From Your Farmer: April 2023
I think it’s natural to romanticize farming, or maybe business ownership in general. One of my mottos here is that we should try to solve problems so our customers don’t have to. In today’s business speak, we’re trying to eliminate pain points, so we work hard to make it all look easy. But, as any business owner would tell you, sometimes there’s just a lot to be done. I had a recent weekend here that didn’t go quite according to plan, and I thought it could be an enlightening glimpse into the less glamorous parts of owning a farm or business. Here’s the string of events: Friday evening: we were going out to dinner with friends, so I was working hard to sneak out early. On my way out, I got a call from our market that the cash register had crashed so our staff wasn’t able to ring up customers. I did my best to put a temporary [...]