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Profit as a Homesteader Shared with permission from MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Download this episode (right click and save) From being open-minded but honest about what you can and can’t provide to consumers, to finding and keeping customers, to looking at your homestead as a place for new, potential resources, the urban homesteading business can […]

Taking Your Lumps: Tough going gets better. In a past life, I thought it would be a great idea to start a kayak fishing guide service in Puerto Rico. Getting paid to do something I love to do sounded amazing (sound familiar?) So after gathering some meager funds, watching a ton of YouTube videos, and […]

Couple Abandon City Life for Farming Shared From Heirloom Gardener – Written By: Kathy McFarland Dave Dyrek, as with most farmers, is an innovator who has learned to work with his mind and hands in other ways than just with soil and plants. While he proudly shows off his old tractor that he bought on Craig’s List, […]

Hoppy harvesting! Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Chris Colby It usually takes at least three years for hops to start producing up to their full potential. From the second growing season onward, the steps you take are the same. In spring, the shoots will emerge. Once they are long enough, train the fastest growing […]

Lavender Farm Becomes Agritourism Stop Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Deborah R. Huso Julie Haushalter decided to start growing some lavender of her own, and she began with 150 plants, selling the harvested buds, as well as products she made from lavender, at the nearby Harrisonburg Farmers’ Market. The business took off like wildfire, […]

Raising Rabbits for Profit Your Best Breed Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp If you’ve been raising rabbits for a while as a hobby, the thought may have occurred to you that you could make a little money raising them. The thought may have even occurred to you that you can make a […]

Raising Rabbits for Profit Marketing and Production Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp Producing year-round In order to maintain profitability, it’s important for the rabbitry to produce litters year-round. This necessitates having litters when Mother Nature, and the doe herself, may not think it’s the greatest idea. Rabbits, like many other animals, are […]

Rising Fuel Prices: The Struggle to Stay In Business Written By: Lori Dunn, Grit Blogger As the price of fuel at the pumps started to go up, our family, like many other families, had to make some adjustments. Initially, we cut down on eating out and thought twice about splurging on anything. As the price of […]

Sell Homemade Jams and Jellies at Your Local Market Written By: Shirley Splittstoesser, Grit Blogger Americans are hungry for quality, homemade goods, and people with a passion for cooking are filling that flavorful niche. Treats such as Meaner’n a Snake Pickles, Hot Pepper Jelly and Cobbler in a Jar, previously served only at the kitchen table, […]

Getting the Best Financing Options for Farm Equipment Written By: Megan Wild, Grit Blogger At first glance, farming seems like the ideal solution for homesteaders and those who are interested in living off the land. It’s been done successfully for hundreds of years and in many different climates and, ultimately, it’s a great way to promote the […]