When we started Good Heart Farmstead, I was scared of marketing and sales. Yes, now I like marketing so much that I teach farmers how to do it, but back then I thought marketing meant having to introduce myself to strangers and convince them in person why they should buy a CSA. The thought of …
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“Did your parents think you were crazy for doing this?” A friend asked me this the other day, talking about the farm and our early years living in a yurt with no running water. “I don’t think so…at least they haven’t said that out loud to me,” I told her. “But when I think back …
In part 1, I shared some books that inspired me to take this organic farming journey, and some that have deepened my roots as I grow. After inspiration comes work. I love to daydream as much as anyone, but to really grow a life you love, and to grow an organic farm or garden, you …
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Winter is for lovers. Book lovers, that is. I’m often asked how I got started in farming. The truth is, I read myself into it. Books planted the first seeds of my organic farming journey. They showed me that this lifestyle not only existed, but that it’s possible. And while I believe that every season …
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