PLEASE CONTINUE TO PUT OUT VIDEOS LIKE THIS! The farming community needs this more and more!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind word of encouragement! We have plans for a second season if the response continues to be positive with season 1!
@1982MCI4 жыл бұрын
Farmers Friend there’s enough of us out here that NEED this info!!!! Please continue this series!! My farms success right now relies upon me getting the vital help and education I need to successfully run my market garden this year!! I only have until December of this year to make this farm profitable or I will lose it. I’m going into my 3rd season this year and last year would have been great but we were in a drought and many of the crops did not produce well because of the hot dry summer as well as losses from Deer. I am a disabled Desert Storm Vet and my wife had to leave her job of 15 years to help care for 3 terminally ill family members out of state. She has been gone for a bit over a year and a half now while I’ve been home trying to get the farm up and running and producing an income that will help replace her income because my disability income is not enough to keep things going right now and I have to make this farm work but can not do it without the help of those that have gone before me and already got things figured out. With their help and the experience I already have, I know I can do this. If he’s making the kind of money he claims in this video then I can do this with no problem as long as my body holds out, lol. I only need to make a quarter of what this young man makes in order to pay off my farm, and I believe that is very doable! Especially if you guys continue to put out videos with the critical information that you can not find elsewhere. My farm is 21 acres but I’m currently only using about 10 acres currently for my market garden which seems to be larger than what almost all other successful market gardens are that I’ve found. I have started this year converting from conventional till style agriculture over to the no-till system on at least half of my plantable land. I’m trying to completely switch over during a two year cycle because of cost of all needed supplies, compost, etc. I built a produce stand last year at the farm so I can sell directly from the farm so I can work and sell at the same time instead of leaving the farm to sell at the farmers market. I have plenty of customers that pass by and stop daily, I have the location, I have the passion and desire, etc, I just need help with certain specifics of growing and you guys are the missing key that can unlock that for me. Please, I need your help!! Please keep these wonderful videos coming. I don’t need to reinvent the wheel when you’ve already done the hard work and figured things out and now we can share info so we can all be successful and we can feed more and more folks each year with gods gift of healthy foods!! Please, please continue these style of videos so that myself and others can build successful market garden farms. I wish I knew how to make and post videos so you can see what I’m doing and trying to accomplish so it would be easier to pass info back and forth. I will try to get that figured out soon so I can share my story and successes and failures also which may be a help to someone out there. Sorry for the long comment but thank you for what you are doing!! Take care and stay safe out there
@rolsen13044 жыл бұрын
@@1982MCI From the bottom of my soul, I wish you every bit of luck and great bounty this season!
@diamon13124 жыл бұрын
The best thing is that he has data from beginning his own farm to share I really got inspired and why not go there and learn few techniques. Thanks and well done 👏👏👏👏
@NazTheGreat4 жыл бұрын
@@FarmersFriend You said the course left you with more 'questions' than answers. Would your recommend studying first like your did or going straight into the 'field' (sorry for the pun).
@nancyadame9214 жыл бұрын
This quarantine has me thinking I want to be a farmer now.
@vosca67794 жыл бұрын
Nancy Adame lmao me too
@malangorthodontist5114 жыл бұрын
me too
@daracroft50454 жыл бұрын
Same here 😅
@tardwrangler4 жыл бұрын
Same but unironically
@tkzhastings66414 жыл бұрын
Me too dear at 60. I have already started in my backyard with container gardening and a no dig bed which I planted today.
@thechaosgardener4 жыл бұрын
I’m slowly converting my backyard into a permaculture yard. My wife thought I was weird at first when I started swapping all of our non fruit bearing flower bushes and trees for fruit producing trees and plants but now she likes it.
@catherinegrace23664 жыл бұрын
Well done. Keep going. You are a forward thinker!
@alexsiniov4 жыл бұрын
Start growing cannabis, it's half fruit half flower growing process, which is much more fun because of cannabis fast life cycle :D
@drez4203 жыл бұрын
@@alexsiniov and you can smoke it
@alek4883 жыл бұрын
@@alexsiniov and it’s worth a lot 😁
@Edict-of-Expulsion4 жыл бұрын
I am from the Arabian desert. Not far from me though is where my heritage started in lush Mesopotamia. Unfortunately the Tigris and Euphrates are damaged and its been my dream to one day be part of the group that restores them and agriculture back to the land. Thanks for the inspiration.
