Our Story How Farm2Fork Came to Be Farm2Fork Ranch began like any other thing in life, a hope, a dream, and a glimmer in the eye. While working on wedding plans, Greg and I started throwing around ideas for the future. He mentioned he’d always wanted to have a farm. I didn’t mind, I basically […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Forming a Community Tool Co-Op Written By: Dave Wortman, MOTHER EARTH NEWS Blogger There’s nothing like having just the right tools to help make your projects go smoothly. But, tools can be a big investment for homeowners. When money is tight, tool costs can make or break a project. And often, we only need that […]

Run a Small-Scale Sawmill – Part 3 – Cons of Becoming a Lumbering Pro Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: James Fairfield and the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Editors An old sawmill—nestled back in a mountain cove and covered with kudzu and cobwebs from months of disuse—is just about as depressing a sight as a weathered […]

Learn from Your Mistakes Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: Joel Salatin Mastering any skill involves a learning curve. According to business guru Peter Drucker, the bottom part of that curve gets deepest in the fifth year or so of a new enterprise before the rise to success begins. In that valley, too many people either seek […]

How Modern Homesteaders Can Make Money in the Livestock Market Written By: Tim Young, MOTHER EARTH NEWS Blogger Did you know that, as a homesteader, you can make a great living in the stock market? No, I am not talking about the New York Stock Exchange big board. I’m talking about the big-time live(stock) market. […]

Distributing Your CSA Crops Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written By: Sarah Milstein Distribution Site and Managers If you’re delivering shares off-farm, you’ll need a reliable site. Members in the delivery community should be able to help find a site and sometimes will offer a garage, porch, or yard. If that is not feasible, churches and […]

Pick Your Markets Just as You Pick Your Friends Shared From MOTHER EARTH NEWS  Written by: Mort Mather Some people carry too far the idea of growing what is easy. I got a call one July from someone who had planted and brought to harvest an acre of zucchini. Now that they had a product, they […]