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- 6 days ago42 min
How One-Third of an Acre Earns Six Figures: Ben Hartman on Lean Micro Farming || S2 Ep 17
Ben Hartman runs Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana. He and his wife earn most of their income from a third of an acre, and everything they grow sells within two miles of the farm. Ben joins Luke Hammond to explain how they turned their operation into a lean machine, and how you can too.
- 1 weeks ago59 min
Farm Life Transforms Failing Students - Kamal Bell || S2 Ep 16
Some farms grow food. Sankofa Farm grows possibilities. Kamal Bell shares how he turned a denied USDA loan, a school garden, and a bus full of kids into a 12-acre farm that is reshaping what community agriculture can do.Kamal explains why he named the farm Sankofa, how its mission is tied to African ancestry and food sovereignty, and what happened when he started bringing students from a low-income school into the garden, then onto the land itself. What began with chickens, compost, and a five-hundred-dollar grant became an agricultural academy in practice, even when the system said no.
- 2 weeks ago1h 8m
The Farm Systems that Transformed 1 Acre into Massive Profits - Erich Schultz || S2 Ep 15
Small-scale farms do not have to be broke, overworked, or trapped in wholesale. Eric Schultz shows how Steadfast Farm in the Phoenix heat built a seven-figure business by simplifying everything - from crop planning and transplant systems to labor, retail, and on-site sales.
- 3 weeks ago1h 7m
Gardening: From $0 to Your First $10,000 - Luke Marion || S2 Ep 14
The fastest way to ruin a farm dream is to start too big. Luke Marion of MI Gardener breaks down the smarter path from backyard hobby to real revenue, including how he built a seed business from saved tomato seeds, why most growers misread community demand, and the exact reason “proof of concept” matters more than a flashy launch.If you’re a gardener wondering how to turn extra produce into income, a beginner farmer trying to avoid expensive mistakes, or an entrepreneur tempted to leap into scale before you’re ready, this conversation is for you.
- Sep 29, 202655 min
FAILURE: Ingredient for Success - Nicole Stroup || S2 Ep 13
Nicole built a wedding venue, a garden destination, and a family business with $12,000, a shovel, and a refusal to let fear win.In this episode, you’ll discover how she keeps wedding packages under $8,000, why she chose sweat equity over million-dollar loans, and what it actually takes to build beauty on a budget. She breaks down her “clean cottage” garden style, the deep mulching method she uses to improve clay and shale soil, and the marigold borders that have become one of her most talked-about features online. But this episode goes far deeper than flowers and farm aesthetics. Nicole opens up about the grief, PTSD, and trauma that changed her life, and how gardening became part therapy, part spiritual practice, and part survival. Her story of planting through pain, healing through failure, and finding peace in the garden is as moving as it is practical.
- Sep 24, 20261h 7m
How to Grow $300,000 of Food on ONE Acre, in ONE Year - Small Axe Farm || S2 Ep 12
Most people chase “freedom” as escape. Heidi and Evan from Small Axe Farm built something better. What began as a homestead dream became a business producing about $300,000 in annual food sales from roughly one acre, with a system designed to protect bodies, preserve soil, and still leave room for family, wilderness trips, and a life outside the farm.
- Sep 15, 20261h 3m
Dolly Parton’s Former Chef on the Secret of Starting Small - Chef Mikey Russo || S2 Ep 11
From chef to market farmer, Mike Russo shares how he built The Chef’s Harvest from a backyard garden into a thriving small-scale vegetable business. He and Luke talk about recovery, entrepreneurship, finding restaurant customers through relationships and social media, and the practical systems that make a farm profitable—from crop selection and market research to efficient wash-pack workflows.Check out Chef Mikey on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@chefsharvestfarmand Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefsharvestfarmllc/
- Sep 8, 20261h 30m
The Biggest Mistake New Homesteaders Make. . . (Trying Everything) - Anne Briggs (aka Anne Of All Trades) || S2 Ep. 10
The homesteading advice nobody wants to hear: do less, specialize more, and build real community before burnout takes your farm down. Anne of All Trades shares the hard-won shift that took her from a tiny suburban backyard, free manure, and four impulsively acquired chicks to a 30-acre Tennessee dairy farm and a plan to teach woodworking, blacksmithing, and lost trades.Check out Anne’s channel on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@AnneofAllTradesand on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/anneofalltrades/
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