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From smallfarmnation.com Moving to the country means you still make money, so how do you decide what business ideas to pursue?
Welcome to Episode 20! This week Liz and I address a caller’s question about how to research and decide the best way to make money homesteading.
Listen in as we discuss the many ways to make money farming or with modern homesteading:
First, find your PASSION
Why exactly do you want to homestead or farm?
What excites you and what do you want to do?
Do you long to grow the best tomatoes and sell directly to leading chefs?
Do you simply want to feed your family?
Do you want to be the next Joel Salatin and have a farm of chicken tractors, eggmobiles and salad bar beef?
Do you want to live freely in the country but still make a lot of money?
Three Revenue Categories to Profitable Homesteading
How to Make money homesteading using your land
Large livestock -raising cows, selling calves or animals (registered or not). After all, we bought our pigs and Dexters from somewhere :-)
Small livestock - chickens, rabbits, etc. (heritage/rare breeds)
Farm Stays, events, wedding, private parties
Boarding animals
How to Make money homesteading with your skills
Locally or Physical
Teaching classes (preparedness, permaculture, edible landscapes, medicinal herbs, etc.) (we’ve taught classes on cheese, butchering, etc.)
Organize and market classes and events on topics you can’t teach (we’ve marketed many classes we couldn’t teach)
wilderness survival
foraging
butchering classes
Start a business helping farmers
Guided fishing or hunting service
Woodcraft business (Patrice Lewis)
Online or Virtual
Monetized Blogging (Jill Winger, Lisa Steele, Daisy Luther and others)
Monetized Podcasting (EO Fire, etc.)
Copywriting or editing
Authoring (Mark Goodwin and others)
Illustrating for authors, web designers, etc.
Become a virtual assistant
Web or graphic design
Voice overs
Make money homesteading selling products from your land
Farmstead meats (grassfed beef, pastured poultry/pork, etc.)
artisan meats (charcuterie)
Raw milk
Farmstead or artisanal cheese
Eggs
Become a grower (vegetables, cut flowers, pick your own, transplants, etc.)
Artisan soap (Little Seed Farm)
It was a insightful discussion and I hope you enjoy it and find that it gives you a lot to think about as you prepare for your self-sufficient life.
So grab some coffee and pull up a chair!
Welcome to Episode 20! This week Liz and I address a caller’s question about how to research and decide the best way to make money homesteading.
Listen in as we discuss the many ways to make money farming or with modern homesteading:
First, find your PASSION
Why exactly do you want to homestead or farm?
What excites you and what do you want to do?
Do you long to grow the best tomatoes and sell directly to leading chefs?
Do you simply want to feed your family?
Do you want to be the next Joel Salatin and have a farm of chicken tractors, eggmobiles and salad bar beef?
Do you want to live freely in the country but still make a lot of money?
Three Revenue Categories to Profitable Homesteading
How to Make money homesteading using your land
Large livestock -raising cows, selling calves or animals (registered or not). After all, we bought our pigs and Dexters from somewhere :-)
Small livestock - chickens, rabbits, etc. (heritage/rare breeds)
Farm Stays, events, wedding, private parties
Boarding animals
How to Make money homesteading with your skills
Locally or Physical
Teaching classes (preparedness, permaculture, edible landscapes, medicinal herbs, etc.) (we’ve taught classes on cheese, butchering, etc.)
Organize and market classes and events on topics you can’t teach (we’ve marketed many classes we couldn’t teach)
wilderness survival
foraging
butchering classes
Start a business helping farmers
Guided fishing or hunting service
Woodcraft business (Patrice Lewis)
Online or Virtual
Monetized Blogging (Jill Winger, Lisa Steele, Daisy Luther and others)
Monetized Podcasting (EO Fire, etc.)
Copywriting or editing
Authoring (Mark Goodwin and others)
Illustrating for authors, web designers, etc.
Become a virtual assistant
Web or graphic design
Voice overs
Make money homesteading selling products from your land
Farmstead meats (grassfed beef, pastured poultry/pork, etc.)
artisan meats (charcuterie)
Raw milk
Farmstead or artisanal cheese
Eggs
Become a grower (vegetables, cut flowers, pick your own, transplants, etc.)
Artisan soap (Little Seed Farm)
It was a insightful discussion and I hope you enjoy it and find that it gives you a lot to think about as you prepare for your self-sufficient life.
So grab some coffee and pull up a chair!