@marcus94504 жыл бұрын
If you started looking forward instead of backwards you'd accomplish much more.
@vincentfox49294 жыл бұрын
I dont know if it is worth it. Restoring a region that is politically unstable would not be worthwhile, especially if you want to make money from it. However i wish you the best of luck and pray your lands become peaceful.
@martiannomad4 жыл бұрын
hey dont forget about makeing sure you have a new dirt growth hugelkultur is a good way to make new top soil under your no dig farm and there is a food forest in morocco its 2000 yrs old and deff check out biochar to be a nutrant spung and biogas great way to make fule and food for the land in the form of organic fertlizers and stored methane gasses so you have something for heating or lighting 1400 head of cattle will power 300 homes a month from there poop alone hope this helps and maybe look at no dig farming with the miz to make a soil base and if you can there are plants that work in groupings if you can use that companion platting style for orchards and food stuffs and food forests are amazing way to reforest a area nice easy run down by the astrulian guy 7 min food forest gives a good lay out
@jasonbrynn56334 жыл бұрын
blow up the drainage dams and canals and dig reservoirs to retain water to flood the water table
@nograviti23884 жыл бұрын
@@marcus9450 Our future is often very much written in our past..
@Mrtgames1004 жыл бұрын
Has anyone else been staying up really late just watching all these videos on permaculture and off-grid loving and no dig garden and just dreaming dreaming dreaming of one day owning a property and setting up a permaculture farm? If you are out there get in touch please let's just start a farm
@josephgyamfi39114 жыл бұрын
Watching u live from Ghana west Africa... much love to everyone helping
@thisorthat76264 жыл бұрын
Joseph gyamfi, Blessings to you! I hope the knowledge you are gathering can help the people you love. We all benefit when nature is supported anywhere in the world.
@derby12514 жыл бұрын
The aerial shots of your farm are beautiful, like a perfect movie set.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
I know! Richard's farm was one of my favorites from the air that I've ever seen!
@idontcare17623 жыл бұрын
When a person can find their passion in life and be able to devote their life to that passion, it is a beautiful thing.
@NaturesAlwaysRight4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful short film. One of the best small regenerative farms in the world! So inspiring!
@garethaustin22104 жыл бұрын
Agree totally. Inspiring stuff. Richards whole journey from academia to now being a leader is inspiring.
@NaturesAlwaysRight4 жыл бұрын
@@garethaustin2210 absolutely! I don't even understand how he has time to do all the things he does. He's really helped all of us leapfrog forward with his models etc.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! A truly inspiring farm indeed!
@twoshakes214 жыл бұрын
These vids make me feel more confident about starting my own farm from nothing thank you for giving us a complete example with details to shoot for!
@brothaman15714 жыл бұрын
What’s your plan and story
@flannel26994 жыл бұрын
Perhaps a renegade KZbin algorithm has secretly decided to save the world..
@gondolin124 жыл бұрын
Flannel I highly doubt it
@90secondpodcasting554 жыл бұрын
Hopefully one day we can break the algorithm and free the shackles from our wrists.
@c4call4 жыл бұрын
simple answer.... nope. complex answer..... the goal should be maximizing sufficiency, maximizing efficiency, reducing complexity, reducing difficulty, reducing maintenance, reducing overall effort. one should learn the best technology we have as a species..... study computers and mechanics, and biology, attempt to build as much as possible underground, reduce visibility, maximize security, ultimately maximize your health and that of your family. Do what "those with no names" absolutely dont want you to do..... become independent, unassailable, and powerful. No man is an island. That's what family is for. Build a family, and then a tribe of like-minded individuals. Build a community that is close-knit, clever, strong, and willing to die rather than be slaves to a system that wishes to feed on their productivity. The more people that reduce their need for minted currency and trade, the more openly our rulers will have to show their thirst for our wealth and energy.
@Lucas94clay4 жыл бұрын
We can only hope. Also we can like and share because that does it too.
@ksam79694 жыл бұрын
Nice! That Joel Salatin method, adapted and still teaching! Wonderful and the world needs more people like this!
