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Is it possible to make $10,000 in PROFIT raising pastured poultry on just 1 acre? Can you make $50 an hour raising pastured poultry? It's the topic of today's episode with farmer Darby Simpson. Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedife.co Become an Insider! Get even more as a Grassfed Life Insider.

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the need to decide what is truly important and why that, and only that, should be the focus in 2019. Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/ My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bit.ly/2vrn81r Do The Work: https://apple.co/2ERsLHZ My Audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier: http://bit.ly/2uynxvU The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone: http://bit.ly/2uynxvU My Business: Paperpot Transplanter: http://www.paperpot.co Support content I have created:http://www.permaculturevoices.com/support Support while you shop at Amazon:http://amzn.to/2yu1zPj

Darby talks about changes he is making on the farm in 2019 and why he is making the changes. The underlying principle in this episode is - make sure that the business fits your lifestyle and context or the business will mess up your life. Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedife.co

As you will hear from my guest today Paul Greive of Primal Pastures "One of the most important things about marketing is not convincing people your product is X, it's about finding people who actually want X." Therefore Primal Pasture's sole job as marketers is to try to find and sell to the believers. The customers who value their product for what it is and are willing to pay for it. Over time they have learned that "It's a really sustainable model when you can start focusing on the customer and then you can figure out what products meet their needs and what your skills are to make those products." It's a key distinction that they have made for their brand, Primal Pastures and one that they have stuck too. Branding and marketing are just one of the topics that Paul Greive of Primal Pastures and I talk about today. Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedife.co

Paul Greive of Primal Pastures will go into the details of how his family started their pastured poultry farm with no experience and less than $2,000 capital, and also discuss the Guerrilla marketing strategies have made Primal Pastures successful in California. Learn more in Paul's upcoming Growing Your Farm Business workshop: https://www.grassfedlife.co Paul Greive, CPA, MBA ditched his desk job in 2013 and has generated more than $500,000 revenue in his first two years farming pastured livestock with a positive net income that supports two families. Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedife.co Watch Paul's presentation: https://youtu.be/iR_LMvpyZW4

Today I am asking the question - Can you farm business scale enough to matter? If not, then why are you doing it or what can you change? Can the business scale, do you have a business or a job, and can your markets handle enough sales volume? Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedlife.co/

Scott Hebert and I each talk about 5 of our favorite audiobooks - why we like them and why you might too! Happy New Years! Connect with Scott: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flavourfulfarms YouTube: https://bit.ly/2u3WxIW Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedlife.co/

A review process for 2018 and tips on how to build off of success from 2018 to have your best year ever in 2019. The Farm Business Essentials Online Course is here, and it's not just a piece of the puzzle. FBE is a complete step by step A to Z system to plan, market, and grow the farm enterprise that's right for you. Built by a farmer for farmers just like you -https://www.farmbusinessessentials.com Lots more free content at Grassfed Life: http://bit.ly/2D5gRJX Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/2hayYod Instagram: Follow Darby: http://bit.ly/2D6mlo7 Follow Diego: http://bit.ly/2B3vprJ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/grassfedlifepodcast/

Darby and I each talk about 5 lessons that we learned in 2018 and how we are going to use those lessons to improve things next year. Growing Your Farm Business Mastermind - March 22 & 23 at Primal Pastures - Learn More https://grassfedlife.co/

Charles Mayfield talks about different ideas to market and sell products. We also get into selling products online and how new products can help farm sales. Follow Charles: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby follows up on the pasture conversion that he started in fall 2017 talking about what he did, now it worked and how he has paid for it. From costs to seed types to grazing management - he covers it all. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Charles Mayfield talks about the importance of engaging with customers to build a long-term customer base. We also discuss different ideas on how to get new customers and making buying easier for customers. Follow Charles: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Happy Thanksgiving. In this fun episode, Darby and I talk about how board games are a great way to use your downtime and connect with others. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Luke Groce talks raising turkeys in an open cell grazing system, selling turkeys in a different way, and what to do with turkeys you don't sell. Follow Luke: http://www.GroceFamilyFarm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grocefamilyfarm/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Ben Grimes joins Darby and me to talk about what is really involved with on-farm poultry processing. We also introduce the new Pastured Poultry Processing Course: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/p/poultry-processing Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Charles Mayfield talks about how he can try to get the last bit of value from his aging layers, strategies for balancing cash flow and funding the farm from the outside. Follow Charles: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I go through planning a pastured poultry enterprise in Excel - including what costs are more important than others and how you use those costs to price your final product. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I go discuss why it's so important to start planning your farm business off the farm. Don't blow up the rest of your life so your business can succeed. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Kelly Bush joins me to follow up on last weeks episode with his radio ad results. He also discusses marketing his farm with Facebook ads and the trend towards meat subscription boxes. Connect with Kelly - https://www.vancesmillfarms.com/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Kelly Bush joins me to talk about his experience running a radio ad for his farm and bulk meat program. Connect with Kelly - https://www.vancesmillfarms.com/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Charles Mayfield and I discuss the challenges of hiring for a growing business. How do you pay labor, how do you deal with hiring for only a few hours, and how do you keep the labor busy. Connect with Charles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Kelly Bush joins me to talk about funding his farms growth with his off farm job and grants. And why he is trying to go big with his farm versus keeping it small. Connect with Kelly - https://www.vancesmillfarms.com/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Luke Groce and I discuss what makes his small family farm work from grazing to economics. Follow Luke: http://www.GroceFamilyFarm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grocefamilyfarm/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Richard Perkins talks about his experiences managing his farms growth and the profitability of various on farm enterprises such as eggs and broilers. Connect with Richard: Website and Book: http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2xBoQ3n Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Charles Mayfield joins Darby and me to talk about some of his challenges with maxing out his freezer space and what his options are. Connect with Charles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I discuss his process for converting an old row crop field on his farm over into some new perennial grazing land. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Debra Bruner joins me to talk about her journey into farming and the successes and challenges that have come with it. Connect with Debra on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littlecowmountain/ Website: https://www.littlecowmountain.com/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Charles Mayfield joins Darby and me to talk about some of his early season challenges with pastured poultry, specifically in the brooder. Connect with Charles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I discuss how his plans for pastured poultry have changed this year and how his new plan involves doing less batches, but making the same amount of money. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Ben Grimes joins Darby and me to talk about how he changed around his farmers' market display and how it made a huge difference in his sales. He gives lots of tips and advice on what he did and why he think it worked. Dawn Breaker Farms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnbreakerfarms/ Website: http://www.dawnbreakerfarms.com/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

