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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 09:23:48 -0400 (EDT)
Good morning Rebecca. You've already gotten a number of very good
replies. I'll add or build on a few of them. We
started off much the way you are starting - a new land acquisition, general
goals and no experience. The two things that really made the biggest
difference for us was 1) starting with only one project at a time, and 2)
surrounding ourselves with mentors to guide our work. The item we should
have started with, and didn't, was to set well-educated, practical goals and
then figure out how to meet them.
As an example of the above, given your posted interests, I would pick only
one of those interests - the pigs, the garden or the laying flock, and
focus on that your first year. You'll have plenty to learn about with just
one project. Any of those can make you a nice profit if you start small,
find a mentor doing work with that species that you admire and respect, and then
learn as much as you can from them. All of them have the potential to get
much bigger and more involved than you originally realized, hence the need to
start with just one and to start small. Set yourself up with easy goals
and then go meet them.
Once you've met them and you feel you've got that operation well underway,
THEN start adding additional projects.
Also, even after you've found your mentors, read as much as you can about
your chosen project, from as many different authors as you can find (old and
new). Everyone has different notions and experience for what works.
Becoming familiar with all those options can get you going faster than working
with just one person, but that one person can help you sort out which of those
options are most likely to succeed for your given circumstances.
Best wishes and keep us posted on what you decide! Kathryn Kerby
frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
Ruminations - essays on the farming life at
frogchorusfarm.com/weblog.html
In a message dated 5/19/2011 11:28:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Rebecca.McCormick AT genworth.com writes:
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[Market-farming] Farming Advice,
McCormick, Rebecca (Genworth), 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
Thamnophis, 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
McCormick, Rebecca (Genworth), 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
Barking Cat Farm, 05/19/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Road's End Farm, 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
Barking Cat Farm, 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
McCormick, Rebecca (Genworth), 05/19/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Sue Wells, 05/19/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Richard Robinson, 05/19/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Richard Stewart, 05/19/2011
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Mac, 05/19/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
KAKerby, 05/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice, Etienne Goyer, 05/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Farming Advice,
Thamnophis, 05/19/2011
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