County Fare

Growing Power

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Headed to a Growing Power workshop this weekend in Milwaukee, WI . Should be a wonderful time. Classes in year round greenhouse production and aquaponics should be interesting. I’ll have to see if i can sneak in hoop house construction as well!

Read more about Growing Power!

Farm Plan

Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | County Fare Site, Minnesota, Uncategorized | No Comments

Wow there is a lot to be done when planning our little endeavor. Business plans in and of themselves aren’t that difficult to create, but research takes time. Add the needs of small children to the mix and you get an extended time line that’s nearly unacceptable. We are definitely up to the challenge, but it seems just getting there is going to be the hardest part.

On a positive note I had a meeting with our local FSA Rep and it sounds like one of the loans they make available for beginning farmers is going to be the best option for us at this point. Now to research and compile data to come up with some hard numbers for a balance sheet and projected income, write a farm experience narrative and then collect the supporting documentation to complete the application. When I get a clearer idea of our farm plan I’ll lay it all out here. What I will say is that we are taking a LONG look at aquaponics. Nearly year round production in USDA zone 3 sounds interesting.

Biz plan fun

Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Wow there is a lot to be done when planning our little endeavor. Business plans in and of themselves aren’t that difficult to create, but research takes time. Add the needs of small children to the mix and you get an extended time line that’s nearly unacceptable. We are definitely up to the challenge, but it seems just getting there is going to be the hardest part.

On a positive note I had a meeting with our local FSA Rep and it sounds like one of the loans they make available for beginning farmers is going to be the best option for us at this point. Now to research and compile data to come up with some hard numbers for a balance sheet and projected income, write a farm experience narrative and then collect the supporting documentation to complete the application. When I get a clearer idea of our farm plan I’ll lay it all out here. What I will say is that we are taking a LONG look at aquaponics. Nearly year round production in USDA zone 3 sounds interesting.

One Word ChefArk!

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 | Food Activism, Uncategorized | No Comments

This guy named Mickey Murch from California has a blog and some videos up on Vimeo. I ran across one that was really fun to watch “Building the Earth Ship Pt 1″ It’s in my vimeo favorite feed on the video page now if you want to see it.

And for all my friends here in the city who don’t know what it is to be a farmer-this is the kind of stuff I use to do on a regular basis. How I miss the sound of an acetylene torch.

At least there will be one chef safe from flooding! ;-p

Nice work Mickey! There’s also a link to his blog in my navigation to the right: Good News Farm

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