Do you have a dream of hosting guests on your farm through running a B&B? That’s exactly what Kriss Marion of Circle M Farm in Blanchardville, Wisconsin successfully did quickly. Hear her marketing strategies and how diversification adds up to a savvy business strategy.

Come sit around the kitchen table with the mighty Kriss Marion of Circle M Farm in Blanchardville, Wisconsin. Kriss may have started her farm operation as a new transplant from the urban confines of Chicago over 12 years ago, but she quickly learned the key ingredient to growing a successful farm business: It’s all about community.

Dela Ends of Scotch Hill Farm is a true organic pioneer, starting as one of the first CSAs in Wisconsin. Dela raises more than vegetables on her land: she’s committed to her family and the next generation of eaters, stepping up to the leadership plate to get things done.

We’re digging in with Rachel Hershberger of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana on how she and her husband, Ben Hartman, prioritize creating a balanced life on the farm, from shifting to a three season CSA so they can have some time off in-between to nearby regular camping trips with the kids.

Join Rachel Hershberger of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana as we talk about farming with young kids and how there’s no magic formula or master plan for integrating family, but a lot of adjusting and joy in the process.

Today we’re focusing on cover crops with advice from Rachel Herschberger of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana. Rachel and her family have used a variety of cover crops on their farm to help build the soil from being so dense with clay that her husband could spin a pot to today with soil made up of twelve percent organic matter.

Gather around the kitchen table with Rachel Herschberger of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, and hear how her market farm and young family are thriving. How does she do it all? Creative frugality, keeping things lean and debt-free. “The slow approach lets you not get in too over your head financially,” advises Rachel.

Kathy offers personal insight into both the challenges and opportunities of running her operation as a solo woman farmer. Be brutally honest with yourself, know what you are skilled at and admit what you’re not good at or don’t love at and hire that out. Farming solo also gives Kathy the opportunity to learn new things she never would have otherwise. Or as Kathy puts it: “Plumbing is kinda cool.”

Learn about how Kathy is working to continually add fertility to her highly erodible land and her mission to fight thistle with cover crops. Kathy’s advice: “Bare land is bad.” Use those cover crops.

We’re digging in with Kathy as she imparts insights and wisdom on farming female and how to keep true to one’s values and integrity when you are outside the expected norm. From starting off in her first ag job as a feed rep being the only female in a meeting of 432 to advice on navigating regulations working with agencies, Kathy offers pragmatic advice on being yourself with honesty, integrity and transparency.