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FAILURE: Ingredient for Success - Nicole Stroup || S2 Ep 13 (opens the original)
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Nicole built a wedding venue, a garden destination, and a family business with $12,000, a shovel, and a refusal to let fear win. In this episode, you’ll discover how she keeps wedding packages under $8,000, why she chose sweat equity over million-dollar loans, and what it actually takes to build beauty on a budget. She breaks down her “clean cottage” garden style, the deep mulching method she uses to improve clay and shale soil, and the marigold borders that have become one of her most talked-ab
How to Grow $300,000 of Food on ONE Acre, in ONE Year - Small Axe Farm || S2 Ep 12 (opens the original)
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Most people chase “freedom” as escape. Heidi and Evan from Small Axe Farm built something better. What began as a homestead dream became a business producing about $300,000 in annual food sales from roughly one acre, with a system designed to protect bodies, preserve soil, and still leave room for family, wilderness trips, and a life outside the farm.
Dolly Parton’s Former Chef on the Secret of Starting Small - Chef Mikey Russo || S2 Ep 11 (opens the original)
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From chef to market farmer, Mike Russo shares how he built The Chef’s Harvest from a backyard garden into a thriving small-scale vegetable business. He and Luke talk about recovery, entrepreneurship, finding restaurant customers through relationships and social media, and the practical systems that make a farm profitable—from crop selection and market research to efficient wash-pack workflows. Check out Chef Mikey on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@chefsharvestfarm and Instagram: https://www.in
The Biggest Mistake New Homesteaders Make. . . (Trying Everything) - Anne Briggs (aka Anne Of All Trades) || S2 Ep. 10 (opens the original)
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The homesteading advice nobody wants to hear: do less, specialize more, and build real community before burnout takes your farm down. Anne of All Trades shares the hard-won shift that took her from a tiny suburban backyard, free manure, and four impulsively acquired chicks to a 30-acre Tennessee dairy farm and a plan to teach woodworking, blacksmithing, and lost trades. Check out Anne’s channel on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@AnneofAllTrades and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/a
Food Freedom: The Liberty You Lose When You Stop Growing Your Own Food - Joel Salatin || S2 Ep. 9 (opens the original)
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If you want to know why empty grocery shelves in 2020 changed the conversation, why convenience has quietly made us dependent, or how a backyard garden can become a powerful act of resilience, this episode will grab you fast. Luke Hammond shares his own story of moving from conventional growing to organic farming, and Joel connects that journey to a much bigger cultural shift - one that touches health, family, economics, and even personal identity.
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