When Community Supported Agriculture Makes Sense
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2022
- When does community supported agriculture (CSA's) makes sense for both the consumer and the farmer? In this video, I explain how community supported agriculture works, how it's changed over the years, how we utilize it on our small livestock farm, how to create and price a CSA, and why offering a CSA has become difficult given recent input cost fluctuations.
Note:
-We do not offer farm tours or accept visitors
-We do not sell from the farm
-We do not ship our farm's products
-We do not sell live animals
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Pete you are a natural uplifter! Thank you for the kindness you bring to the world!
Does anyone else get a satisfying Mr Roger's vibe when he says "I'll see you next time"? Enjoying the variety you produce!
i think, as time and prices continue to soar, we as a people need to look into supporting each other more, development of relationships within the community and rescinding some of the stifling laws that prevent small farmers from selling their products. i have faith we can do that. thanks for your videos, always thought provoking! best of luck with all you do Pete! spring is here!
The biggest problem I’ve see (or one of them) is local farmers all undercutting each other instead of banding together and setting a standard price.
@@LedgemereHeritageFarm that’s probably ilegal (unluckly).
@@arnaubasulto4448 there used to be farmers unions and co-ops that did just that. I don’t know about the legality of it these days, but it would help. 😖
As always Pete, you are a wonderful teacher. Your "lecture" style is relaxed and easy to follow and understand. Thanks
Thanks for the tips. I can incorporate them on my family (50 cows) dairy farm. My Mom has a acre and a half garden and she does some of this with her produce.
At the end of this year, my freezers will be full of local meat. A 1/4 beef from a small farm 5.5 miles away. My friend and I are teaming up to raise a 100 broilers on his 5 acres, he lives in the next town. My other friend who lives in the same town as I do, is lending me a little area in one of his fields, so I can raise a few pigs of my own. 3 types of meat, from 3 different small towns, all within 6 miles of my house. Pete, your channel is making a positive change in the world. Thank you from Ontario, Canada.
Great job Pete and I love how you evolve with your situations so smoothly! I’m also very passionate about small farms! You can’t beat the authenticity and quality of the products produced and how many people can actually say they know where there food comes from and what it may or may not have in it with these huge factory farms! You know exactly what you’re getting and where it came from when you buy locally from your local farms and best of all you get to meet the people in person who actually care about your food! Thank you Pete truly!
Pete this was a great video and you, my friend, are a great human being. Thanks 🙏 again for all the joy 🤩 and happiness you and your family bring to folks, fans like us. Take care and have a great week.
Thank you for your comments on starting a small farm. Have a great day!!
I'm always impressed at the continuity of thought and flow while switching from location to location.
Wow, such great information Pete. Your channel NEVER gets old. It reminds me of what a clock does when it's hungry. It goes back four seconds !! 🙂
Pete, thanks for taking the time to talk about CSA's... and how it was helpful in the early years of your business model but also in showing how you evolved beyond it as your business matured. Of all the folks I follow on Farm twitter/homestead twitter, you and Shepherdess in Texas are the two I identify with the most. You both have an analytical, rational and objective approach to your methods and activities, and your presentation style is businesslike and professional. I consider you a role model as I begin to move into the small ranch/farm realm down in Texas.
As for content, I appreciate everthing you are doing.. the daily ops/chores... the routine maintenance, the rebuilds/restorations, your weekend small farm talks.. all of it.. You have a good mix of content that covers all the bases. I do, however, think that you need a few more tractors. You are still kinda short of the optimum number.
Keep up the good work.
Dave in Texas
Pete I want to tell you that you are one of the reasons why I retired early from my career to pursue a passion I found in agriculture. I found you during the pandemic when I started to raise chickens for eggs and gardening to raise food. I was in a hoa with chicken restrictions but it did not stop me. we moved and bought property to start our farm from the ground up. we know this is a long haul process but we are starting with pasture raised non-gmo chickens(cant afford to go organic and the market research for the area won't pay the premium for it) we have started with small batches of 30 the first two batches, we have since got a batch of 85 and our batches will go to 125 a batch until the season ends. I have considered CSA but I can currently afford to front the cost with this start up. We want to do pigs next season and cows as our infustructure gets built. I want to say thank you the videos you produce and if you ever want to be a mentor I would love to be your mentored.
thank you from one small start up farm
That is AWESOME! Great job! I am glad I am reaching some folks who are starting farms.
Very interesting. You always tell it like it is, Pete. Respect from Canada.
A lot of great information Pete, there used to be lots of local "CSA's or co-ops in this area. but the loss of farms around here in Berkshire County ma. has been huge. I worked on Farms when I was a kid and got to know a lot of the local farmer's and they are all gone now. not from old age. but the way of the economy. farming in general. career progress with their kids etc. in the last 50 years we've lost over 80% of the farms that used to be here and the surrounding areas. And I felt that first hand. when I was a Hay dealer for over 10 yrs. what farms were there when I started selling and what was there at the end of that part of my life. sad. So any and all help we can give or share with local farms is just good sense. ECF
I must agree with you wholeheartedly. It’s such a sad 😔 story. We have lost all those independent farmers and with a real quality of the food 🍱 they produced and we put in our bodies.
