11/16/2022
When a new business starts, I've personally seen three ways it can go in the first few years: It's incredibly difficult with multiple hardships/lack of sales and the owner is forced/chooses to cut their losses; the owner has the means and willingness to persevere and the business succeeds (most often after restructuring/revamping the model); or the business is incredibly successful out the gates - I've seen this one lead to both the venture failing and thriving.
The thing is, these businesses had tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in upfront capital costs. I bring this up to make the point that one of our primary values is sustainability - in this case, specifically in a finances. We have very little capital tied up in this dream of ours, only time willingly given, and can continue to grow and build and configure our model into one that is resistant to the hardships and challenges we have faced.
This farm grew from the love a child has had for produce and growing things since he learned to point at things he wanted. It reignited the passion another child had for the same and had lost as he grew into adulthood. We're not going anywhere - this is going to happen. We're in this for the long haul. Thank you for following us, and thank you for your patience as we muddle through our start-up pains.
We would like to share that a large part of the hardships we've faced have been health related. The farmer has two specific chronic physical illnesses that impact him differently from day to day - some days he's fine, other days he's barely able to function. We have changed our grow model and plan with this in mind, and believe we have found the key to mitigating its impact on the garden.
Speaking as the farmer - I will not give up on this. I had a choice - resilience or apathy - and I choose resilience, to fight. I have the passion, the knowledge, and now the plan to do this, and I thank you all for your patience and for following us on this journey. We look forward to serving you.
