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The Profitable Hobby Farm: How to Build a Sustainable Local Foods Business [Paperback]

Sarah Aubrey

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Turn your hobby farm into a successful business

No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby farm business. Based on the author′s expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper.

The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start–up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local foods venture.

  • A must–read book for raising and selling local, sustainable foods
  • Includes sample business plan, grant application, marketing and advertising plan, and other forms
  • Lengthy resources section directs you to additional reading
  • Also by Aubrey: Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business

Whether it′s growing heirloom tomatoes, raising free–range chickens for their eggs, or making organic wine or cheese, this book shows you how to turn your hobby into a profit.

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A down–to–earth guide to profitable hobby farming

This book gives you all the information you need to start your own local foods business. You′ll get plain–English advice from a self–proclaimed farm–girl–turned– entrepreneur on:

  • Trends in niche agriculture and local foods

  • creating a business plan for a small–scale or hobby venture

  • assessing your home marketplace and uncovering niches not yet served

  • financing options, especially grants and cost–sharing programs

  • free or low–cost marketing ideas

  • basic strategies for surviving the first year in business

  • and more

Whether you want to create a small hobby business or start up a full–time venture, The Profitable Hobby Farm is the book for you. Thoroughly researched and packed with information for putting ideas into action, this is your blueprint for building a sustainable local foods business.

Sarah Beth Aubrey was born into a family of farmers and was raised to believe, like Scarlett O′Hara, that it is land that sustains after all else. In addition to operating her company, Aubrey′s Natural Meats, Sarah writes and speaks extensively on agriculture, the rural lifestyle, and small farm development.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A good book to have on hand 6 Dec 2010
By Michelle Verville - Published on Amazon.com
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I think this is a great guide for all beginning farmers. Understand that it's not going to teach you how to farm but it will guide you though the process of actually creating the business.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Lots of helpful info! 14 Feb 2011
By Tisha King - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is well written and has a lot of helpful info for the small farmer. I got several ideas and was able to improve some of my own ideas.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Love this book 12 Jun 2011
By N. Smyer - Published on Amazon.com
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This book has given me several ideas to use, and new information. It is easy to read and a must have if you are thinking of having a profitable hobby farm.

I really like this book!

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