I'm glad I found you just when I'm about to start a market garden. Your videos are great inspiration for me. I've subscribed. Thank you and keep up the good job. LOVE FROM NIGERIA!
Farmers Markets, for me, was a good way to pick up individual customers. Many shoppers can't be there each week to get their produce so it's a great way to get your name out, get some face time, and pick up additional clients for your delivery route. I picked up about 1/2 of my restaurants out of a local farmers market and a handful of weekly personal deliveries.
Totally! There are pros and cons about any sales outlet or time you spend marketing. Doing a farmer's market is just as much about selling as it is marketing. I have just chosen not to do for the reasons mentioned in the video.
@@JoshSattinFarming absolutely..I've done a farmers market just one Saturday every couple months. You choose a weekend of a festival or something going on in town when lots of people are out and about.
So u deliver personally to customers. Okay that is a game changer for me and I why I never thought of that I don’t know. So u are the farmer, customers service and sales. Thanks for taking your time to film this. Very informative five star all the way
I feel like the best part of Josh is how clearly you can see his passion for what he does. He genuinely seems excited and happy to be providing nutritious greens to his customers. ( At one point he called his customers his 'families') This kind of passion is what is going to grow this channel. I don't grow food (yet) but I still really enjoy this channel. Thanks for your hard work and the information!
My produce is in 4 stores and this is my first year growing anything everything he says is absolutely possible as long as its what you really want to do
Josh, I'm just finding you this past month and I absolutely love your channel, your delivery , transparency and techniques. Please keep them coming, you are making a big difference for the new and beginning farmer :) Your awesome and one of my favorites !
It is very refreshing listening to you. You are really honest, straight and passionate. I like this energy which is very different from the others farmer market who talk only about money profit and make more money out of the viewer, which become a little obnoxious after a while. I understand, we need to sell to survive but the main reason I watch those video is for the technical. I am not interested in how Curtis will make more money next year. Just the technics and real life normal family situation
Hey, thanks for the kinds words.There is a lot you can take from everyone out there. I have learned so much from Curtis. If you are doing this sort of thing as a business you always need to keep your eye on sales, profits, costs, etc. I also think there are other forms of capital besides money. Let's keep sharing and help each other out. Thanks for watching!
@@JoshSattinFarming totally agree. What you are doing is returned to you thousand fold because you are doing something that passionate you and you are sharing your knowledge with others. Thank you and yes I agree with the sharing of idea, technics and experience. Thats what I try to do also in my temporary new little community. Patience is needed, but it is kind of fun.
Long time watcher, but first time commenting - awesome video! Thank you for uploading and sharing, really useful for a new grower looking at their options here in the Highlands of Scotland. 👍🏴
I want to start my own microfarm next year, and have 1/4 acre of land, but its possibile to rent another 1/4 from my wifes family. You gave me really good ideas. Thanks man!
I'm loving your channel. I'm moving the direction of farming, still learning my grow seasons in North Idaho at 2300 ft in the mountains. We got snow in the last week of September and the frost is getting heavy. I love the Idea of micro greens, but my market is not really salad eaters. Steak and taters if a salad is eaten ice burg and ranch. These people put ranch on everything it's used more than ketchup, and everyone has chickens. Eggs here are $2.50 -3 a doz. Chickens are traded like baseball cards. The delivery well I live 45 miles from the city, so this is a thing I'm tossing around. Have yet to meet a vegan in Idaho. love the work learning buttloads from you keep it up.
@@JoshSattinFarming You're doing something that many people can only dream of because of too many responsibilities. Something personal and up close. When you become a guy with a big farm I won't consider you a hero any more. Fair? :D
We only own 2 acres and we don't want to move again so I'm not sure how big I could even go here. I do want to help others learn how to grow better though. That might have more impact in the world.
Hi Josh! Really appreciate your videos- I’ve really learned a lot from your videos in my first year farming. I have been using insulated shopping bags from Holden bags- keeps things nice and cold for deliveries and not too expensive. Plus you can add your logo to the bags pretty easily.
Awesome Josh! One point especially rural areas, having lived in different parts of the country, A road stand by your farm is the excellent avenue. Having experienced it, customers know they can find your product when they need it & family can be involved. Great work and much success.
That could be a good sales outlet in a rural situation for sure! You usually do need someone to staff the stand though. I live in a suburban neighborhood at the end of a street. We don't get any traffic in front of our house, even for an honor system type setup.
I love your videos Josh. This is my first year farming (practice year) and I have been helped soo much by you. My family moved out of the suburbs in Durham up to Roxboro to do exactly what you are doing. Keep these videos coming and let me know if my family could come and meet you sometime. Stay blessed and keep on growing!
