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FSFS83: Farming Against All Odds with Ray Tyler of Rosecreek Farms
FSFS83: Farming Against All Odds with Ray Tyler of Rosecreek Farms
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77 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Farming Against All Odds with Ray Tyler of Rosecreek Farms From laid off and in debt to grossing $120,000 on one acre. Today's show goes beyond Curtis and the urban farm, as we take a look at another small scale vegetable producer and their farm. We all know that running a business is hard. We all know that running a farm business is hard. But think everyone knows how hard it actually is. How much it can push you to the limits and test your to your core? It's during those tests, when the world seems darkest, that most entrepreneurs throw in the towel. The pressure, the stress, the money, it's all too much. Nonetheless more and more people flock to farming without any experience, not totally knowing what they are getting themselves into.. One of those people was Ray Tyler... Ray started out like a lot of people who get into farming, he was inspired by to get into farming by Joel Salatin's You Can farm... He started raising livestock, and then life got real... Imagine yourself as a new farmer running a full time livestock operation raising 50 pigs and a few thousand chickens a year. And then imagine running a two acre market garden on top of that... And along the way the, your 5 year old daughter gets caner... It was a moment that put Ray's farm and life on the ropes... it's the story of Ray Tyler or Rosecreek Farms... Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/farmsmallfarmsmart Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support
Released:
Jan 25, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
019 - Joel Salatin on Ecologically Profitable Farming - How New Farmers Can Get In and How Existing Farmers Can Convert.: Joel talks a lot about how young people can get into farming by establishing synergistic relationships with older farmers as he tries to dispel the big belief that you need land to farm. He touches on the farming business and how conventional farmers... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily