From tech founder to sustainable farmer

[NH Homesteader]

Ah I hate not being able to watch videos! How much were her turkeys?
Bookmarking for when I have "real" Internet!

 

[NH Homesteader]

For breeding stock? Yeah that's high. We have heritage turkeys. Usually tops $50/piece or $100/pair is what I see. We got ours for free from someone who couldn't take care of them over winter. Narragansetts are a bit more than a lot of the others (which is unfortunate because I really want some!)

 

[Land of Lincoln]

Those are some expensive Turkeys, wow! Those horses she raised looked nice as well. Maybe she'll get into raising some Wagyu cattle for Kobe beef - she seems pretty eccentric but she's got the funds to do it for sure.

 

[Land of Lincoln]

Probably a pretty good return on investment considering she was a co-founder of Cisco Systems and she raised cattle as a youngster to put herself through college. Sounds like she knows what she's doing obviously, good for her.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Wait that's the price of a turkey for eating? That's probably $10/lb give or take... Yikes. I've heard of people getting $7/lb for heritage but wow.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Oh the market here is pretty well cornered so I have no aspirations to try to break into it, lol. I sell to family and friends but never make any money doing so. I don't even make enough to cover the feed costs for my animals. Someday maybe.

 

[Beekissed]

Definitely would need the right market for that....much like Joel Salatin, who mostly markets his overpriced meats and eggs to city folks who will pay just about anything to say they bought it from a local, "sustainable" farming person...they really and truly don't care what their food costs as long as they can brag about how sustainable and wonderfully healthy it all is...and, of course, you get what you pay for, in their minds, so if it's costly, they will buy it. Gotta live close to cities where the wealthy folks like that live in order to get those prices for your livestock.

The fact of the matter is, rich folk like to buy from other rich folk...they feel like their product is just superior to that product offered~exactly the same quality~from less lucrative setups. It's a weird way of thinking, but once a person can wrap their minds around it, they can usually exploit that and make some huge bucks.

 

[waretrop]

I am sure she is charging exactly what the market will bear in her area. Otherwise she would have to lower her prices to move the things.

I do believe there are people out there that think the most expensive and most pretty things are the best. We know better than that in normal life...I think.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Well said, MH!

 

[lcertuche]

Well I've been watching this thread and I definitely missed something. Probably just as well because I have enough drama in my life, lol. If someone can get rich raising turkeys then WooHoo but until then we just take away the best ideas to use in our own little patch of dirt. Success to one person may not be the same for another. I would love to be able to grow a good amount of fresh, organic food and hormone free meat on as little money as possible with the least amount of work as possible. An impossible task? Probably but that is my measure of being self sufficient. Better yet if I can share and sale a little to help offset expenses. This is Tyson central here with huge automated houses but not my dream. I should say I haven't been able to see the video. Sorry, that self-righteous remark spark my imagination.