From Portland, Oregon to San Diego, California. We interviewed farmers, market managers, chefs, kombucha makers, and farm marketing experts to show how leadership is taking initiative to serve your community and clients in the best way. 

Here is a short preview of who is coming up from our west coast tour. 

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Brandon & Nick discuss how coaching had lead to personal growth and business concepts and when coaching may not be a good fit.

Clients are human. Looking at the human condition of friendships, health issues, and bandwagon jumpers and how they can rob you of mental energy, time, and money. Hopefully this discussion will help identify red flags earlier and give you the insights needed to let go of troublesome clients earlier.

Two nerds talk herbs. 

Ryan Pierce of Fresh Impact Farms and Nick have a casual conversation about their herb production, use, and thoughts about culinary herbs in culture, history, and the future.

Ryan Pierce of Fresh Impact Farms describes how building a business first and then an urban farm second allowed him to hit the ground running. Years of planning and client insights allowed him to build a farm specifically around the best chefs in the Washington, D.C. area.

As Nick consider's major changes to his farm and breaking away from the subscription model in pursuit of bigger opportunities, Brandon offers a sounding board to discuss farm business pros and cons as things change for the better.

Introducing our free structured resource for agri-business opportunities through feasibility studies, peer to peer mentoring, and resources found at www.bootstrapfarmer.com/pages/incubator

In this interview, Brandon speaks with Chris Thoreau of Vancouver Urban Micro to look at many challenges, benefits, and lifestyle considerations in running any urban farm venture to scale.

This week we add to The Bootstrap Farmer Incubator as we look at a micro green cost structure feasibility Study. 

This mini episode sets up the week in which we release video cost analysis walk throughs and  an interview with Brandon and Chris Thoreau of Vancouver Urban Micro.

Find it all at www.bootstrapfarmer.com/pages/incubator and follow the micro green tab.

How planning a vacation to search out inspiration opens your mind up to new ideas. Implementing those ideas at home can be a little tricky if your market isn't into your passions. Nick & Brandon talk about these strategies and more.