Hi Pete, thank you for all the advice you share freely with us. Thank you for "dressing up" for your sunday video's 😁. We do appreciate your self respect and respect for us as viewers
I love the idea of the community essentially investing in local small farms, sharing the process of food production, and being a part of the rhythm of the seasons, and what the Earth produces. Like the McDonalds model, corporate agribusiness trades quality for consistency.
CSA’s isn’t something I’ve heard of before. Thank you Pete
It came as a surprise to me when a friend described a CSA for garden produce.
I have always considered our garden a challenge, and a pleasure. We do buy some fruits, and vegetables due to storage concerns. Again you have made me think.
Thanks Pete.
I hope you don't stop your tractor rebuilds cause that's what brought me to your channel and I find it awesome
I love how you think through things and your business plan. Also you are a great steward for your animals. Love your videos
Small farming is the way forward! Thanks for all you do.
HI there Pete. Thank you for the very sound business advice. You are a natural teacher! I'm going to do my homework on CSA and farming. Thanks again.
Good morning.
Keep up the good work. Be blessed. 🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏☝️👍❤️
Pete, Thank you for creating this post. We were unaware of CSA and after watching this I went on line to find our local CSA options. We already buy our beef directly from a farmer and we work with the butcher to determine the best cuts for us. I think that is fairly standard here in Southwest Ohio, at least since the nineteen sixties when my parents bought sides of beef when I was a kid. Anyway, I think this is a great opportunity and we are going to find a local farm to help with vegetables. (I haven't found any CSA's here for livestock yet.) This will supplement our own homegrown garden vegetables while helping establish this local agriculture economy. Keep up the good work.
Pete I loved this opportunity as a small farm just starting out. I will check into my area and see what is available but great info. The way you explained it makes more sense than I ever thought before. Thanks I pray you and Hillary have a great day.
Appreciate your insight as always Pete. I'm a proud supporter of small local farms and thank you for helping those interested in building on that.
Thanks Pete. We have been pondering around about how to start a CSA and what prices to charge for them. We eventually might want to do farmers market however due to my work schedule I might work on a weekend and don't want to put the Mrs at situation she has to do everything on her own. This was very helpful
Thank you Pete for such an informative video. You are very good at explaining things.
Just subscribed from Orillia Canada, I grew up on a farm beside my grandfather, I thank God for the wonderful childhood. My grandfather died when I was 16 and the farm was shut down, after my grandmother died, my mother and aunt couldn’t sell the farm fast enough to buy a new car, now the farm is lost from the family for ever. Now our future generations will be buying tomatoes at $20 a price someday, love watching your videos and bringing back the wonderful memories of my childhood, keep up the wonderful videos and most of all thank God everyday for the wonderful opportunity you have to live this lifestyle.
Very informative!! Thanks for sharing!!! Best wishes from Kentucky!!!
I always appreciate these small farm talks.
Thank you Pete for the info! Your videos are always helpful.
Your home restoration videos led me into absolutely loving your series and how much you’ve taught yourself how to do. Super cool
I enjoyed the explanation of the CSA, very informative and put in an easily understandable way. Some good advice there Pete, your point of the new or growing farmer is right on the mark, a struggle yes, but with planning and careful thought it can work well. Thanks for sharing, have a wonderful week ahead.
Good video Pete! Our experience paralleled yours....CSA's were a benefit before we established a "steady" clientele, but we found that most preferred the flexibility of "retail" purchase for which there were probably a couple of reasons. First, the large "down payment" to join our CSA was a "hurdle" for some...that, and the "iffy" nature of production....and "no shows" forfeited their weekly delivery (by prior agreement). We "divvied-up" the stuff among other CSA's near the cut-off pickup time. We "tried" to make up missed pickups, but naturally, that wasn't always possible (although when possible it did a world of good attitude-wise with customers) Finally we simply decided that CSA's were "more trouble than they were worth" and stopped. We also never permitted "on farm" pickup....we live here and value our privacy. "U-Pick" was not successful for us, again, for a couple of reasons....people eat as much as they put in their baskets, and/or trample enough stuff to make this unappealing to our intensively-managed produce op. I HATE to see a "stomped-on" plant (that I've been carefully tending for weeks/months sometimes) And always a "I'm sorry" apology was forthcoming, but that doesn't "fix" the damage. Non-gardeners can be "rough" in your berry patch! Knocking down ripe fruits, breaking stems, etc.
I always watch all of your an' Hillary's videos and appreciate your sharing your "life" with all of us! Please keep it up. Bob/ Sycamore Gardens, Fl. "panhandle"
Thanks again Pete! We are looking at starting broiler chickens in addition to our other animals and this information is very helpful.
Lets go pete ...... keep this up brother
The moiré patterns/interference on your shirt make me dizzy as s***. :-D Still great video, very educational. Keep up the great content. Greetings from Germany.
I love these style of videos. I enjoy the thought process involved in how you make things work or not work.
Thank you so much for the info. Love your vlogs please keep it up!
Great video Pete thanks for your Sunday videos
🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀
This was a great explanation! Thanks for breaking it down. The bottom line is, even with all the modern technology, farming, is still just plain old hard work! Rewarding, but hard!
