His Unconventional Methods of Farm Marketing (Gold Shaw Farm)

Morgan Gold made a professional career in corporate insurance and sales but after many years of feeling unfulfilled and unproductive, he set out to find a small farm that he could use to recharge. What he thought would be a small old farm has turned into a major social media presence. From slow growth to story telling, our conversation leads to all the relatable questions one has when starting a small farm. ‪@GoldShawFarm‬
Gold Shaw Farm
Peacham, Vermont
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[@GoldShawFarm]

It was so much fun hanging out with you guys. Thanks for stopping by the farm!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much for having us!! And bailing us out of trouble, haha!

[@Plan_it-Farm]

Great interview so good thanks for putting yourself out there.

[@user-kv2pt4lu9y]

Milkweed can be toxic to cattle, horses, sheep and goats. Check out Russ Wilson for cold weather water options.

[@wrenwest4887]

"Used to be addicted to being right!" vs. understanding and humble enough to notice that a change is needed is so top of the learning curve and smart.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes!!! I love the way he put this!! We could all learn some of this!

[@WickedAwesomeGardening]

That slow start is definitely the best advice I’ve gotten in starting my journey. I figured that I would already have this place cleared and be getting pigs etc. I could try and rush it but now that I’m in it I see that I need to just focus on the goats for probably another two years before I can get pig ready! Slow growth but steady!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes!! So true!! Slower really is a great way to have such a great start!

[@robf5230]

Came here from the Goldshaw video. Awesome interview! I love the long-form. Y'all covered so much, and it flowed so well with the farm chores backdrop.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Hi! Thank you so much!! ❤️

[@joyfuldragonfly]

I did too ❤

[@Stadtpark90]

This. - Funny how Morgan is even better at getting filmed than filming himself.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Haha. Its interesting how different we can be on camera.

[@TheRetiredCop.147]

Morgan has really thought through a lot of stuff that is important, not only for KZbin, but for life in general. This was a very satisfying journey. Thanks for letting me come along!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Absolutely!! Thank you so much! I love the way he walked through how he has transitioned through the years

[@joyfuldragonfly]

Catnip, I will buy Miss Molly Murder Mittens catnip and give it for gifts because I loved and miss her. We buy the merchandise because we are attached to the animals and it is a little escape in our hectic city life. His story telling and consistent videos has built his faithful audience. We love monthly farm meetings to interact with Morgan on a more individual level. We ❤️ @goldshawfarm

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes! He has done a great job sharing the stories in his farm!

[@caryoakie2003]

Love his encouragement to tell the story. I had subbed his channel yrs before but seldom watched because it didn't really speak to me. But then I watched the saga of Mollie Murder Mittens & fell in love all over again!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

I love the way he tells stories about his farm!!

[@floridagoods]

Morgan is the best narrator and story teller!!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

He really is!

[@michaelcrawford2094]

Great Interview as usual! Really good to see Morgan on the "other side" of the camera and in a more relaxed conversation with less planning and preparation.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!! It was so fun to chat with him like this!

[@Plan_it-Farm]

Again your interviews are getting better and better so well done. Keep on keeping on.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!!!

[@birgitelisabeth9661]

Excellent video. I love this man's channel. I like his approach.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!! Morgan is great!!

[@lisaw510]

Excellent interview! Thanks for asking so many great questions! Even after watching Gold Shaw Farm for a couple of years, I've just learned more about WHY Morgan does certain things differently than he did in years past. It's helpful to have you capture in 1 video all of the highlights of Morgan's farming progress.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!! I’m so glad you were able to learn more about him! I have known him personally for a few years and still learned more about him during our conversation here!

[@thePrisoner1000]

I found you guys from watching Morgan's channel. I think it is pretty smart to travel around and check out other farms and see what works and doesn't. I'm from Oregon and we are pretty diverse when it comes to farming/ranching. From the Oregon Agriculture website: There are more than 250 diverse products grown and processed in Oregon ranging from wheat to salmon. Only California has a higher number of commodities in the United States. top agricultural products include: milk, nursery stock, hops, cattle and calves, berries, pears, potatoes, eggs, onions, peppermint, wine grapes, cherries, hay and sweet corn. Oregon is the number one U.S. producer of: blackberries, hazelnuts, peppermint, cranberries, rhubarb, grass seed, florist azaleas and Christmas trees. I think having that diversity can be important.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Oh wow!! I didn’t realize Oregon had so many things!!

