The Beginning Farmer
:: The Journey of a Beginning Farmer ::
As a child I spent most of my life in town living with my mom, but whenever I visited my dad and his side of the family, it was on the farm. From my earliest memories I have always wanted to be a farmer.
In 2006 I started blogging about my dream of one day farming, even though we were still living in town.
In 2008, we found and purchased 40 acres of bare ground in the CRP program, and the dream became a reality.
In 2013 I started "The Beginning Farmer Show" podcast in addition to blogging, allowing others to follow along with the research, joys, frustrations, hard lessons learned, etc. of a bi-vocational, beginning farmer.
Now, we are working to take our farm to the next level, and we invite you to continue the journey with us through video. Although, I will always be a beginning farmer, my hope is that I can learn from the community that follows along on our journey and encourage those who are starting one of their own.
As a child I spent most of my life in town living with my mom, but whenever I visited my dad and his side of the family, it was on the farm. From my earliest memories I have always wanted to be a farmer.
In 2006 I started blogging about my dream of one day farming, even though we were still living in town.
In 2008, we found and purchased 40 acres of bare ground in the CRP program, and the dream became a reality.
In 2013 I started "The Beginning Farmer Show" podcast in addition to blogging, allowing others to follow along with the research, joys, frustrations, hard lessons learned, etc. of a bi-vocational, beginning farmer.
Now, we are working to take our farm to the next level, and we invite you to continue the journey with us through video. Although, I will always be a beginning farmer, my hope is that I can learn from the community that follows along on our journey and encourage those who are starting one of their own.