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Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing
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<blockquote data-quote="pipkins" data-source="post: 5118426" data-attributes="member: 79452"><p>One thing to set up from scratch for yourself, quite another to set up in such a way that you can give others a meaningful starting point into the industry. </p><p></p><p>Farms for City Children, Jamie's Farm (not THAT Jamie, luckily), lots of the City Farms, the School Farms Network, a huge amount more are already doing similar to what you are suggesting. Lots of market research and gaining some experience in an organisation like that (the city farms especially are under-funded and welcome volunteers) would help to clarify your plans but I am not convinced that being one page ahead of your customers is going to set them up well- however a linking/coordinating role into existing businesses and provisions might be a good way forward. </p><p></p><p>Both The Black Farmer and JB Gill are lovely helpful guys from ethnicities under-represented in farming. I am heavily involved in various aspects of working with young people without a background in farming so I recommend some time looking at what's already out there, identifying gaps (there are at least one or two) and seeing how your skills address those would be better than getting into a small farm and learning as you go while trying to compete with these established and well-connected provisions. </p><p></p><p>I did that, I must admit, but on a very small scale and extremely slowly and was several books ahead of my young people before we did anything, as a result!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pipkins, post: 5118426, member: 79452"] One thing to set up from scratch for yourself, quite another to set up in such a way that you can give others a meaningful starting point into the industry. Farms for City Children, Jamie's Farm (not THAT Jamie, luckily), lots of the City Farms, the School Farms Network, a huge amount more are already doing similar to what you are suggesting. Lots of market research and gaining some experience in an organisation like that (the city farms especially are under-funded and welcome volunteers) would help to clarify your plans but I am not convinced that being one page ahead of your customers is going to set them up well- however a linking/coordinating role into existing businesses and provisions might be a good way forward. Both The Black Farmer and JB Gill are lovely helpful guys from ethnicities under-represented in farming. I am heavily involved in various aspects of working with young people without a background in farming so I recommend some time looking at what's already out there, identifying gaps (there are at least one or two) and seeing how your skills address those would be better than getting into a small farm and learning as you go while trying to compete with these established and well-connected provisions. I did that, I must admit, but on a very small scale and extremely slowly and was several books ahead of my young people before we did anything, as a result! [/QUOTE]
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