Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Episode 018.<br> <br> <br> <br> How close in proximity do you get to your customer base? What would you do if the world economy went bust? Are you connected with a local customer base, and can you survive independently?<br> <br> <br> <br> Michael Foley is a farmer, local food activist, and writer. He is the author of Farming for the Long Haul: Resilience and the Lost Art of Agricultural Inventiveness. He takes a historic look at farming, (with a global perspective) and discusses what he considers "good economics" especially regarding small farming.<br> <br> <br> <br> Are you a homesteader? Do you take it seriously, or is it just a fun hobby? Michael may give you a new perspective of what it means to be self-sustaining.<br> <br> <br> <br> Are you doing what you love in your business? Do you feel guilty for how EASY it is for you? I think you'll relate with Michael's story regarding writing and teaching. Listen now!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Find out more about Michael: <a href="https://www.anothermadfarmer.org/">https://www.anothermadfarmer.org/</a><br> * Find out more about Green Uprising Farms: <a href="https://greenuprisingfresh.wordpress.com/">https://greenuprisingfresh.wordpress.com/</a><br> * Find out more about the School of Adaptive Agriculture: <a href="https://www.school-of-adaptive-agriculture.org/">https://www.school-of-adaptive-agriculture.org/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Find out the business events secrets for growing and strengthening ANY company: <a href="http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/">http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/</a><br> Full Transcript<br> Michael: That's something that I've emphasized. I work with a lot of young farmers both through the school and through farmers market and through something we created called, the Farmers Guild, that direct sales are really what you've got to do at least as part of your market, if your going to make it.<br> Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family.<br> If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman.We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel.From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.<br> This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid.<br> Brian: Michael Foley is a farmer, local food activist and writer. Formerly a political scientist, he now runs Green Uprising Farms in Willets, California with his wife and oldest daughter. He is also a co founder of the School of Adaptive Agriculture, a farmer training program and Willits.<br> He is the author of Farming For the Long Haul - Resilience and the Lost Art of Agricultural Inventiveness.<br> Michael, welcome to the Off The Grid Biz Podcast.<br> Michael: Thanks, Brian. Thanks for having me.<br> Brian: Yeah. Besides what we read out on your bio, what else can you tell us about yourself and let people know a little bit about who you are and what you do.<br> Michael: I actually just stepped down as manager of the Willets Farmers Market, which I did for nine years. And that put me in touch with lots of local produce vendors and a few, a few meat producers and I to know the sort of alternative agricultural community.<br> That doesn't mean bunch of hippies and liberals by any means, though.<br>
