Small Farm Business

More than a practical guide, Start Your Farm is a hopeful call to action for anyone who aspires to grow wholesome, environmentally sustainable food for a living. Take it from Forrest Pritchard and Ellen Polishuk: Making this dream a reality is not for the faint of heart, but it's well within reach - and there's no greater satisfaction under the sun.

I got me a date with Death… When Marty Zack shows up at my office at Spook Society, asking for my help, I dunno what to think. See, Marty and me… well, we’re at cross purposes when it comes to ghosties—I like to help the dead move on at their own speed, and Marty’s more like an uptight landlord kicking them to the curb. So, when Marty tells me the spooks of Haven Hollow have been disappearing for no good reason, and he needs my help to find out why, I gotta wonder what in the heck is going on. With the deceased Cain Morgan at my side (actually, it’s more fittin’ to say—...

Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre - and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require.

The new edition of Gardening Basics for Dummies grounds you thoroughly in the fundamentals of soil, flowers, trees, and lawns - and helps you get to know the names of what you're planting along the way. In a friendly, straightforward style, professional horticulturist Steven A. Frowine shows you how to start growing your expertise - from planning out your own mini-Eden and planting your first annuals, bulbs, and perennials through to laying the perfect lawn, raising tasty crops, and even introducing fish to your landscape!

Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? Too often people dare not even vocalize this desire because it seems absurd. It's like thinking the unthinkable. After all, the farm population is dwindling. It takes too much capital to start. The pay is too low. The working conditions are dusty, smelly and noisy: Not the place to raise a family. This is all true, and more, for most farmers.

From the bestselling author of Christmas in Snow Falls comes a heartwarming holiday read that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Hale, Sheila Roberts, Debbie Macomber, and Jill Shalvis. When corporate marketing executive Emma Parker rushes home to Snow Falls after her father breaks his leg, she expects a quick visit to get the family Christmas tree farm back on track. What she doesn't expect is Trace McCarthy—the quiet, nature-loving farm manager who's been there since they were teenagers, who seems to know the perfect tree for every family, and who remembers things about her that she's long ...

No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby-farm business. Based on the author's expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper. The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start-up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local-foods venture. A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

Have you been dreaming of a way of living that brings you closer to nature, aligning with your passion for sustainability and wholesome food? Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of starting a small-scale farming business that exists in harmony with Mother Nature? Does the idea of creating an eco-friendly, self-sufficient business resonate with your vision of a fulfilling, purposeful life?

Farm business literature is full of memoirs offering entertaining stories with some basic cattle or produce advice but no real substance for the reader. Big Ideas, Small Farm is not another feel good farm memoir devoid of authentic advice, hope, or insights. This book is different; it is about results. Big Ideas, Small Farm is about growing small farm profitability. This book is part self-help and part marketing strategies because marketing tips and theories are effective when the people implementing them believe in them. Small farm marketing is a mindset as much as it is a practice. This ...

Turn your backyard flock into a steady stream of income with the ultimate small-scale poultry guide that shows you exactly how to build, raise, sell, and profit without wasting time or money. Are you ready to turn your passion for chickens into a real business? The Chicken Business Blueprint gives you everything you need to grow from hobby farmer to confident small-scale producer. Whether you are collecting your first dozen eggs or expanding into meat birds and compost sales, this guide walks you through every step with clarity, honesty, and real-world experience. Inside, you will learn how...

FINALLY: THE BOOK THAT TURNS 12 INCOME STREAMS INTO ONE UNSTOPPABLE BUSINESS This is Book 13, the capstone of the 13-book Off-Grid Income Secrets series. If you have already built income streams from this series, this shows you how to weave them into a resilient, multi-stream homestead business that survives bad seasons, market shifts, and burnout. If this is your first book in the series, it shows you exactly why the series exists and how to use it. Most homesteaders chase one income idea at a time. They pour everything into livestock, or a nursery, or a YouTube channel, and get blindsided...