I have watched a few of your videos now and am now a sub. I am in my first year of homesteading and you are an inspiration for my second one. I agree 1000% on researching your local customers wants and needs. Micro in my area just wouldn't fly so I am having to raise more traditional fruits while also offering some exotics to the area to try and expand the locals taste buds. Keep up the good work.
Just came across your channel love it so far and how your up front with everything. The hands on showing up close how you'd recommend doing things is great.
Thanks Josh for showing us how you go about selling your produce. I bring most of my produce to my shop where I work a full time job and sell my produce from there. I thought about the CSA deal but it is a bit more complicated then what I want to deal with at this time. Maybe once I retired from my day job then we will look at other ways to move our produce. I am just outside of Sanford so you are about an hour from me. Thanks for the tips and ideas. Hope you have a great week!
You're welcome. Happy to share. Everyone's context is different and I'm sure this model won't work for everyone. But... I think it's important that we share so we can all help each other sell more good food to our community. Thanks for watching!
Yes Sir you got that right. I have no problem selling everything I can grow so I focus on my channel to help others learn how to grow some amazing veggies for themselves. Nothing better then from garden to table. Thanks for doing what you do! Hope you have a great week!
Thanks so much for sharing all the awesome information! I'm just in my planning process right now and projecting to start next year. I have learned so much from your videos.. Super grateful!
Great video Josh 👍👍 I’m a fairly new subscriber and I can honestly say, your videos are informative and educational - THANK YOU for your time and efforts.
great info. Idk if you got a website for people in your area to visit, but even a simple static website with basic info about what you provide could help a lot.
Hi Josh, love your channel, really generous of you to share how you sell🙏🏾, love the honest energy of your videos, keep up the good work👍🏾, love from the uk-london.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride and showing your box model. I was wondering how you maintain your family list and communicate with your customers? Is it all done through email?
My pleasure Steven! Yes, I do all of the communication with my families via email. I send out a newsletter type email on Mondays with any information, farm updates and what to expect in the box that week. I do all of my invoicing through Square.
I'm so glad someone like you thought about basically a pay as you go sub before me. It's pretty much what I want to do starting next year or so after I've started growing and am confident enough in my skills. As always, great video!
Great video- I appreciate the perspective of a sort of “reverse CSA”. Looking at selling options as well and I’m not sure I’m comfortable with the up front subscriptions either. Thanks for your insight.
nice video, here a weekly box it's not been done by anyone neither have a farmer's market... it's difficult to sell produce directly, so even in low volumen have to use a store to move the produce...
great vid brother !! glad I found your videos !! my wife and I are just breaking ground on our farm here in N ID , your videos have been great !!! Thanks !!!1
Seems like the next logical step if you wanted to acquire more customers without further burdening your Friday’s is to find some office buildings or manufacturing sites. Still plenty convenient for them and you get to drop 5-10 or more boxes in one stop.
You have the hook up bro! Just have to squeeze a couple work places out of your existing customers. I think the hardest thing would be getting the companies to go for it. But if u make it non disruptive most places want their employees to be healthy. I’m going to start playing around w targeted digital marketing for subscription accounts. I’ll let u know if I have any useful info for you. Markets are killin me..
Banker's boxes, they collapse down, have lids. They're a little bigger, but that's what we are going to try to use this 1st yr here on our homestead. Thanks for sharing!
I tried this in my area for a season. It was challenging to make it. I did not have the individual families to sell to. I had one local restaurant and two local store/retailer I distributed to. I could not make enough selling this way. The restaurant loved fresh produce, but the retailers were hard to do business with because of the price per lb. I was selling at $4 a lb for bagged greens mix. Fresh radishes too. I like the way you do the BOX I seems to work better then competing with $/lb at the retailers volume.
I love this idea I've been using clam shells containers for herbs and microgreens and then plastic bags on the roll but I heat seal for lettuce greens but I really like this box idea to put it all together. Garden City Greens LLC. Boise Idaho
Hey man, i love ur vids! Great work! Love the fact that u go organic and small. And even if u don't go full permaculture, ur still doing an amazing job for the earth and the people u produce food for in comparison to the big farmers. Great work, keep it up. Greetings from the Netherlands:)
Thank you! I'm glad you have been liking the videos. I think it's important to look at things through a Permaculture lens, but you have to do things differently when you are growing in larger areas with less diversity. I have an observational approach and try to work with nature and not against it as much as possible.
Man I am loving your videos! We started an Urban Farm this year and are already looking to expand to a 5 acre property. We are getting ready to make an offer on the farm in the next week or so. We were thinking of using some sort of rubber maid tote or custom wood box for CSA/Greens Box. We would have a small fee for the customer to cover cost of containers so as to make sure they are responsible with taking care of it. If we broke it then we would replace it. Keep up the good work!
