You can build a profitable business from home

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I hear from many of you that you want to live this homesteading lifestyle but you are wondering how to afford it. Can a homestead pay for itself? Can you actually earn an income from it? With a background in business and marketing, Grace set out to start a profitable farm business, and she ended up growing her sheep farming business to $100k by the third year. If you have a desire to draw a profit from your farm or homestead but you are unsure of the business mechanics, this episode is for you! Grace is a wealth of wisdom on both business strategy and sheep farming. Join us to be encouraged by her incredible story!
In this episode, we cover:
- What led Grace to start a farm business with no prior experience
- The value of mapping out your business plan in the beginning and committing to it
- Why building a newsletter should be a priority in your business
- Strategizing what to provide to your newsletter subscribers
- Is there a minimum amount of acreage you need to build a profitable farm business?
- Why finding your market is so important and how to do it
- Maintaining motivation when profits are coming in slowly in the beginning
- A day in the life of a farm business owner
- Having the confidence to start something even if you don’t feel like an expert
- Answering your questions about the specifics of raising sheep
- A realistic look at the financial side of diving into a business endeavor
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ABOUT GRACE
Grace is an entrepreneur, shepherdess, and rotational grazing enthusiast. This eclectic mix converges as she shares her small scale sheep farming operation. Through KZfaq Grace shares about regenerative farming for profit, raising Dorper sheep, and daily life as a small-scale, regenerative farmer!
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@marciaburke6226 9 ай бұрын

YES! I do want to see you make that bread AGAIN. Repeat ... repeat ... repeat! ... until we do it. You ladies are so inspiring. God bless you and your families AND continue to bless and prosper the work of your hands.❤️

@joyfullyjustine 9 ай бұрын

Switching to a content producer from a content consumer is key! This was so helpful. 🌸

@SpecialgiftsLA 9 ай бұрын

This is so valuable, Lisa please record the conversation that you have when you stop recording😂. This is very encouraging when you are starting out and not seeing money, yes, traction takes the effort then G-d lifts you up.😊

@silver_threads 9 ай бұрын

The information is priceless! As a retired, empty nest boomer I so appreciate the quick access to "life-long learning". I spent decades trying to learn through reading books, but honestly, being a visual learning and valuing relationships, I struggled with consistency in improving skills, and became easily discouraged. The last couple of years have opened my eyes and heart and hands to so many new ventures. We already had the land due to our desire to give our children and grandchildren a more rural and free environment for learning and playing. We had clumsily added berries and a few fruit trees and even started a maple syrup venture...but more for our own enjoyment. I knew next to nothing about food preservation. Now, through my compulsion to try new projects and learn new things, I have become somewhat skilled in a few areas. I have been satisfied with simply being able to financially break even on the things we enjoy producing and supplying friends and family with good food and unique gifts. But...this video has my mind stirred up to consider what if, and listen to what my friends often tell me. Loved this interview!! Looking forward to following Grace! Blessings, Marie

@mfpJ4ever 9 ай бұрын

Don't worry Lisa, we REALLY do wanna see you make that bread again! 😊

@birgitelisabeth9661 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your podcasts. I love that I’m able to do an activity while still listening to it without having to look at it all the time. I also love all of your topics.

@Simplefarmhouselife 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@AHomesteadingHustle 9 ай бұрын

My husband has been saying we need to switch to meat sheep for a while now. Definitely feeling inspired with this episode! Thank you!

@ThisLittleKitchen 5 ай бұрын

Yes, 😂 we absolutely want to see you make that same bread again! In order to feed a family from scratch you have to have some go-to recipes, you just have too.

@kingdomhealthwellness 9 ай бұрын

Yes, Lisa, we want to see you make the bread :) I really needed to hear this information. Thank you for being so honest, both of you, and helpful. Sheep milk is lovely. We get sheep yogurt. I'm looking forward to have land and sheep one day.

@user-yf2uc5dn2t 9 ай бұрын

I love how you said being a content consumer and be a content producer, that gives me hope because I do struggle with confidence just because I feel like others have done the same thing but in a different way. Also speaking of redundancy it did make sense to me cause Lord knows I don’t get it right on the first try.

