274: Deb Kolaras on Small Farming and Local Economies.
Working together with other small farms to provide farm goods to a local economy.

Her background is in business, but she’s always had a passion for making, building, re-purposing, and then harvesting the goods from those labors.Don’t miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates
In This Podcast:
Not having enough eggs to keep her farm stand stocked, Deb Kolaras reached out to a couple neighboring small farms to add their products to hers. What has developed is a successful honor based farm stand that neighbors shop to find their fresh produce, eggs and cheeses. Using her marketing background she is focusing a local economy to support small farmers.
Listen in and learn about:
- Seeking out the small town lifestyle
- Wanting to make soaps and other stuff at home
- Getting active helping small vendors get seen
- Wanting to find solutions to help small farming businesses be seen
- Taking advantage of being on a high traffic roadway
- Starting up an honor farm stand
- Expanding their farm stand to allow for more farmers to participate
- Their 100 year old small farm property
- How they make their farm manageable
- Raising her goats and planning around their needs
- Using systems to keep the farm running
- Moving from Colorado to Virginia and taking chickens with them
- The first inclination to start her farm stand to keep up with the egg demand
As well as:
- Her failure – Continuously failing at growing garlic
- Her success – Other peoples’ successes – watching those she’s mentored succeed
- Her drive – Being thirsty for knowledge
- Her advice – Be passionate – live passionately
Deb’s Book recommendations:
Todd Henry – Die Empty
How to reach Deb:
Website: HopAndHen.com
UrbanFarm.org/HopandHen
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