Love the videos, I have a homestead in Minnesota and I am always looking for different ideas. I sell most of mine roadside but like the idea of green boxes. Keep up the awesome work
Lots of great ideas, especially about the ice packs. I'm always afraid of pricing things and often sell too low. I guess I need to do some research in my local stores and go from there
How have I never seen you before?? I have a brand new small farm and have harvested a wee bit for the first time. Thank you for the ideas on marketing the produce:))
Within the first 2 minutes I was like - yes! My thoughts exactly and just the video I was looking for. Lol Covid19 shut down my teaching job so I am attempting a Veggie box too here in SE Iowa. First year may be low profit but I look at it as building that list of dedicated families and friends. 💕Plus it’s income - better than nothing.
Hello Josh. Thank you very much for posting your videos. Very informative. Can you tell us what salad greens (if any) you grow during the heat of the summer. Can you share varieties of different crops, e.g. carrots, lettuce, etc. Thanks.
Check out this video to learn about the lettuce that I grow ua-cam.com/video/Ihp3LaQfZgo/v-deo.html I am currently growing lettuce, kale, mizuna, sorrel, radish, cucumbers, tomatoes, basil
They Josh love the videos. Do you chop or cut your salad mix before you bag? What ratios of lettuce do you do in your mix? Thanks from Stafford Hill Farms!
Yes, I cut the lettuce then wash and pack it as a lettuce mix. This year was 70% Muir, 15% Magenta, 15% Cherokee. I haven't decided what I'll be doing next year. There is more about all of that in this video ua-cam.com/video/Ihp3LaQfZgo/v-deo.html
Hi,Josh im a new subcriber to your channel and man i gotta tell ya my wife and i just inherited my father in laws 3 acre poultry farm through the years her and myself raised thousands of birds here.We had a USDA certification but have not raised birds in 5 yrs but you have inspired me man im about to fire this farm back up Blackcreek Ga Micro greens and poultry Thanks for sharing your work and ideas.Charles Huggins
I. C. Spotz I built an old timey looking produce stand at the farm and let the folks stop at their leisure 24 hours a day and I’ve been able to sell most all of what I grow and last season it worked very well. The way I look at it is if I have to pack product up and and go to an off farm site to sell then I’m getting behind on my duties growing the product so I remain at the farm and let everyone come to me. Customers seem to enjoy coming to the farm and seeing how things are grown and some prefer to go out thru the fields and pick their own stuff and that’s fine also. The produce stand is open 24 hours and if I’m busy in the fields or away from the farm for a bit, then they use the honor box at the stand and drop their money in and it’s worked very well so far.
Don Pfeiffer I love it! I am on a 1/4 gravel road driveway (pasture on both sides) with not a lot of turn around or parking space. Ideas? How’s traffic? I want to do this as well.
Brandi Nicole hey Brandi, I had the same issue but I’m on a fairly busy road with cow pasture on one side of the road and my house and fields on the other side. Everything in farm life is trial and error and work in progress as I’m sure you’ve found out by now. For the past two years I just used my driveway. When you pull in my driveway, my house is on the right and I built the produce stand on the left side of the driveway about 30-40’ off the road between the driveway and the edge of my front field. Customers love being able to shop at the stand and being able to see where it’s all grown. . Folks would just pull in and walk over to the stand but last year business was tenfold of the previous year (word travels fast in the country) so I started having lots of parking issues and realized I was going to have to make some changes if I was going to keep things going like this. What I’ve done but I’ve got 21 acres also so I’m not really limited on space, only budget, lol 😂. When folks pull in my driveway now, I made another section of driveway that runs directly in front of my stand and I’m in the process now of putting a parking area that should fit 5-6 cars side by side on the far side of my stand between my stand and the field. The driveway for it all comes off of the house driveway and runs in front of the stand, then there’s the parking area and then when they leave they keep going the direction they were originally heading and the new driveway turns and goes back up onto the road. I’ve basically built a one way, Circle drive and it’s gonna work fantastic I believe as long as folks pay attention , lol. I also put a really neat, wooden stop sign that’s on a 4”x4” post just past where my house drive and the stand drive split and I’m making another sign to say something about “customer parking” this way so they don’t contest my homes driveway. Having the one way circle should keep things flowing really well, I hope, but will see what happens before long when we get a bit busier. I know it’s probly hard to understand what I’ve described but I’d be more than happy to send pics to an email or something if you’d like to see it that way, it may make more sense then. I’m getting ready to actually put the gravel in in the next couple of weeks so it will really be nice once all that gets done. But the short of it is you come up with an idea of what you think may work for your scenario and try it, then improve on it. I wish you well Brandi and if I can help answer any questions just please let me know. Maybe when all this pandemic mess is over with and I get a few more things done, I’d love to have josh come out and do one of his videos about my farm. I don’t live to far from him and I’d love to have him come out if he can break away from the Raleigh farm for an afternoon Take care and stay safe out there!!