[@rachellemazar7374]

This was so amazing. I’m glad Morgan shared his timeline for transferring from the city to the farm. Actually there is so much in this video it is hard to single out the best. Morgan, you are a great story teller and a major part of that is your character development, I feel a connection to many of your animals because of that.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much! Morgan has a great way of explaining things and storytelling!! It was so great to chat with him like this!

[@annalapoint7156]

Gold Shaw Farm is awesome! Love watching and listening to Morgan! 😍😍😍😍

[@BreakingNewRoots]

He is a great dude with a knack for story telling!

[@BradandLaVonnaAnderson]

It was wonderful to spend time in the trees and see how so many have grown!!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes! It’s crazy isn’t it??

[@harlongway1657]

Pablo casually walking by at 24:37 Pablo: Everybody: Me: ❤❤❤ hey Pablo you legend! Keep on being you, my friend! ❤❤❤

[@BreakingNewRoots]

😅❤️

[@mnemosynevermont5524]

There's a catnip market out here somewhere because the cats are featured residents that people love.

[@ChanceNP]

You have a new viewer. Been watching Gold Shaw Farms since 2020 and this interview was a nice review of what has happened over the years. Do you find many families on the road like y’all trying to find how they will fit happily into our world? I also follow another family living on the road with 4 kids, ages 7-1 yr. They’re homeschooling, and the kids are getting a fantastic living history and natural world education.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much! It was so fun chatting with Morgan like this! Yes and no. We have met a lot of families on the road but they mostly are traveling for work. We haven’t really met anyone traveling to find a place to settle down or those with an agricultural background. But we have met so many amazing farmers, most of them we now call friends.

[@captainhufflepuff501]

This makes me feel better about my own life and the bad thing that happen The bad AND good make a good story so if you tell the good AND the bad your a better person it makes me feel so much better about myself I thank him for the advice it helped me with myself

[@BreakingNewRoots]

I'm so glad it has helped you!

[@laurelb1962]

I found your channel, via, Gold Shaw Farm. I had clicked to watch his latest video and thats how it happened. Am so very glad too. I look forward to watching other content that you've created. Blessings to your family, Laurel 😁❤

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Hi! Thank you so much!! It was so fun to chat with Morgan like that!

[@laurelb1962]

@BreakingNewRoots yes, and it was interesting to watch it done that way. I've been watching him since his humble beginnings, and ALOT has changed since then, too. That was a wonderful interview 👍😁

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes it sure has changed.

[@gashibleddi6022]

I dream to travel like you guys in a van its such a good way to live you never get bored

[@BreakingNewRoots]

We have had so much fun exploring different areas!

[@petgranny194]

Nice video and interview! You have great interviewing skills. The conversation moved along nicely. Thanks.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so very much! I loved chatting with Morgan here!!

[@seaday123]

very good interview. Thank you for putting the time into this one!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!!

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

Love your shirt. Reminds me of Joey Santori from "Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't". He travels all over the place to find native plants and ecosystems. He's got a whole montage of Kill Your Lawn.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thanks! ha. We got it from a farm tour in Florida, Chandanko Farm.

[@zoni3gurl641]

Huge fan of @GoldShawFarm and saw you and your husband over on Morgan's channel. This video showed up in my feed and loved it too!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!!

[@chris_favreau]

Great video and format! I wish you success!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much! We have visited over 100 farms at this point! It has been a blast and we aren't done yet! We are excited for the next chapter as well!

[@lauracondon5224]

You are a great interviewer!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!!

[@MrTankfarmer]

CONGRADULATIONS on your good luck!! Next up, finding your dream farm in the Ashville NC area.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yes!! Thank you!! ❤️

[@JacquelineMiller-vm6dk]

What a great video. Excellent advice too.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you! Morgan is so great!! So glad to have chatted with him like this!

[@ebthepurple]

Bonnie McMurray

[@gloriashambaugh7853]

Goodmorning. I thank you for this video. You did a GREAT job. I have a small Berry Farm. This year was not good, Oklahoma temp was in the hundreds most of this year. The heat, sun. Water in the evening. Didn't help. Plus I work as a Caregiver. ❤😊

[@cheryltemple7188]

Best interview... Best interviewer!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Wow! Thank you so much!!

[@Keepithonest7]

Friends helping friends. Excellent

[@BreakingNewRoots]

❤️

[@michellegonthier6251]

Fantastic interview and excellent video.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!

[@chrisrose2803]

@GoldShawFarm if you redid the trees in pasture what would the new design be? Do you already have that documented in a video? Just bought a property that will need some shaping and I'd like to learn from your experience

[@corrinejacobson9232]

She is a great interviewer

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!