Great info, Pete... thank you for sharing. Very helpful!
Thank You Pete !
GOD BLESS Y'ALL !!!
Good explanation Pete. Have a great Sunday, with some rest, some worship, and some great food.
Thanks for the video. That is great information and explanation of how you conduct your business.
Very Good as usual Pete interesting model on farm pricing. Looks like the weather really has improved.
Thank you very much! It is a great advice!
We love the community we have built through our urban homestead business. We highly promote having an intimate relationship with your food. Know the farmer, know the land, know the process and build relationship in your community. It makes a huge difference in everyone's lives.
Always like your Sunday videos!
Pete as always great information and I appreciate you and your family helping us get started in farming. I personally used your model and its working great many states away in good old Florida… Thanks again
Very interesting and informative...THANK you!
So nice to see you today!!
My goodness...I so wish I lived closer to farmers, that I could fill my freezers,and pantry, I appreciate you ,but you sometimes make my head spin. I love what you do.I would starve to death and thank the Lord that I had WALMART and KROGER, got them babies raised! My grandparents were farmers and had chickens and gardens,pigs ,cows. I love fresh food but don't have the gumption for most of it. That's why I love you doing what you do! Thank You! And please keep it up!
Pete as always just a fantastic video. Love your insight, and honest opinion and evaluation of small farms/ farming in today's world. I've learned a great deal from you and the family on things to look for or to consider as I move forward creating my own small family farm.
Thanks Doug! Best of luck!
Great information! Thank you, Pete.
WHOA! 250k Subs... !! Congrats Pete!
Thank you for all the great content
Pete your video about the CSA was very informative, thanks. It would be great if the farmers in our area had something similar.
Thank you for sharing always learn something! Hopefully someday I will be able to implement these things. ❤️
Always good to have coffee with you every morning.
Love the different locations
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Hey Pete! The nice weather was a nice surprise for us here in NY today! I hope to make it to the farmers market to meet you someday! And be a customer 😊
Thanks for another informative video Pete !!! 👍
You are awesome Pete. Happy Sunday
Thank you so much the advice!
Very informative, thanks for everything you do!
Fantastic Pete just love it and attempting to live the Dream 🙏
Amazing information about small farm business options. Glad to hear you outgrow this business opportunity. The best to you.
Thanks to your videos even though I live no where near you to buy your products, I am going to my local farmers markets and buying from those small farms.
Thanks for everything you do! We are moving towards having all Dexter's
Thanks for the information Pete.
Even though I have no intention of starting a CSA--this was very interesting. It gives good insight into what really goes into what small farmers produce.
Thanks for the video, as always.
Thank you!
Very interesting and educational video. Thank you.
Yay , these are my favourite Pete videos
I actually just watched your sausage making video where you talked about utube’s demonizing your hog slaughter video. I have been avoiding watching it but. Now I feel compelled to watch it. I’m a carnivore & I should know where my meat comes from. Sorry they have done that to you. Keep up all your great posts! You are fast becoming one of my favorites❣️
Valuable info for someone like myself starting out
Thank you for the detail and input! We do meat, eggs and produce and we are getting more and more requests for us to do a CSA.
I may venture into it for the produce & egg side, but as for a meat CSA, until feed prices level off for 6 months or more, I can't see us ever doing a meat CSA....or if we did we would just have to charge retail...beating the whole purpose.
Thanks again and look forward to next Sunday's!
Thanks Pete
CSAs are a good thing for beginner farmers. My nephew has had good results with their program.👍
Lot of useful information Pete.
great info thanks for sharing
I wished y’all would ship to Illinois!!! Love y’all programs Pete
Excellent video Pete :) always hear on farm have great planning idea and successfull to ! I know my late elders do what need grow also if need more hay, grains , straw , corn in pick to silo type plus lots chop feed cows or animals have ! Plus how much feed families to in milk , grains plus vegetables to fruit to for humans too from garden too! If had garden was over much need sell at market to help too on sales ! In October to April find need use to eat before growing months too and some years didn't work so had buy at store too!
great information Pete!
Thank u pete for another great iinforma
You are Awesome, Pete! Thank you! :-)
ty Pete
I have been binge watching most of your series. You are a true farmer, have great insites, a teacher at heart without a dought. and how can the kids not love the corny jokes....
Why were the turkeys pecking at the shirt on the basketbaall hoop...
they just wanted better dressing....
You are so good in explaining every aspect of farming...ever think of doing seminars during the "slow" times. It's another source of income and I appreciate the information even tho I am an observer. I have no farm . The information is good to know even to a lay person.
Hello Pete good video have a great day
Pete would you make a Small Farm Sunday video regarding regulatory conditions? For example, what government agencies need to be navigated to sell farm raised meat and where should a new or prospective farmer start?
God bless Pete!
Great content Pete
Gteat analysis, thank you. Your shirt was messing with my perception of space-time 😁
I set my prices in the Spring for Fall beef shares and it’s very difficult to price it well. There’s definitely a benefit to selling by the #, but that’s another whole level of bureaucracy here in Maine.