Don Pfeiffer For sure! My business is at Info@ActiveLearnersIA.com I could possibly do a round about but at the end of my drive is a 1911 Big red barn and my coop🤔 I’m down in a valley so I’m sloped. Near the coop is my house, patio and garage. 14 Aces but it’s all cattle field with 3 creeks running through. Where there is a will there is a way! Lol I can send you my pics too for ideas. The top of my drive is a steep exit / entrance. I’m not sure what they were thinking when they built the road and fencing 😂 Tractor fits though. Thanks so much for all the ideas. I appreciate it very much! Ps: Josh needs to go out! 🤗
hi Josh. great video as usual :) could you make a video explaining how you approach social media. Do you use more than one, do you have a plan or not, etc. I am struggling with that part the most, because, honestly, i never got into them that much (well part from UA-cam i guess) and I find that what i try to do comes out fake (does that makes sense at all)...
I'll put it on my video list, but that would probably be a tough video to make. I primarily use Instagram for the farm. I have it automatically send the posts over to Facebook.
I used your video in my Small Business Agriculture class today. Thanks
I'm glad I found you just when I'm about to start a market garden. Your videos are great inspiration for me. I've subscribed. Thank you and keep up the good job. LOVE FROM NIGERIA!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
I believe you can do it 😉
Farmers Markets, for me, was a good way to pick up individual customers. Many shoppers can't be there each week to get their produce so it's a great way to get your name out, get some face time, and pick up additional clients for your delivery route. I picked up about 1/2 of my restaurants out of a local farmers market and a handful of weekly personal deliveries.
Totally! There are pros and cons about any sales outlet or time you spend marketing. Doing a farmer's market is just as much about selling as it is marketing. I have just chosen not to do for the reasons mentioned in the video.
I love how you put family before money. So important.. Saturdays with family are everything. Good man you are.
Thanks. It's a balance though... the family does need money too.
@@JoshSattinFarming absolutely..I've done a farmers market just one Saturday every couple months. You choose a weekend of a festival or something going on in town when lots of people are out and about.
So u deliver personally to customers. Okay that is a game changer for me and I why I never thought of that I don’t know. So u are the farmer, customers service and sales. Thanks for taking your time to film this. Very informative five star all the way
Yep, I am a one man farm at the moment. This can be tough at times, but it is doable at this scale.
Hearing the customer reviews made me smile :)
My customers are awesome! I do my best to keep them happy.
Wow! One of the best start up market garden business models I've seen! And totally doable for a beginning gardener who wants to start gradually.
Thanks. It's not a perfect model... well there isn't really a perfect model. But yeah, it is simple to get started.
I feel like the best part of Josh is how clearly you can see his passion for what he does. He genuinely seems excited and happy to be providing nutritious greens to his customers. ( At one point he called his customers his 'families') This kind of passion is what is going to grow this channel. I don't grow food (yet) but I still really enjoy this channel. Thanks for your hard work and the information!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad to hear you have been enjoy my videos. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for being so upfront and taking me for a ride... you have lovely customers...
You're welcome. Yeah, we have some awesome customers for sure. Thanks for watching!
You make it look so easy
Oh man. This is far from easy, but I love it!
My produce is in 4 stores and this is my first year growing anything everything he says is absolutely possible as long as its what you really want to do
Josh, I'm just finding you this past month and I absolutely love your channel, your delivery , transparency and techniques. Please keep them coming, you are making a big difference for the new and beginning farmer :) Your awesome and one of my favorites !
Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad to hear that you have been enjoying the channel. Thanks for watching!
Found your channel this last month and I am so thankful for all your great tips. Love the idea of a veggie box.
You're welcome. Glad you like the channel and thanks for watching!
I really apreciate this video, its not usual to see this level of sincerity about your own business. Thank you so much.
You're welcome. Happy to share and I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!
Glad to hear you sell the boxes the way you do. I'm doing senior boxes. Smaller amount thus slightly lower cost per week.
That's a great idea. Seniors often don't eat well, they don't want to cook for just 1 person, etc
YAY! So glad I stumbled across your account on IG and became a member of the Sattin Hill Farm!! :)
You're the best Rachel. So appreciative of your support and involvement!
It is very refreshing listening to you. You are really honest, straight and passionate. I like this energy which is very different from the others farmer market who talk only about money profit and make more money out of the viewer, which become a little obnoxious after a while. I understand, we need to sell to survive but the main reason I watch those video is for the technical. I am not interested in how Curtis will make more money next year. Just the technics and real life normal family situation
Hey, thanks for the kinds words.There is a lot you can take from everyone out there. I have learned so much from Curtis. If you are doing this sort of thing as a business you always need to keep your eye on sales, profits, costs, etc. I also think there are other forms of capital besides money. Let's keep sharing and help each other out. Thanks for watching!
