of a small scale farm?

Of course, context is important - but where should the center of the bell curve lay?

Heath Emerson recently made an Instagram posing this question. In this episode, he talks about that post and also discusses some of the details of the practical in the field side of managing the expenses and production on a farm in this episode.

If you want to follow along with what Heath Emerson is doing you can find him at BroadForkAcres.com and on Instagram @broadforkacres.

 

 

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Podcasts by Diego Footer:
Microgreens: https://apple.co/2m1QXmW
Vegetable Farming: https://apple.co/2lCuv3m
Livestock Farming: https://apple.co/2m75EVG
Large Scale Farming: https://apple.co/2kxj39i

Small Farm Tools https://www.paperpot.co/

 

 

Direct download: FSFS197_HeathEmersonHowMuch.mp3
Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:30am PDT

What does running a small farm really look like from a business perspective?  How much money can you make, how much work is it, and what does your lifestyle look like?  This episode was inspired by an Instagram post put up by Taylor Mendell who talks to us about answering these questions.

Taylor runs a small roughly one-acre farm in Vermont with her husband, selling through a CSA and farmers' markets.

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https://www.instagram.com/habitfarming/

https://www.instagram.com/footprintfarm

https://www.patreon.com/habitfarming

 

Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/

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Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpot

Podcasts by Diego Footer:
Microgreens: https://apple.co/2m1QXmW
Vegetable Farming: https://apple.co/2lCuv3m
Livestock Farming: https://apple.co/2m75EVG
Large Scale Farming: https://apple.co/2kxj39i

Small Farm Tools https://www.paperpot.co/

Direct download: FSFS196_TaylorMendell.mp3
Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:47pm PDT

Darby and I talk about his actual experience trying to set up several fiefdoms on his farm and managing one.  Are they a great or terrible idea?  Darby will share his thoughts on what worked, what didn't and what he wished he did better. 

Interested in starting your own farm?  

Not sure where to start?

Want to take your farm to the next level?

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Direct download: GFL_138_DarbyFiefdom.mp3
Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:30am PDT

Is no-till farming actually worth it?

Is the amount of compost required worth the investment, and do the results actually stack up in comparison to tilling?

At the end of the day, where does no-till fit within the market-gardening realm?

In this episode, we put these questions to Jesse Frost of the No-Till podcast and Rough Draft Farmstead. 

Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/

Follow Diego on IG https://instagram.com/diegofooter
Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpot

Podcasts by Diego Footer:
Microgreens: https://apple.co/2m1QXmW
Vegetable Farming: https://apple.co/2lCuv3m
Livestock Farming: https://apple.co/2m75EVG
Large Scale Farming: https://apple.co/2kxj39i

Small Farm Tools https://www.paperpot.co/

 

 

Direct download: FSFS195_JesseFrost.mp3
Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:30am PDT

Darby answers a question about which chicken tractor design is the best?

Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses:

https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Direct download: GFL_AskDarby_12_WhichChickenTractor.mp3
Category:permaculture,agriculture,farming -- posted at: 2:30am PDT

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