Farmer Bailey hosted B-Side Farm flower farmer and Flower Farming For Profit small business whiz Lennie Larkin on Instagram Live on May 24, 2023 for a talk about Profitable Flower Farming: the key goal of a sustainable business, and the topic of Lennie's upcoming book.
Learn more about Flower Farming for Profit here: www.flowerfarmingforprofit.com/
Tune in for wisdom on how to find your niche in your local market, why you need to develop your business skills from Day One, and why calling in expert help is far less costly than trying to do it all on your own. Bailey and Lennie take viewer questions in the last fifteen minutes of this one-hour chat.
In addition to growing superior cut flowers and creating delightful designs, Lennie is a talented teacher with a passion for numbers. She mentors other farmers, provides growing, design and business consulting, and leads Flower Farming for Profit study groups and virtual retreats. You can learn more about Lennie's current offerings at b-sidefarm.com/workshops, including an Open Coaching Call to help small business owners work through challenges.
Lennie was also the west coast director of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, and her profit-oriented talks at the ASCFG annual conference are essential for anyone creating a sustainable farm business.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey returns to Instagram Live on June 14 at Noon ET / 9am PT / 5pm GMT with a discussion of one of our favorite crops that Bailey introduced to American farmers, Scoop Scabiosa! Get the dirt on how to grow this super productive stunner.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey is an educational video series for flower farmers that broadcasts Live on Instagram every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Noon ET / 9am PT / 5pm GMT. Watch the entire series on our KZfaq Channel and let us know what other topics you'd like Bailey and expert guests to dig in to!