@@JoshSattinFarming totally agree. What you are doing is returned to you thousand fold because you are doing something that passionate you and you are sharing your knowledge with others. Thank you and yes I agree with the sharing of idea, technics and experience. Thats what I try to do also in my temporary new little community. Patience is needed, but it is kind of fun.
Love your videos! I always come away with information I don't find anywhere else. Keep up the quality work!
That's awesome. I'm so glad to hear that people are finding the videos helpful. Thanks for watching!
Long time watcher, but first time commenting - awesome video! Thank you for uploading and sharing, really useful for a new grower looking at their options here in the Highlands of Scotland. 👍🏴
Awesome! Glad you have been finding the content useful. Thanks for watching!
I want to start my own microfarm next year, and have 1/4 acre of land, but its possibile to rent another 1/4 from my wifes family. You gave me really good ideas. Thanks man!
Best content of all the channels I subscribe to
Great video with lots of helpful content, thanks Josh. Your honesty and transparency are awesome !
You're welcome. Glad you like the video and thanks for watching!
I'm loving your channel. I'm moving the direction of farming, still learning my grow seasons in North Idaho at 2300 ft in the mountains. We got snow in the last week of September and the frost is getting heavy. I love the Idea of micro greens, but my market is not really salad eaters. Steak and taters if a salad is eaten ice burg and ranch. These people put ranch on everything it's used more than ketchup, and everyone has chickens. Eggs here are $2.50 -3 a doz. Chickens are traded like baseball cards. The delivery well I live 45 miles from the city, so this is a thing I'm tossing around. Have yet to meet a vegan in Idaho. love the work learning buttloads from you keep it up.
Tough situation. Best of luck!!
Thank you for sharing. I wish there was someone in my area with "greens" weekly delivery. Great job and good luck!
Great video! I really enjoyed hearing from your customers.
Thank uou!. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!
You are my hero! Seriously.
Oh please. I'm just a guy with a tiny farm.
@@JoshSattinFarming You're doing something that many people can only dream of because of too many responsibilities. Something personal and up close.
When you become a guy with a big farm I won't consider you a hero any more. Fair? :D
We only own 2 acres and we don't want to move again so I'm not sure how big I could even go here. I do want to help others learn how to grow better though. That might have more impact in the world.
Love these videos. Theyre so helpful. I love the honesty and the easy to understand approach, and no pretentiousness. Youre doing a great job.
Hi Josh! Really appreciate your videos- I’ve really learned a lot from your videos in my first year farming. I have been using insulated shopping bags from Holden bags- keeps things nice and cold for deliveries and not too expensive. Plus you can add your logo to the bags pretty easily.
Those look amazing. Which ones have you been using? Have they been holding up well?
Absolutely awesome info
Josh great video, enjoyed listening to some nice customers talk about your produce boxes. Keep up the great work Josh. You are killin it
Thank you. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!
Excellent informative video
Cool beans idea!! I loooove it! I wish you much success in your business and gardening! Happy gardening!🍅💕💕💕🌽🍆🍍🍎🍌🍐💕💕💕
Great video. Love the XC70, just like mine, everything dripping with quality.
Awesome Josh! One point especially rural areas, having lived in different parts of the country, A road stand by your farm is the excellent avenue. Having experienced it, customers know they can find your product when they need it & family can be involved. Great work and much success.
That could be a good sales outlet in a rural situation for sure! You usually do need someone to staff the stand though. I live in a suburban neighborhood at the end of a street. We don't get any traffic in front of our house, even for an honor system type setup.
I love your videos Josh. This is my first year farming (practice year) and I have been helped soo much by you. My family moved out of the suburbs in Durham up to Roxboro to do exactly what you are doing. Keep these videos coming and let me know if my family could come and meet you sometime. Stay blessed and keep on growing!
I have watched a few of your videos now and am now a sub. I am in my first year of homesteading and you are an inspiration for my second one. I agree 1000% on researching your local customers wants and needs. Micro in my area just wouldn't fly so I am having to raise more traditional fruits while also offering some exotics to the area to try and expand the locals taste buds. Keep up the good work.
Glad you like the videos and thanks for watching!
What if you rebranded them
Just came across your channel love it so far and how your up front with everything. The hands on showing up close how you'd recommend doing things is great.
Glad you have been enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching!
Great information, I appreciate your transparency. I learn something from every video, which is my goal for YT. TY Josh!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Josh for showing us how you go about selling your produce. I bring most of my produce to my shop where I work a full time job and sell my produce from there. I thought about the CSA deal but it is a bit more complicated then what I want to deal with at this time. Maybe once I retired from my day job then we will look at other ways to move our produce. I am just outside of Sanford so you are about an hour from me. Thanks for the tips and ideas. Hope you have a great week!
