Comments on: How to Start a Farm #2: Farming Fails Business 101

By: terri

terri — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:29 +0000

It sounds to me as if the author of this blog is decrying the down step she had to make. Her perspective really pisses me off. I’m with you Victoria, there are many people who know what hard work is & would love to live this American dream like my Great grand parents did. I already micro-farm out of necessity. I looked “Hot to” not “reasons why I hate it” ‘Have to give up wing night’ are you kidding me? So everyone with a computer & internet access earns 6 figures? I am going to keep reading because you can’t be this non-productive & actually run a farm so there has to be some meat in this blog somewhere. Hey, JNyman, pretend your talking to people who have a clue about reality or make a blog for people who KNOW this is a step up not down. If I want Green Acres I watch TVDuck.com.

By: considering self employment

considering self employment — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:44:24 +0000

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By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:02:01 +0000

Not if they make the computer part of their business. It’s an expense, but one that can make their endeavors a lot more profitable if used right

By: James Owens

James Owens — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:37:16 +0000

Nice blog, I loved the part about “Handling money stress is a job requirement.” You can also add weather stress among other things…

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:21:07 +0000

if you are getting salvation army clothes and not going out and driving focuss wouldnt you ditch the expensive internet bill and computer and do stuff by mail??

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:49:20 +0000

I plan on joining the marines as soon as I lose enough weight and get the required college credits. I plan on saving everthing I don’t spend on guns and extra gear and I also want to do some government contracting when I get out so I can save up enough. My dream is to fall in love, get married, have kids, and be able to leave those kids and my grankids, great grandkids, great great grandkids something. I hope 4 years active duty with added bonuses for a combat MOS and time in the desert will cover most of the financial costs of starting a farm. I hear you can make some decent money contracting so hopefully whatever saving for four years don’t cover I can make quick. What I see being a real problem is the fact that I’m not going to have a clue what i’m doing. I hope I’m stationed in a rural area, working on the weekends at local farms and talking to the farmers who hire me could probably give me some experience before I even get my foot in the door. Hopfully that door don’t hit me in the butt.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:42:48 +0000

So, for the pencil pushers of the world, this would obviously be a difficult downsizing step, agreed? What about those of us who are losing our homes and living off of food stamps, just trying to pay off college loans and mortgages? Still a step down? Obviously we can’t have it all and need to be reasonable, but is the idea-dream even- of having a money-making farm impossible to achieve? I’m currently able to label myself as “just trying to get by,” but I would like to see my future in a different light. I’d like to be able to some day look out over everything I’ve done and be satisfied. I don’t need a lot…I barely have anything as it is…I’ve been skipping coffee for years, wearing salvation army clothes and never had a wing night-or any other night- to begin with. Is it pointless to try to have a successful farming business? Will it ever be more than scraping by every year?