YOUR HOMESTEAD IS SITTING ON UNTAPPED INCOME — AND IT'S ALREADY WALKING AROUND ON FOUR LEGS AND GROWING IN YOUR FIELDS People will pay to experience what you already do every day. The question isn't whether your land can generate visitor income — it's whether you know how to open the gate safely, legally, and profitably. Book 10 of the Off-Grid Income Secrets series shows you exactly how. Off-Grid Income Secrets: Turning Your Homestead Into a Destination and Earning From Visitors is a zero-fluff, expert-level guide built for homesteaders who want real visitor revenue without becoming a ...

The Book That Saves Your Homestead Before You Make Your First Mistake. Every year, thousands of families buy the land, leave the city, and chase the dream of a rural business they own. And every year, the majority discover the same brutal truth eighteen months too late: passion doesn't pay the property tax. A great idea doesn't survive a failed well pump. And a business built on an unstable foundation doesn't survive much at all. Off-Grid Income Secrets (Book 1): Building the Legal, Financial, and Infrastructure Base for a Rural Business is the book that changes that equation — before it ...

The Practical Guide to Turning Your Land into Reliable Income Tired of watching your hobby farm cost more than it earns? You’re not alone. Most small farmers start with passion but struggle to make it pay. The Hobby Farm Income Blueprint shows you how to change that; step by step, with systems that work in the real world. Author and small-farm business mentor Cal Mason walks you through proven ways to earn steady income from your land without sacrificing your time, your sanity, or your love of farming. Whether you own five acres or a backyard plot, this book gives you a clear, realistic ...

This is the quintessential leadership resource for small farms, market gardeners, and homesteaders. Farm business literature is full of antiquated management techniques, operations, and “look at me tell-alls.” This book is different. It is about developing personal leadership, which is why it is recognized as the first authentic leadership book written specifically for small farmers, urban gardens, and homesteaders. Farms are the pursuit of a noble ideal based on purpose, passion, and pride. These three Ps are something all visionary, authentic, and inspirational leaders have in common....

You Can Spread a Good Year Backwards Over Three Bad Ones. Almost Nobody Else Can. Tax Year 2026 Filing Season 2027 Farm income averaging on Schedule J takes part of this year's farm profit and taxes it as though it had arrived in 2023, 2024 and 2025 instead. In this book's worked year it turns $19,972 of income tax into $13,153 — a saving of $6,819 for one extra form. It is available to farmers and commercial fishermen and to nobody else. And a great many farms have never used it. The Farmer's 1099 Tax Guide is written for people who farm, not for accountants. Plain English, real numbers,...

Turn Your Livestock Into a Real Income Stream — Not Just a Chore List You already feed them, water them, and care for them every single day. The question is: are your animals actually paying you back for it? Off-Grid Income Secrets: Livestock and Animal Products is Book 3 in the Off-Grid Income Secrets series, and it's built for one purpose — to show you every legitimate income layer hiding inside the animals you already own. Not theory. Not fluff. Just the real frameworks, real legal lines, and real strategies that turn dairy goats, laying hens, sheep, and cattle into a genuine ...

Why do so many farm businesses struggle to survive, let alone thrive? It’s because they don’t make clear strategic choices that reward them with a competitive advantage. Instead, most entrepreneurs start with a boilerplate business because they think they're supposed to. Boilerplate business plans offer little help in guiding strategic choices that determine if your business thrives or dies.

Master farm taxes and accounting in just one season—without missing a single day in the fields Are you tired of sorting shoeboxes full of receipts every tax season, still unsure which expenses you can actually deduct? Do you worry about missing new IRS rules—or how to report that government payment so you aren’t flagged for audit? Ever wish you had a no-nonsense, farm-specific guide that made accounting and tax decisions as straightforward as planting beans in spring? You’re not alone. Most independent farmers face these same headaches year after year. But you don’t need a CPA or ...

YOUR HOMESTEAD IS ALREADY A CONTENT GOLDMINE. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET. Every day, you're doing things other people would pay to learn — building, growing, raising, preserving, fixing. Meanwhile, homestead YouTube channels are quietly turning that same everyday work into thousands of dollars a month in ad revenue, sponsorships, affiliate income, and their own products. The difference isn't talent. It's a system. This book is that system. Building a YouTube Channel Around Your Homestead and Rural Lifestyle is Book 6 in the Off-Grid Income Secrets series — the no-fluff, zero-fabrication...