You're welcome. Happy to share. Everyone's context is different and I'm sure this model won't work for everyone. But... I think it's important that we share so we can all help each other sell more good food to our community. Thanks for watching!
Yes Sir you got that right. I have no problem selling everything I can grow so I focus on my channel to help others learn how to grow some amazing veggies for themselves. Nothing better then from garden to table. Thanks for doing what you do! Hope you have a great week!
Wow great video!! Love to know stuff like this still exists! Also 6:52 to 7:15 😍😍😍
Excellent job Josh! 😊
Thank you!
@@JoshSattinFarming 😊
You really pack a nice thoughtful box. Congratulations. May our Lord continue to bless you!
Thanks so much for sharing all the awesome information! I'm just in my planning process right now and projecting to start next year. I have learned so much from your videos.. Super grateful!
You're welcome. I'm glad to hear that my videos have been helpful for you. Thanks for watching!
Wow great idea! I'm a first year, left everything to be a farmer! 10 acre agg property! We will give it a try, my 16 year old can deliver!
Nice work! I also started my vegetable business by delivering to people with volvo v70 😄 not most practical but comfy and safe to drive
Great info! Thanks for sharing. As a starting market farmer/gardener myself it’s always nice to see what’s working and not for others.
You're welcome. I'm glad this information was helpful for you. Thanks for watching!
Great video Josh 👍👍 I’m a fairly new subscriber and I can honestly say, your videos are informative and educational - THANK YOU for your time and efforts.
You're welcome. I'm glad that you find my videos helpful. Thanks for watching!
great info. Idk if you got a website for people in your area to visit, but even a simple static website with basic info about what you provide could help a lot.
I am actually working on it this week and I will be launching it next week. It's been on my to-do list forever.
Hi Josh, love your channel, really generous of you to share how you sell🙏🏾, love the honest energy of your videos, keep up the good work👍🏾, love from the uk-london.
Thank you. Glad you like the videos and thanks for watching!
Great info! Just subscribed! Keep it up! Just got a Homestead looking fwd to doing something like this in my community! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
your brilliant Josh and nothing like home grown veggies, there real, not mass produced with not much goodness in them
A suggestion for boxes:
Make boxes out of pallet boards in the office season.
And I fill Powerade bottles with water and freeze for ice packs.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride and showing your box model. I was wondering how you maintain your family list and communicate with your customers? Is it all done through email?
My pleasure Steven! Yes, I do all of the communication with my families via email. I send out a newsletter type email on Mondays with any information, farm updates and what to expect in the box that week. I do all of my invoicing through Square.
@@JoshSattinFarming Nice simple and easy! Thanks for sharing. I've been considering starting up something similar so this helps.
I'm so glad someone like you thought about basically a pay as you go sub before me. It's pretty much what I want to do starting next year or so after I've started growing and am confident enough in my skills.
As always, great video!
Great video- I appreciate the perspective of a sort of “reverse CSA”. Looking at selling options as well and I’m not sure I’m comfortable with the up front subscriptions either. Thanks for your insight.
You're welcome. There are pros and cons of every sales outlet for sure, but this was a good way for me to get started. Thanks for watching!
nice video, here a weekly box it's not been done by anyone neither have a farmer's market... it's difficult to sell produce directly, so even in low volumen have to use a store to move the produce...
great vid brother !! glad I found your videos !! my wife and I are just breaking ground on our farm here in N ID , your videos have been great !!! Thanks !!!1
Your giving us great info. How did you advertise? Another thing you could grow and sell in each box is some perennial herbs, thyme oregano ect.
I use social media (Instagram and Facebook), word of mouth and general networking.
Thanks and God Bless you
Awesome thing you’re doing
Thank you!
Ur crops look beautiful. Thks for sharing
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Seems like the next logical step if you wanted to acquire more customers without further burdening your Friday’s is to find some office buildings or manufacturing sites. Still plenty convenient for them and you get to drop 5-10 or more boxes in one stop.
Yep, that would be cool. Just need the hookup!
You have the hook up bro! Just have to squeeze a couple work places out of your existing customers. I think the hardest thing would be getting the companies to go for it. But if u make it non disruptive most places want their employees to be healthy. I’m going to start playing around w targeted digital marketing for subscription accounts. I’ll let u know if I have any useful info for you. Markets are killin me..
Great video Josh 🤙. Loved the info. Thinking of doing something like this here in central Oregon.
I will come be your business partner
Banker's boxes, they collapse down, have lids. They're a little bigger, but that's what we are going to try to use this 1st yr here on our homestead. Thanks for sharing!
