How to research your local market to determine what to sell, to who, and how much they’re willing to pay.
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Great info! Missed you yesterday.
Question: Is the soil PH in your area pretty neutral? Do you ever have to add Lime or anything to adjust the acidity? Here in South Carolina our soil is acidic and we have to take soil samples and test every Fall and use Calcium Carbonate Ag Lime to raise PH.
This is my #1 biggest challenge – thanks for addressing this Curtis!
You got to buy the book, his book is a gem of information. You got to grow something first.
Like your videos. Some folks learn by books, some by verbiage, some by hands on…but by video via U-Tube it works because we can travel to folks like you. Thank You Curtis P.S, I've started my yard as per your videos in the front prepping through the winter and am looking at equipment to order to help the process; gauging what I have to order now vs back orders and I have NO idea on seeds here in Kansas so that is my next project. I have chickens in the back yard so am working on confining to utilize the back more efficiently. My neighbors drive by and back up and drive by again…lol…cause my entire front yard is covered in Silage Tarp for now with a few raised beds to start.
Curtis, we bought this 11.5 acre farm, and our intention is to develop a vineyard and winery. But to fund our build, after watching your videos, we've decided to farm micro greens and other veggies starting "as soon as your book arrives" what affects do you know if any, on our soil, that growing vegetables for two years before planting grape vines might have. Realizing that your back ground I believe is being an arborist.. thanks for any advice you might have.
Awesome timing Curtis, I am at the point in my business plan where I can no longer wait to do my in deep market research! Thanks
I have a customer, grocery that has their own csa type of orders to their customers. I started selling them small amounts of microgreens. they wished me to do a bulk of about 40 pounds a week for them. that would mean 80 pounds in motion. since at this moment I grow in my house, the entire house would be racks of greens, so I turned it down.
I think you also have to know your limitations too.
what going to a restaurant, paying for a meal and giving them a sample of the greens for them to try?
Local sourced products are , much healthier crops , than mass-farming,
Local sourced, should be more pricy,
Restaurants should specify, local ingredients,
This will be reflected on menu price
Customers can have choice,
Local farmers have constraint budgets, don't get subsidy from Monsanto!
what license do you need to sell? I'm in Us
Here in Italy consumers and restaurants still love the human presence and touch. So, I always plant some extra veggies to use for promotion. I'll go into a restaurant, when they are not busy, quickly present myself and the farm, leave some vegetables or berries as a gift to try out. Next week I'l be back to ask for an evaluation and comparison with other organic farms (if any) and see if I can supply them with regularity. Out of 10 I will have 2 regulars. My production is always aligned with customers' needs. Blessings to all the new farmers. Thank you Curtis for your inspiration. Adriano, http://www.cascinarosso.com
Hey Curtis, have you considered doing 10/15 min 1-1calls on Skype through fiverr?
I've seen some other youtubers are getting into this now. I'd be your first customer for a 10min chat to clear up some Q's I have.
Good onya Curtis. Thumbs up, mate !!
is there any room for new growers in the MARKET?
how does one not get overshadowed by a big farm?
Another highly practical round of information. My kitchen table is covered with notes from your videos, sticky notes, seed catalogs and books. Between JM's book and yours, I feel like I have a plan and a direction to go. Sooo much math but it is a good thing. Seriously people, rather than wishing you could afford to travel to Canada, review the videos and purchase the book. Thank you Curtis for helping us help ourselves.
I Love your videos, I am working on Micro Green's my self, thank-you. Here in So Oregon I quit CSA's as a customers, because it was like I got the seconds from the farm's which needed the best crop for the farmer's markets.
got rid of cable, canceled netflix, sold my 55" tv, since i started watching your videos one month ago!
your videos=winning the rat race lottery by becoming self sufficient ! thank you for creating these videos
Hello…what u think about in the way to make market try to give to the people what the other farmers dont have???i mean after see what most farmers have in a market,u think its good idea to grow diferent kind of products,or its too risky??
Thank you so much! This was actually exactly what I needed hear. As soon as you posted this the other night I immediately started researching my market and found a few potentials. Once again thank you for your help Curtis!
I know you deal with grocery stores. How did you get into that market? I already deal with restaurants in different parts of my area. But I really want to get into the grocery store market stream. Thanks for all your advice.
It seems you are somewhat tied down. Not to say you are not doing successful, but having a farm seems like when it gets to a point such as where you are, you are not able to take a vacation. Are you able to vacation or, are you tied down to the farm year round? Do you ever plan on getting to the point in which you no longer have to be present on the farm because you have employees doing all of the tasks that you currently perform?
don't be afraid to ask the rest rant guy/gal Your talking " is there something you can't get here ( insert name of Your area ) " because restaurant people move around as they move up the ladder if they say something like " I used to get radish micro greens from a guy at My last location but can't get them here " your answer should be something like I will see what I can do and get back to you
Listen to what they want if your willing to grow something special for them they are buy other things from You
Hey Curtis, been watching your videos and read your book over the past year, looking at your course in August. Coming from London. Thanks for letting us guys pick your brain. This video helped…donation coming soon
Sorry new to the channel but what is a csa?
Thanks for shearing
Thanks for making so many awesome videos.
Curtis; What about cafes? Have you only dealt with restaurants?
Anyone interested in how he transport his product to the buyer? Not packaging… But transporting product to the buyer… I am kind of interested… Like for him to see.
I love your videos and I bought your book. We hope to be able to start up late this year. Happy new year to you and your family. Torben Gram Denmark
Man it is was good video. Even i have farm in named as hydroplants, struggling to get out and sell to customers, it’s really hard to find the things like microgreens and lettuce on our local market but i have seen a huge rise for salads