What the Stats on Farmland Prices Don't Tell You
The story I tell — that the average farmer will be dead by the time the average farm is paid for — is a classic example of lying with statistics.
Devon Cooke
Newsletter #2: Your local farmer isn't on salary
One of the things that shocked me when I started thinking about the business of farming is that many farmers don't pay themselves on a regular basis. If the farm makes money — great; if it doesn't — oh well, I can pay myself next year.
Your Local Farmer isn't on Salary
One of the first rules of business I learned was this: Pay yourself first.
Newsletter #1: Free screening: The Hands that Feed Us: Amara Farm, April 25th
The Hands that Feed Us has a website!
What makes a Healthy Business Environment for Farmers?
Canadian farmers struggle financially because the business environment they exist in is not a healthy one.
Why Food Businesses don't stay Small
Farms — by their very nature — will always be a poor investment if the goal of investment is to find high-growth unicorns. And, without that investment, farms will always have a disadvantage in market power compared to the giant companies that they do business with.
The Hands that Feed Us: Amara Farm
Financially, we would have been better off without the farm … the farm gives us so much more than just finances.