@janetrush83404 жыл бұрын
Richard Perkins your story is incredible. I loved hearing at the age of 15 you already had such a clear vision. Thank you for the commitment you've also made to teaching others. Thank you Farmers Friend for sharing and all the hard work that goes into presenting this material.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Richard Perkins is truly an inspiration. Thanks for your encouragement with the films! They are a lot of work for sure, but if we can inspire more people to grow their own food, we will count it a success!
@erikortiz25084 жыл бұрын
Ive been a farmer all my life its not as easy as it looks.
@marelcabuandra22424 жыл бұрын
That's the reason anyone shifted to a buyer of farm products than to be a farmer. Being a buyer is hassle free and have good profit.
@AJ-ox8xy4 жыл бұрын
It isn't easy. It often is a hard and constant job with very few breaks. But it can be incredibly worth doing in life as you are the basis for not only your own life, but everyone else as well. With out you no one eats.
@christopherhernandez33982 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the example of greatness. A good life is not an easy life. Cheers to your team
@AomSengPha-n5v Жыл бұрын
Always watch your video Love you all So much
@MaxReisinger4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!
@vinaken48554 жыл бұрын
This place looks magical. He is a champion!
@chloelee92642 жыл бұрын
Great short film, I felt so hopeful!
@kenmahannah75093 жыл бұрын
Richard Perkins and his style of regenerative agriculture in pasture raised animals is amazingly rebuilding the soil from hard pan tilled pasture worked as most farms do, to an amazing diverse ecoculture in the soil and no dig market gardening! he is where i first saw the caterpillar tunnels that led me to Farmers Friend excellent tunnels! !
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's a cool story how it led you to our tunnels! :) Thanks for sharing!
@michaelw91654 жыл бұрын
..our planet could be so much more beautiful and healthier with ideas like these.
@andreaswessberg7214 жыл бұрын
The people complaining about a heftier price needs to rethink many things. for starters: 1 pizza is worth 25 free range eggs. and 25 eggs takes you much further than that pizza.
@peterlabiak10514 жыл бұрын
This is what you get with brainwashed population... they are told that eating poisonous crap is great, fashionable, sets you free... buy more fast food, ready made, perfectly processed just for your convenience
@florinangelo68514 жыл бұрын
25 eggs , like 50grams per egg , lets say 1000mg with error march , here you got some 100ish protein, 400ish kcalories , and a healthy dose of bad colesterol to knock your liver out 😂
@hiperformance714 жыл бұрын
@@florinangelo6851 well, you don't need to eat 25 eggs at the time, and, by the way, some recent researches reveals the truth about eggs colhesterol. Your body produces your LDL and HDL cholesterol and not the cholesterol contained in what you eat, but of course, if do you eat soo much Bad cholesterol, you will end have problems. In this researches, a big quantity of eggs eated a day rise a very little the levels of cholesterol in a good health people, the eggs was denigred for decades from the food industry lobbyes in favour of more processed food (this is the very enemy for food healthy). For example, here in Italy, an elder woman until she pass away, lived eating 16 eggs a day! She was 116 years old when passed, and this is not the only example, every very old people who lived befor the "fast food and processed foods" era, had lived eating more then the "recommended" 2 eggs a week and many if this old peoples (around the world) was more wealthy than younger peoples. I was one of the persons in the past belived in the 2 "recommended" eggs a week... but the truth, sooner or later, will always win. And, if do you have doubts, ask to a bodybuilder how many eggs he eats a day, you will be surprised.
@liiporta79644 жыл бұрын
@@florinangelo6851 🤦♂️
@realry3294 жыл бұрын
@@florinangelo6851 do you eat all 25 eggs in just one meal? Please do analyse your comment properly.. LoL 🤣
@nubiansoaps4 жыл бұрын
Excellent. It's refreshing to meet folks who are living their passion. Thank you.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Richard is a great guy indeed! Thanks for the comment!
@christiangab12273 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing an inspiring story of a farm earning $275,000+ every six month season you are truly awesome and wonderful ^^
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@mrkennyfernand4 жыл бұрын
watching this really humbles me.
@YouGoSustain3 жыл бұрын
Your videos always make me joy...!!!