I really like the idea of the green box:)
Awesome Job Josh! Another Great Video! Blessings!
I tried this in my area for a season. It was challenging to make it. I did not have the individual families to sell to. I had one local restaurant and two local store/retailer I distributed to. I could not make enough selling this way. The restaurant loved fresh produce, but the retailers were hard to do business with because of the price per lb. I was selling at $4 a lb for bagged greens mix. Fresh radishes too. I like the way you do the BOX I seems to work better then competing with $/lb at the retailers volume.
Yeah, it's been working for me, but this model won't work everywhere. You should always know your market.
Great content! Also love that your shirt is the same color as your house!
We're all trying to go green, right? ;)
I love this idea I've been using clam shells containers for herbs and microgreens and then plastic bags on the roll but I heat seal for lettuce greens but I really like this box idea to put it all together. Garden City Greens LLC. Boise Idaho
Dude, what an amazing video! I'm commenting before it's even finished. So inspiring. The future of entrepreneurship! Cheers!🍻
Glad you like the video. Thanks for watching!
Another great video! I'm designing a subscription program, this was super helpful. Thanks, Josh!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Hey man, i love ur vids! Great work! Love the fact that u go organic and small. And even if u don't go full permaculture, ur still doing an amazing job for the earth and the people u produce food for in comparison to the big farmers. Great work, keep it up. Greetings from the Netherlands:)
Thank you! I'm glad you have been liking the videos. I think it's important to look at things through a Permaculture lens, but you have to do things differently when you are growing in larger areas with less diversity. I have an observational approach and try to work with nature and not against it as much as possible.
Very cool! Thank you for all this info.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Josh👍
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Man I am loving your videos! We started an Urban Farm this year and are already looking to expand to a 5 acre property. We are getting ready to make an offer on the farm in the next week or so. We were thinking of using some sort of rubber maid tote or custom wood box for CSA/Greens Box. We would have a small fee for the customer to cover cost of containers so as to make sure they are responsible with taking care of it. If we broke it then we would replace it. Keep up the good work!
New subscriber here. Loved this channel, just started farming. I've learned a lot. Watching from Philippines 🇵🇭😍
Love the videos, I have a homestead in Minnesota and I am always looking for different ideas. I sell most of mine roadside but like the idea of green boxes. Keep up the awesome work
Very nice video.🥰👍❤️
This is so similar to my dream goals for my town. Wow thank youuuu
I love this channel. You remind me of my old best friend. Were no longer friends bc hes mad at me i wouldnt support his habbits...
Very useful video Josh. Thank you.
Lots of great ideas, especially about the ice packs. I'm always afraid of pricing things and often sell too low. I guess I need to do some research in my local stores and go from there
Thanks great job!
This gives me more perspective. Thanks!
How have I never seen you before?? I have a brand new small farm and have harvested a wee bit for the first time. Thank you for the ideas on marketing the produce:))
CB sent me, and so glad he did!
You're welcome. Glad you find my videos helpful. Thanks for watching!
Within the first 2 minutes I was like - yes! My thoughts exactly and just the video I was looking for. Lol
Covid19 shut down my teaching job so I am attempting a Veggie box too here in SE Iowa. First year may be low profit but I look at it as building that list of dedicated families and friends. 💕Plus it’s income - better than nothing.
Great job. Learned a lot
Love it! Looks like we have a lot in common Josh. Glad I found ya. New sub.
Awesome. Thanks for watching!
Hello Josh. Thank you very much for posting your videos. Very informative. Can you tell us what salad greens (if any) you grow during the heat of the summer. Can you share varieties of different crops, e.g. carrots, lettuce, etc. Thanks.
Check out this video to learn about the lettuce that I grow ua-cam.com/video/Ihp3LaQfZgo/v-deo.html
I am currently growing lettuce, kale, mizuna, sorrel, radish, cucumbers, tomatoes, basil
Love your vids; you must have a large commercial fridge?
I have a 2 door reach-in commercial refrigerator.
Great video!
Thank you!
Dollar store has huge $1 thermal bags with handles that keep the food really cold.
By the way, I really liked your video.
Yes, I use something similar.
They Josh love the videos. Do you chop or cut your salad mix before you bag? What ratios of lettuce do you do in your mix? Thanks from Stafford Hill Farms!
Yes, I cut the lettuce then wash and pack it as a lettuce mix. This year was 70% Muir, 15% Magenta, 15% Cherokee. I haven't decided what I'll be doing next year. There is more about all of that in this video
ua-cam.com/video/Ihp3LaQfZgo/v-deo.html
You got out of the car like a FARM BOSS!!!
