Richard Wiswall of The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
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Richard Wiswall of Cate Farm, Vermont and author of The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook joins Jesse to make the case for paying as much attention to the business of farming as we do the growing. He talks about having a cooperative mindset, the hidden costs of direct marketing, dropping loss leaders, doing market research, the power of a smiple crop-budget and cost-benefit analysis, and goes deep on plant sales.
Mentioned in the show...
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook (get it directly from Richard, folks)