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Grassfed Life

Jan 30, 2017

When you start a farm, what's one of the most important things that you need to do...

Hint… it’s not growing the food...

It's selling the food that you do grow.

I hear this time and time again from seasoned farmers, and I most recently heard it from a long time USDA loan agent when she said... "Growing is the easy...


Jan 23, 2017

Starting a Successful Farm on the Road - How Wilson Marsh of Whole Earth Farm built a customer base in a town of just 1700 people.

 

Today will be the first episode that steps away from Darby's farm, and takes a look at another farmer's story and what they are doing.

 

We'll be going down to South Texas to talk to...


Jan 16, 2017

Today we are going to take a look at a common fork in the road - chickens or pigs or both.

Chickens and pigs are the two common starter enterprises for people getting into livestock.

There's a lot of similarities... they both have a relatively low cost to start up, you don't need a lot of land, the time...


Jan 9, 2017

Darby and I are going to start the year out by taking on the topic – If You Want to Farm in 2017, Do This…

I think today's episode can go behind those of you that want to start farming in 2017, I think these ideas also work for anyone look to change the direction of their farm, improve their farm, or add an...