Hi,Josh im a new subcriber to your channel and man i gotta tell ya my wife and i just inherited my father in laws 3 acre poultry farm through the years her and myself raised thousands of birds here.We had a USDA certification but have not raised birds in 5 yrs but you have inspired me man im about to fire this farm back up Blackcreek Ga Micro greens and poultry Thanks for sharing your work and ideas.Charles Huggins
You're welcome. Glad we connecte and good luck with your farm!
Nice!
I loads my old rustbucket truck down with melons and sweet corn go park on the roadside plugin an audiobook and let the customers come to me
Get name , number if they are living nearby and can buy weekly , then deliver . customers may not be able to reach you everytime.
I. C. Spotz I built an old timey looking produce stand at the farm and let the folks stop at their leisure 24 hours a day and I’ve been able to sell most all of what I grow and last season it worked very well.
The way I look at it is if I have to pack product up and and go to an off farm site to sell then I’m getting behind on my duties growing the product so I remain at the farm and let everyone come to me. Customers seem to enjoy coming to the farm and seeing how things are grown and some prefer to go out thru the fields and pick their own stuff and that’s fine also. The produce stand is open 24 hours and if I’m busy in the fields or away from the farm for a bit, then they use the honor box at the stand and drop their money in and it’s worked very well so far.
Don Pfeiffer I love it!
I am on a 1/4 gravel road driveway (pasture on both sides) with not a lot of turn around or parking space. Ideas? How’s traffic? I want to do this as well.
Brandi Nicole hey Brandi, I had the same issue but I’m on a fairly busy road with cow pasture on one side of the road and my house and fields on the other side. Everything in farm life is trial and error and work in progress as I’m sure you’ve found out by now. For the past two years I just used my driveway. When you pull in my driveway, my house is on the right and I built the produce stand on the left side of the driveway about 30-40’ off the road between the driveway and the edge of my front field. Customers love being able to shop at the stand and being able to see where it’s all grown. . Folks would just pull in and walk over to the stand but last year business was tenfold of the previous year (word travels fast in the country) so I started having lots of parking issues and realized I was going to have to make some changes if I was going to keep things going like this.
What I’ve done but I’ve got 21 acres also so I’m not really limited on space, only budget, lol 😂. When folks pull in my driveway now, I made another section of driveway that runs directly in front of my stand and I’m in the process now of putting a parking area that should fit 5-6 cars side by side on the far side of my stand between my stand and the field. The driveway for it all comes off of the house driveway and runs in front of the stand, then there’s the parking area and then when they leave they keep going the direction they were originally heading and the new driveway turns and goes back up onto the road. I’ve basically built a one way, Circle drive and it’s gonna work fantastic I believe as long as folks pay attention , lol. I also put a really neat, wooden stop sign that’s on a 4”x4” post just past where my house drive and the stand drive split and I’m making another sign to say something about “customer parking” this way so they don’t contest my homes driveway. Having the one way circle should keep things flowing really well, I hope, but will see what happens before long when we get a bit busier.
I know it’s probly hard to understand what I’ve described but I’d be more than happy to send pics to an email or something if you’d like to see it that way, it may make more sense then. I’m getting ready to actually put the gravel in in the next couple of weeks so it will really be nice once all that gets done. But the short of it is you come up with an idea of what you think may work for your scenario and try it, then improve on it.
I wish you well Brandi and if I can help answer any questions just please let me know. Maybe when all this pandemic mess is over with and I get a few more things done, I’d love to have josh come out and do one of his videos about my farm. I don’t live to far from him and I’d love to have him come out if he can break away from the Raleigh farm for an afternoon
Take care and stay safe out there!!
Don Pfeiffer For sure! My business is at Info@ActiveLearnersIA.com
I could possibly do a round about but at the end of my drive is a 1911 Big red barn and my coop🤔 I’m down in a valley so I’m sloped.
Near the coop is my house, patio and garage.
14 Aces but it’s all cattle field with 3 creeks running through. Where there is a will there is a way! Lol
I can send you my pics too for ideas. The top of my drive is a steep exit / entrance. I’m not sure what they were thinking when they built the road and fencing 😂 Tractor fits though.
Thanks so much for all the ideas. I appreciate it very much! Ps: Josh needs to go out! 🤗
hi Josh. great video as usual :)
could you make a video explaining how you approach social media. Do you use more than one, do you have a plan or not, etc.
I am struggling with that part the most, because, honestly, i never got into them that much (well part from UA-cam i guess) and I find that what i try to do comes out fake (does that makes sense at all)...
I'll put it on my video list, but that would probably be a tough video to make. I primarily use Instagram for the farm. I have it automatically send the posts over to Facebook.
@@JoshSattinFarming that is helpful right there. I'm gonna go see your feed now, thx :)
Great content boss
Thank you!
Field trip from the field!
You should make a video on seed buying how much you have to buy when you buy it we’re you buy it from would be very informational thanks
Thanks for the suggestion. I added it to my list.