Episode 24: Missy Singer DuMars talks egg CSAs, on-farm dinners, fiber production and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good · Rodney Wilson
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Show Notes
Missy Singer DuMars tells us about her 13-acre Crown Hill Farm, outside Buffalo, New York, from the Lake Erie sunset views to her sheep and market gardens. Learn about fiber production, the art of scaling up slowly, and how to choose the best varieties to grow and sell.
Missy has been hosting dinners and events for a few years, and she tells us about the evolution of the events and why it's important to connect people to the source of their food. Find out about Missy's Women in Food podcast, highlighting women supporting local food cultures everywhere, grew out of her farm events. Missy shares her favorite recipes to come from her podcast guests. (Don't listen hungry.)
Stay tuned to the end to take Missy's advice as a business coach for starting your own egg CSA, from "chicken math" to bird health to CSA distribution, because farm-fresh eggs are in demand everywhere.