[@TallBirdAcresHomestead]

This was an excellent video!!!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@alexandriaherndon6228]

Love gold Shaw farm!!!! My question is if the small male steer breeds the big female cow, she won’t have trouble calving but if she has a cow with the small genetics and is bred back, can she calve a cow with the big genetics? I’d be worried about the 3rd and so on generations.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

That's a great questions. The male 'cow' that can breed is called a bull, steers cannot breed; cows have had a baby, heifers cannot. Morgan does not want a closed herd and will not breed within the same genetic lines, so there shouldn't be much worry of that.

[@adem6371]

What cool perspectives!

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thanks! Morgan is such a great guy! This was such an amazing conversation and so much to take away!

[@russellhayes407]

Thanks Morgan

[@BreakingNewRoots]

❤️

[@mkbehnke1]

Good information.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you so much!

[@annwheeler1658]

Thank you so much for this video! That’s exactly what I was trying to do. It was way too much at the same time, yikes.😂

[@BreakingNewRoots]

I feel that!! It’s such an easy trap to get into but slowing down is really essential!

[@kabbub]

Probably late to the party. This is Tyson's quote from what I understand, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” I could be wrong but I don't think so. Not sure if Mike Tyson ever had a P&L plan.

[@anniejefferson7329]

Nice interview ❤

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!!

[@HNeko-wi4ii]

46:05 Iron Mike 😆😆😆

[@ayotundek]

Awesome content

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!!

[@heidiDonato]

nice video and interveiw

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!

[@mnemosynevermont5524]

Should be a "duck" board across that live wire, both sides. btw You have plenty of biodiversity along the field sides and woods, if you let that milk weed go it will take over everything.

[@Arham7cheema]

I don't saw such type of farm in America yet where many animals to watch and small chicks was very cute I like it thank you for another video keep it up and you wear a t shirt and other guy wear a hoodie does their weather is cold

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you!! It was cool that morning but I can be hot in the mornings so I was okay in just a t-shirt.

[@Arham7cheema]

@@BreakingNewRoots you are too much fast take care of your fans nice habit

[@BreakingNewRoots]

@@Arham7cheema we love interacting with everyone and continuing the conversation of small farms! ❤️

[@Arham7cheema]

@@BreakingNewRoots I watch less people who take care and appreciating your fans ok best of luck see you in next video now there's my sleeping time

[@yetilee]

I'm sorry, but when i saw him open that baby chick shed....it gave me flash backs to the movie arachnophobia!!! All those webs in that shed!! So many and so thick *shudder*😂

[@BreakingNewRoots]

His farm is FULL of beautiful spider art! I love seeing so many active spiders! It parts of a working ecosystem.

[@yetilee]

@@BreakingNewRoots I have spiderwebs in my yard. I just don't let them in my buildings. We have a deal, stay out of my house/building I frequent and I leave your website alone outside ...unless they are black widows. But it was mainly the amount and the thickness of the website that got me in the vid lol

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Oh yeah! That's a good point, haha.

[@farnorthhomested844]

she does a good interview

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Thank you! ❤️

[@MsBuster74]

I’m waiting to see the goats eat the milk weed. When are they going to be on the farm?

[@BreakingNewRoots]

I don't believe they can eat the milkweed. In the video, Morgan said it causes light sensitivity so he will put them in a different area on the farm. I do not know when they will be on the farm, you'll have to watch his channel for that update.

[@Dovietail]

Isn't it good farming practice to mow (if not burn) your pastures once a year? Isn't that supposed to be good for native grasses? And doesn't it keep down invasive weeds?

[@andrewsusen3154]

RELEASE THE QUACKENS!!!

[@noraarico1313]

What about the duck that's unable to walk? what's going to happen to it? You just put it back on the side and walked away.

[@BreakingNewRoots]

During our filming, yes, he put it back where it was, but he did decide to put the duck down later that day.

[@WickedAwesomeGardening]

First! 😂

[@BreakingNewRoots]

❤️

[@AdamAlgazaliAdamAlgazali]

33:39

[@mnemosynevermont5524]

There's a FogBow at 27:46!

[@kc4941]

Is the drake suffering? What is wrong with his leg?

[@BreakingNewRoots]

It had bumble foot but the leg wasn’t healing correctly. It has since been put down.

[@kc4941]

@@BreakingNewRoots thank you for letting me know. Morgan usually makes a video about something serious with the animals but a lot has been going on right now.

[@wildflowerinn]

😢 poor duck glad he’s no longer suffering

[@BreakingNewRoots]

Yeah, I'm not sure if he put it in a video or not.