The Dos and Don’ts of Farm Internships
Farmers’ general makeup as “hermit curmudgeons” can make it hard to hire well, said farmer Joel Salatin.
A Guide to Using the Co-op Model to Start an Eco-farm
If the high cost of farmland is all that’s standing in the way of realizing your dream of becoming a farmer, you might want to get together with a few other young farmers and form a cooperative.
How to Market Your Eco-farm
While there are many wonderful benefits of selling directly to the end user, direct marketing is not easy. It involves extra work. Some of this added effort is nothing that you would ever envision until you begin the experiment.
Managing Your Farm in the Facebook era
By Kelsey JorissenThis article first appeared in the July 2019 issue of Acres U.S.A. Magazine. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by a child in my community. She was working on a project for school where she could choose anything she wanted to...
Buying farmland without Wall Street
In a post-Recession America, young farmers have suffered greatly, especially those who raise organic produce and pasture-raised meat for families in their own communities; they have experienced a decrease in their ability to obtain the capital they need for land and equipment to run a successful farm enterprise.
Start-Up Requirements for a Small Farm
About $11,000 will buy everything necessary to start the farm business.
