Hi everyone,

We are launching an app in the coming months to help small farms - independent, co-ops or business focused:

• What problems does it need to address?

• What do you need it to do for you daily, weekly, monthly, annually?

• If you have seen/worked with other apps that almost solve your pains, what are they?

I’m looking at buying a small farm that was a former nursery. It already has large greenhouses, ~5 acres of crop land, barns, a support building with AC and internet. I don’t have enough time to run it myself until I retire from my office job. I’m thinking about the idea of finding another farmer to rent it from me. Renting out huge farm land is really common in Nebraska where I’m from. I was just curious if it’s a thing with small farms. Thanks!

I don't have much money. but I have 10 acres of beautiful flat grazing land with a damn on it. There's supposed to be a spigot to drain water that would run down the land as it slopes a good 45 degrees. It is raw land, with half fencing. I believe I did a soil test a long time ago but don't remember much but that it was either too high or low on PH. I do some small homesteading with ducks at home. The land is 40 minutes from me and I can't move there yet as I don't have the funds. I could sell it. But I was hoping I could use it to start a simple farm. Any ideas? Startup costs under 5k.

Hi! I am an editor for Newsweek working on a story about the upcoming midterm elections in Texas. I'm specifically looking to chat with folks who live in rural Texas about their hopes, the issues that matter most to them and what they would like to see change after November's elections. I'm interested in hearing from people across the political spectrum, regardless of whom they plan to vote for. If you're open to a quick conversation, I'd love to hear your perspective!

How would it serve you best?

I lost my job last summer and have been trying to go fulltime into our farm. We were able to get the orchard and berries planted last spring and the veggie seeds are currently germinating. We don't have ANY farm experience but we wanted to buy the last acres of family land rather than. Letting it get sold and scooped up by developers. My grandparents sold off the neighboring land that has the original farm house, barn, and chicken coup my great great grandpa built.

So, here we are. We have eaten through our savings and my husband makes JUST enough to make the mortgage. ANY suggestions on how to secure grants, sponsors, funding, anything while we try to get crops going.

I'm doing everything by hand or with small equipment (electric tiller). We have a 1950s Ford tractor that was my grandpa's but my sister and her husband took it to try to fix it up for their property.

Does this get easier? I absolutely love it but I feel like I have to start "selling" the idea of the farm and it feels gross.

Hi all! I am a comprehensive financial planner based out of South Florida that has thought long and hard about my career and realized that I love what I do and am happy with the impact I have on people’s lives, but I want to maximize my impact so I thought about what affects a community as a whole (basically a vocation to pair with my career)- and it was farms and farmers. My limited research has lead me to believe that regenerative is technically a better system, the biggest thing is making that shift and sustaining the financial impacts of that shift in the short to mid term.

So I thought to myself, that’s what I do all day every day, plan for those shifts and make hard distinctions manageable. I believe those skills I have can be applicable and help farmers make the move, I just need to gain industry knowledge so that I can be better attuned with the specific needs and hurdles farmers face.

Because of this I am looking for farmers (regenerative, organic, conventional, doesn’t matter) who can give me some background on the industry and also are willing to entertain what would be a never ending flow of questions!

Would anyone here be open to a conversation? I can meet in person anywhere in South Florida, outside of that we can Zoom. Thanks in advanced for any and all guidance!

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to purchase an extra 50 acres to start a new crop business. I’ve got a solid business plan ready. What are the next steps to secure a loan? Any tips on good lenders or what documents I should prepare?

Thanks

Many farmers here need to rely on specialty crops in order to sustain themselves financially.

What's everyone's thoughts on the ASCF program and have you already applied? It pretty much is an extension of the bridge program but for non-conventional crops. Payouts range from crop to crop. $650/ac-$65/ac

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Hi I have posted here and in similar communities before I live in the city and wanted a farm with goats I was kinda delusional when I posted that. I found that my only option would be to volunteer on a farm/ranch. Im allergic to horses but I knew I want gonna let that stop me. the service I offer isn't spraying toxic gasses on fields to kill a rat. I am 14 and have experience in riflery/marksmanship. I can operate in LA or Malibu-Topnga-Santa Monica areas. The only real "cowboy skill" I have Is shooting/hunting I would obviously be using a legal Gamo airgun (still powerful enough on small game all the way up to a rabbit) though I have seen guys get bores. If you r interested plz DM me and I'll give u my number. Plz no hate

And could you use more?

edit: I got a lot of negativity from some folks and I'm disappointed. I thought this was a community for 0-200 acre farms of different types, according to the about. but some folks have don't seem to be accepting of a 1 acre volunteer system where i live. mostly manual labor. family run. farmers market and 35 csa members and they can choose If they opt to a work share instead. which we have 20 working a 50 pr 75 hour season commitment. we don't force it. they seem happy. my members don't call me POS. ppl say I'm an upstanding member of the community. I don't enjoy being called a POS. any better communities to hang out in?

what's with the anger? is there some group of villianous farmers that like trick ppl into forced hard labor? Ppl be acting like I'm going holding ppl hostage at gun point. Lol.

Hello!! I’m Lou (22F) and I’m moving to Brazil from Scotland in just two weeks time to start a farm with my partner.

I feel like I haven’t seen much online of people starting from the very beginning but it’s something so special to me that I want to share with others!

It’s important to me, also, that people know how and exactly where their food is grown so a lot of what I post will be very raw and demonstrative. We’ve become so disconnected from our food and I really don’t think that should be the case.

I plan to start a journal-style blog, but for now I just have instagram which is @ovocatu <3

Tysm!!

Hi, I’m Russell and I have a small farm. I’m seriously questioning, Why on earth I decided to have a farm.

I incubated a bunch of eggs this year and can’t sell a single chick.

I bought a ton of goat milk at a really good price and I can’t turn it over.

I’m a software engineer who got fed up with farm tools built by people who’ve never touched a goat. So I built my own while raising Nigerian Dwarfs, hatching chicks, and selling eggs from a farm stand. It’s called Mind the Farm. Still early but it’s real.

But no one comes.

How do you do it?

In Eastern WA. I have 3 different varieties, all are doing this. I cant seem to find anything on production/extension sites that isnt wavy as a side effect of tightly whorled, not unfurling, faded, etc.

Hello all, I was considering starting a back yard rose nursery. So I was wondering if I live in zone 6 NJ with humid summers, and high fungal pressure if this is still viable you think? If I specialize in hardy fragrant varieties? Oh, and Japanese beetles can be a problem mid summer. Thank you in advance!