@ruthturkington1736 9 ай бұрын

Yes, Lisa we do want to see you make this bread again and again!

@samanthahoos9827 9 ай бұрын

I am not looking to make money off my homestead, but to save money on what my family eats. I tried selling eggs once, but I don’t like grumpy customers. Privacy is also important to me and being on social media seems to be too intrusive. My husband and I have good full time jobs we enjoy, but in 12 years we’ll be retiring. Maybe then we’ll rethink selling off the ‘farm’.😊

@Rebuildingmom 9 ай бұрын

This couldn’t come out at a better time for me. She is from my hometown and my time in life she is definitely reassuring

@whobeyou5342 9 ай бұрын

aaahh! we just got the Shepherdess book in the mail! can't wait to sit down and read! would Love to turn out little sheep family into an operation that would allow me to stay home.

@cramfarms 4 ай бұрын

We have milked cows, goats and sheep. Our children prefer cows milk, we make cheese with our goat milk but sheep milk is my husbands favorite for the sweet, ultra creamy taste.

@lindastritzel4729 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Lisafor all you do for your community!

@pia9343 9 ай бұрын

excellent information! I shared this podcast with my son who has a math tutoring business. Nothing to do with farming, but concepts are valuable.

@Seasoncromwell 9 ай бұрын

Yes! Adding value. Hands down. Best.

@khorner1109 9 ай бұрын

Inspiring!! Thank you Ladies!

@ronaldshort9819 9 ай бұрын

Cool!! 2 of my faves😊

@thisworldneedsjesus313 9 ай бұрын

Definitely some of what i needed! You have no idea how much I'd love to talk to y'all in person!! We just started raising pasture poultry hopefully for profit. This video helped give me some ideas. Marketing is my issue. I despise technology. Got off all social media over 8 years ago. I'm back on for the first time specifically for our farm and I'm CLUELESS on what to do!! We're trying to get up and going in southeast Missouri. Love any farm advice possible! Thank you for this!

@candacecares 9 ай бұрын

I am in many circles with parents of children with eczema, and if anyone is looking for a farming niche there is a growing desire for American mammoth donkey milk. It is very closely related to human milk and is very healing to littles with eczema. It is hard to find and expensive!

@slee7991 8 ай бұрын

For information purposes- does goat milk or sheep milk not do well with children of eczema? My son has food allergies/eczema but we do goat milk. He seems to do fine on it. I haven't delve into this topic heavily but from what I am aware of is that in different articles goat or sheep milk best reflects human breast milk. I often wonder which is it truly. Maybe no one knows..

@candacecares 8 ай бұрын

@@slee7991 People with eczema are often sensitive to pasteurized dairy, but some feel great with raw cows’ milk. Sheep and goat are usually better tolerated in sensitive people. If your little doesn’t flare or have other symptoms with goat or sheep milk that is great!

@Largefamilylargegrace 9 ай бұрын

That definitely sounds within reach 🙌🙌❤

@birgitelisabeth9661 9 ай бұрын

I live in the Chicago area and was not able to source sheep milk except through mail order and all of the sheep cheese I see was imported from abroad.

@jenniferannfox2316 9 ай бұрын

Great episode! I'm a knitter and I was thinking the whole time about does she use the wool for any yarn selling fibers and it's own business too? I see a niche for that online still.

@candacekesting1786 9 ай бұрын

Your bedroom furniture is in the middle of the room...floating.

@Simplefarmhouselife 9 ай бұрын

yes, I like it that way

@sasheenborrelli1495 8 ай бұрын

Okay so talk more about the newsletter through Google, what do you mean by this Grace? How do I do this?

@Kymmy123 Ай бұрын

question: would all of my recipes have to be my own created recipes when making a blog? Is it ok to link or give credit to another's recipe or link to the cookbook it came from? Wanting to create a blog for busy moms who need quick meal ideas/recipes but don't want to do anything illegal. Not really finding the answer that I need on Google...many different opinions out ther. Thank you :-)