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
@dlegacy75 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful farm and great to see you successful while being a good steward of the land.
@Cookontherun73915 ай бұрын
Amazing! We are north of the 53rd so our growing season is much the same. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. ❤️🇨🇦
@Barrrt4 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I'm just leaving a comment to bump this video up. I hope loads of people see this and become inspired to go on similar quests of creating wholesome food in close collaboration with nature.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Really appreciate the kind words!
@kristinparish28344 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS. I hope it inspires many people to transform depression into farm fresh food by being active and nurturing LIFE!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Us too!
@joereddragon67242 жыл бұрын
I'm glad there is content like this for free. I refuse to pay for cable when I can be educated for free. It is inspiring and educational.
@dustdriver1154 жыл бұрын
I remember 40 years ago there were many small family farms that use to do little bit of everything.
@matthewemmanuel-ogier75614 жыл бұрын
The overheads of this farm are beautiful.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Probably one of my favorite farms from the air!
@earljustin934 жыл бұрын
I would love to visit his farm and learn from him. Currently a student for sustainable crop production. This is awesome!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Another future farmer on the way! Thanks for the comment!
@martins39934 жыл бұрын
And that is exactly how they make 275k. People come there and pay them to work on the farm. It's quite genious really.
@drtootsi4 жыл бұрын
@@martins3993 except if u look at his videos he makes a point about being economically viable without the education part counted in.
@meredithgardner93834 жыл бұрын
I love that you see value in beauty - feeding the soul and the body while stewarding your piece of the plant. (:
@keosbay4 жыл бұрын
You’re a modern farming genius. Incredible farm ✌️
@ethana45744 жыл бұрын
Idky this was in my recommend but I’m definitely not complaining. Beautiful!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Like and subscribe for more beautiful farm inspiration from our channel! :)
@katecham6274 жыл бұрын
The visual was so peaceful and pleasant.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@eydorian3 жыл бұрын
Diversity is not only beautiful, but it is key in many areas.
@bw45004 жыл бұрын
Genuinely inspirational, all the best from 🇦🇺
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! So glad to hear!
@jimwilleford61404 жыл бұрын
Inspirational Richard. The numbers are, for some reason, hard for some homesteaders to even hear. But, oh so important and helpful. Thank you.
@UsmanFaraz8549 ай бұрын
Thank you brother you are doing your job very efficiently, live happily and keep it up. Thank for sharing your ideas and knowledge 😊
@rame-sprayer4 жыл бұрын
ONE of the best farm in europe, Richard is a great teacher in the communauty.
@Leo_S944 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for covering the farm, so many permaculture farms out there and not always the easiest to stumble upon them. Awesome production quality but not over the top which keeps it clean and simple to watch. Amazing job!
@dianacascayan17592 жыл бұрын
This is how amazing agriculture is. !
@norakat4 жыл бұрын
You should write a book. I'm sure many can benefit from all the knowledge you painstakingly gathered.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
He already has! :)
@trangtraihongdien3 жыл бұрын
Be a standard farmer to bring many good food to customer. Love the way you said about your garden: short and easy to understand.
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@worawutnathasan22203 жыл бұрын
Beautiful & wonderful farm and landscape, This farm is inspiring me in gardening and organic living :) Thank for sharing and great video
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@juandelacruz40514 жыл бұрын
When you have degree, beautiful job and have plenty of money. It is worthless without any food to buy. Much better to have like one this farm.
@astyanax9054 жыл бұрын
As a pot farmer from Canada, thank you for the advice on the woodchips -- particularly with all the snowmelting around greenhouses. solid advice :)
@alexvlaxos66204 жыл бұрын
Is it legal to grow there?
@buy1help14 жыл бұрын
The simple ideas are often the most effective. Thanks for sharing.
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
So true!
@malangorthodontist5114 жыл бұрын
You are doing an outstanding work. Well done
@yotalifepr4 жыл бұрын
This farm is perfect, like a dream come true.
