Ray Tyler walks us through the history of his farm and the future of agriculture as a whole.
Created by Gavin Hobbs and Morgon Dickerson.
Rose Creek Farms
https://rosecreekfarmstore.com/
@rosecreekfarms
@smallfarmsbigchange1220
Morgon Dickerson
https://morgondickerson.com/
@morgondickerson
Gavin Hobbs
https://www.gavinhobbs.com/
@gavinhawkster
If you’re interested in learning more about how Ray grows vegetables year-round, visit https://www.smallfarmsbigchange.com/
21 Comments
What is a CSA? Are they investors or just local community. BTW beautiful farm.
Extremely passionate and inspiring.
Thank you.
I am a mathematician by trade who dabbles in farming. I will tell you that farming is more difficult than math, and surprisingly similar. Often times when creating new mathematics you keep trying new things until something works, and when it works you might not even understand at first why it works, it just works. Eventually you go on proving why it works and developing theorems within your new structure, which is similar to the process of formalizing how you grow a particularly difficult crop.
You have to have an open mind when going into farming, you never know where it might lead you. I started a typical market garden, but it didn't do so well on the sales end. Instead of giving up I looked at the numbers and realized I could make a go at farming lavender and strawberries. The agro-tourism niche is really the best way to go these days. Farm to table, with small shop and tours. My daughters (9 and 11) are making Christmas wreaths this year and have already pulled 500 selling on a roadside stand with their mother. You can make a good living farming, you just have to be creative.
The statements Ray makes around 6:54 is very true. People want cheap food, the only way to get it reliably on mass scale is with 10-10-10 and pesticide.
Beautiful and interesting work!
Love ya work 💚
Low Cost Production and Marketing or Selling your produce goes hand in hand.
You need to have some money saved incased it all goes wrong.
Great job, and thanks for inspiring people to farm. Where are you located?
You articulate perfectly
"A small town could have 10 of these. A big city could have hundreds."
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the need for the industrial scale amount of plastics you rely on to produce your " product " is frightening …. where does all this plastic end up ? …. what you are doing is environmentally toxic … I like what you're trying to achieve but ironically you're contributing to environmental disaster … please , stop using plastics
19 years old growing my own food forest in south florida mostly Annonas and mangos, got some pineapple bananas, starfruit, guava . love this video super excited to see what spring 2023 brings us
And that's a really powerful video!
Spot on go get um.the system is designed to fail.dont wait until it does .
I like this guy, reminds me of bill gates, smart I mean
I am watching you from Ladakh situated in the himalayas in India. We here have a short season of growing due to cold temperatures but none the less we make the most of that time growing food.I have moved from the city Delhi and am in the process of developing my land n grow as much of my food as possible. ITS VERY TOUGH BUT will do my best
What kind of wreaths did your young daughters make & sell ?
You are TRULY AMAZING. I mean that SIR.
We just bought some land (just a few acres) and plan to make it a farm. One of the things I found looking around learning how is that nice looking fast harvester operated by a hand drill. I was shocked to see how expensive it was. I hope to get it eventually when the farm makes enough to justify it but something like that that someone just starting out could really use is unfortunately too expensive for someone starting out to afford.
Inspiring
For those of us unable to afford all that plastic on the ground or dispose of it when it is unusable, what methods would you recommend for growing consistent crops?