Farming Without Losing Your Hat

"Don't buy into any silver bullet that tells you how to farm. That's the entire adventure you're about to embark on with Paul Dorrance on the pages ahead - you, and only you, can figure that out." - Will Harris, owner and operator of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, GeorgiaFollow Pastured Providence's Paul Dorrance on a helpful, practical and memorable journey that will turn your dream of running and managing a successful farm or ranch into a reality. His easy-to-read information is broken up with twelve chapters that will show a new owner/operator how to avoid the conventional farming debt traps and build a profitable business using your personality and strengths. You will learn how to build a unique brand and identity, grow an audience with smart content from your farm or ranch, explore regulation pitfalls, walk through liabilities and tax implications, engage with customers on a real level, and build a business plan from A-Z. At the end of every chapter, you will be asked a specific question and given the space to write down your answer. This book then becomes a "journal" as you create your business plan. When you finish, Farming Without Losing Your Hat will be a book you will want to forever keep on your shelves and in your family, and be able to look back on where you started, and maybe most importantly, how your farm dream turned into a reality.