John Suscovich talks farming reality - the challenges and the struggles. The importance of book keep and the numbers for decision making. And why it's important to stop and just take a break sometimes. Subscribe to John on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/farmmarketing Find John's Books at: http://www.farmmarketingsolutions.com Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Charles Mayfield joins Darby Simpson and me to talk about some of his recent challenges with pigs. Charles will also talk about how he has endured through those challenges. Connect with Charles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Patrick Leclerc joins Darby and me to talk about farming on the side and some of the challenges that he has faced transitioning into full time livestock farming near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Follow Patrick: Coyote Rock Farm: http://coyoterockfarm.com/ Coyote Rock Farm on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coyoterockfarm/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I discuss what it is like for him having a very rare 10 days away from the farm and what the farm lifestyle requires in the way of sacrifices. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Greg Judy joins me to talk about turning his farm around from one that lost money to one that was very profitable. Greg's Books: http://www.greenpasturesfarm.net/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Charles Mayfield joins Darby Simpson and me to talk about some of the struggles and issues he is dealing with going into his second year of farming. Connect with Charles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayfield.pastures/ Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby Simpson joins me to talk about how three critical questions every farm business owner needs to answer before they start their farm business. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby joins me to talk about how critical it is to plan and schedule out your year now when it comes to infrastructure and processing. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Author and goat and cheese expert Gianaclis Caldwell joins me to talk about the joys and challenges of raising goats on a small scale. More on Gianaclis - https://gianacliscaldwell.com/ Holistic Goat Care by Gianaclis: http://amzn.to/2EesbaD Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Joel Salatin joins me to talk farm startup and his new book Your Successful Farm Business: http://amzn.to/2nk7a3S Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss a new business venture that we are starting and some of the fears, worries, and challenges that come with it. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Darby Simpson talks about why he might drop his pastured poultry enterprise this year despite it being profitable. After 10 years of moving chicken tractors, there's more to the story than just profits. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss what Darby would do differently if he started his farm over again knowing what he knows now. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss what the entrepreneurial lifestyle is really like. Darby gives some tips on how he's made time management a little easier with the ever present demands of livestock. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

The person buying Darby's turkeys isn't focused on the sticker - they have other reasons to buy a turkey from him, reasons that are strong enough for them to look past the price. Reasons like being locally raised, being raised in better conditions, being raised by a farmer that they know, and them as a customer being able to support a farmer and a method of agriculture that they believe in, and one that's preciously opposite the methods being used by the Butterballs of the world. It's these factors that have made growing turkeys an attractive niche business for Darby. And it might be a business that fits you and your enterprise, especially if you already have an established customer base. Think about that as we go through this episode, because today, it's a turkey day. Learn more at Grassfed Life: http://bit.ly/2D5gRJX Subscribe: https://apple.co/2hayYod Instagram: Follow Darby: http://bit.ly/2D6mlo7 Follow Diego: http://bit.ly/2B3vprJ

Over the past few years I have interviewed over one hundred different farmers. During the course of our conversations I have noticed quite a few trends - some which lead to struggling farms and some which lead to successful farms. Today I am going to share 7 of the traits that I have noticed that successful farms and farmers exhibit. Regardless of whether you are a vegetable farmer or a livestock farmer, I think these traits are universal and apply across the board. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Dan Ohmann is a homesteader who has recently started raising lamb on a homestead level, while dabbling in selling some of the finished product off farm to see what is possible. Today Dan discusses how that's working for him. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Shawn and Beth Dougherty authors of The Independent Farmstead join me to talk about farmsteading, rotational grazing, and on farm water systems. The Independent Farmstead Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Darby and I talk about the why, the pros and cons, and the basics of calving on farm. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Greg Burns joins me to talk about what farmsteading has been like this past year touching on what's gone right and what hasn't. Listen to the past episode with Greg - GFL48. Get exclusive content each week with the Grassfed Life Insider. Learn more at https://www.grassfedlife.co/insider Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses