Farm Small: Maybe Farming Isn't the Perfect Job for You (AND THAT'S OK!) (FSFS235)

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A lot of us who go into farming probably had an idealized vision of what farming as a career is supposed to be like and how our lives and lifestyles would just naturally meld into that vision when we start farming: grow some vegetables, sell them, pay the bills, live a quiet life while eating good food.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As simple as it sounds—and many of us have experienced this firsthand, no doubt—it doesn’t happen that way. There’s all the nitty-gritty of designing your operation, ensuring there’s a market for what you grow, and making sure the numbers are enough to keep you on a living wage, among other things.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, say you’ve started farming for a while, but the lifestyle is leagues away from what you imagined it to be and it just isn’t hitting off. What would you do then?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this episode, we’re talking to Sam Billings, someone who fell in love with the idea of permaculture and farming, tried it, and decided he was happier working at a company and gardening as a hobby instead of making it his full-time job.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 12pt;">Increase farm efficiency with the <a href= "https://www.paperpot.co/"><span class="s3">Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment</span></a> at <a href= "https://www.paperpot.co/"><span class= "s3">https://www.paperpot.co/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 12pt;">Follow Diego on IG <a href= "https://instagram.com/diegofooter"><span class="s3">https://instagram.com/diegofooter</span></a><br /> Follow PaperpotCo on IG <a href= "https://instagram.com/paperpot"><span class= "s3">https://instagram.com/paperpot</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 12pt;">Podcasts by Diego Footer:<br /> Microgreens: <a href="https://apple.co/2m1QXmW"><span class= "s3">https://apple.co/2m1QXmW</span></a><br /> Vegetable Farming: <a href