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Telling Your Farm Story to Create a Deep Relationship with Customers

Melissa Ballard joins me to talk about how selling online has helped their business.  She also discusses how she tells her farm story to build and deepen the relationship

Carrot Cashflow - My New Farm Business Podcast - Preview Episode 1

The first two episodes of Carrot Cashflow will air here on Grassfed Life.  You can listen to the rest of the episodes by subscribing to the podcast. iTunes: https://p

Carrot Cashflow - My New Farm Business Podcast - Preview Episode 2

The first two episodes of Carrot Cashflow will air here on Farm Small Farm Smart.  You can listen to the rest of the episodes by subscribing to the podcast. iTunes: h

Thoughts on Free Ranging Pastured Poultry (Ask Darby)

Darby shares his thoughts about free-ranging pastured poultry.  Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Micro-Beef: Raising Cattle on Without a lot of Land - What's Possible (Ask Darby)

Darby answers a question about raising cows or sheep when you don't have much land. Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses  

Keeping a Ram on the Farm (Ask Darby)

Darby shares his thoughts on keeping a ram on the farm. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses  

Practical Thoughts on Farrowing Pigs (Ask Darby)

Darby gives advice on farrowing pigs. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses  

How to Begin Selling from a Farmstead (Ask Darby)

Darby gives advice on selling from your farmstead (not homestead). Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Farming with 40 to 100 Acres (Ask Darby)

Darby gives some suggestions on farming with 40 to 100 acres. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Thoughts on Farrowing Pigs on Farm (Ask Darby)

Darby discusses his thoughts on farrowing pigs on farm. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Should I Raise Kune Kune Pigs? (Ask Darby)

Darby answers about the viability of raising Kune Kune pigs. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses  

Cattle Grazing - The Rule of Thirds (Ask Darby)

Darby answers about grazing cattle with the rule of thirds. Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Thoughts on Differents Cattle Breed Crosses (Ask Darby)

Darby answers a question about which chicken tractor design is the best? Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Which Chicken Tractor Should I Use? (Ask Darby)

Darby answers a question about which chicken tractor design is the best? Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses

Dealing with Pink Eye and Controlling Flies around Cows (Ask Darby)

Darby discusses pink eye and fly control for cows.   Learn more with Grassfed Life Courses: https://farm-business-essentials.teachable.com/courses  

Building and Branding a Value-Added Farm Product from Farm "Waste" (GFL148)

Farmer Charles Mayfield talks about how he is turning some "waste" product on his farm into a shelf-stable, value-added product.  Charles will talk about why he decided t

Farm Marketing: Real World Proven Strategies with Darby Simpson

Regardless of what products you are farming, you must have a diversified marketing and business plan for your farm to be successful. Darby Simpson has developed from scra

How to Sell More Meat for More Money - Simple Easy to Use Ideas (GFL147)

Darby discusses some of the different sales models that he has used on his farm throughout the years.  He talks about how to market meat and communicate its value.  We al

How to Produce More Product Faster for a Rapidly Growing Customer Base (GFL146)

Chris Kiesz of Yellow Hutch Farm in Minnesota joins us to talk about picking up jobs and moving 2000 miles across the country to start his farm.  How he picked a new mark

Selling Online: Using REKO Rings - Connecting Producers with Consumers on Facebook (GFL145)

"How does a REKO-ring work? The ring is based on a closed Facebook group. The producer and consumer who want to take part apply for membership in the group he or she like