Your Local Farmer isn't on Salary
One of the first rules of business I learned was this: Pay yourself first.
What We're Learning
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.