@AshuSinghthealkiddo3 жыл бұрын
Sweden + Farms were earlier related to Swedish Mafia House. But now I see Farmers Friend taking their spot. Great information and Cine shots are amazing with nice background music! 💙
Everything is nice, green and cozy and then comes the winter! beautiful farm and nice job
@omallaemmanuel32984 жыл бұрын
this is inspirational. i will visit this farm one day
@johncoruna4 жыл бұрын
Awesome re-thinking! Congrats
@costache_mark4 жыл бұрын
This is my Dream😍😍 Congratulations sir!. I'm 17 years Old and I want to become an agriculturist, but my Problem here in My country is that every year, Philippines was having more than 20 typhoons and that was a very Big problems to all the farmers here
@santeripaattimaki16323 жыл бұрын
You are a hero for me truely. I am so easily interested and attracted to new things but farming has been something for me since i have been a kid. There is something special when you can provide food for yourself and your family independently. My mother had to sell her family farm when I was around 15 years old. I didn't know back then what our family lost. Now the problem is i do not have the land to do this amazing work that you do, and neither do I know how to.
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Wow, how sad... I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find some land eventually that you can purchase yourself. Even if it's much smaller than the one your mother had.
@lazenbytim4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Very inspiring. Never knew about following the cows with the chickens so they eat the flies and larva. Cool
@wafiqessop40344 жыл бұрын
Supreme Quality. As a graduate from an Agricultural institute, I felt the same. When you leave you still know nothing! Therefore I'm doing internship all over to learn how to actually farm!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you're headed in the right direction!
@brentonkelly37804 жыл бұрын
Great video, very inspirational. Thanks for sharing and all the best !
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@myxsys4 жыл бұрын
I very much like that phrase: "It's easier to find 100 people to spend $1,000 with you than it is to find 1,000 people to spend $100 with you."
@youssefselkani4 жыл бұрын
Not very true, cheap things like potatoes sells quickly compared to something that cost $1000
@PeaceOfMake3 жыл бұрын
@@youssefselkani That is a wrong comparison. If you put it in the right perspective; imagine how many cars would you have to sell in place of just one luxury car. It's a better bet to make a quality car and find just one person.
@stevelarson49254 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for putting these together!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you're enjoying them!
@erkinbotokanov57404 жыл бұрын
You are my hero, my man!
@renostubbs85042 жыл бұрын
Excellent location and understanding farm, neat and well organized. Wish you guys all the best for the future of the business. Health is an important part of Wealth. GOD BLESS
@talltreefilms16034 жыл бұрын
Whoever did the filming and interviewing on this is epic! love it so much!
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it!
@ejidaniel43264 жыл бұрын
Well done guys.
@aminmohamed50313 жыл бұрын
I was really inspired to be a smart farmer in the future. Fact: I just graduate from a bachelor’s degree in Development Economics and now planning to peruse my studies in Sustainability Management programme. Greetings from Thailand. Hope everyone is doing great out there!
@eliotseven4 жыл бұрын
You guys are doing a great job. Keep inspiring
@prashuholmes66424 жыл бұрын
Really looking Amazing and even the efforts are to the sky
@honeytreefarmnc4 жыл бұрын
Nice! Richard is the man!
@TheFlexiMexi4 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! I hope to be able to do this in Washington State here in The United States. Great work and love that you are living your dreams!
@RaphaelAguirre3 жыл бұрын
Mad respect Richard, what you built there is something we should inspire to. Truly magnificent!
@markb14874 жыл бұрын
That's a crazy growing season,, frost in June,, that's mad,,, As a landscape gardener myself I grow fruit and vegetables for me and my family,, and customers too.... I grow fruit+veg all year round,,,
@Jeudaos4 жыл бұрын
Regenerative ag at it's BEST. This is absolutely inspiring. Wish I could figure out how to do even a quarter of this, from a wheelchair.
@davefroman47004 жыл бұрын
It would cost a bit to set up but that is doable with deep raised beds and rabbits.
@AhTechus21 күн бұрын
Such a creative concept! I wish I could think like you
@marcr22042 жыл бұрын
@5:01 wow I never thought of it like that. So true. 100% easier to find 100 customers who can spend 1000 $ vs finding a thousand customers who can spend 100$ that is the success formula
@mdjewel57384 жыл бұрын
Beautiful place, if i get a chances to work here, i will feel proud .
@AJ-ox8xy4 жыл бұрын
You are living the dream. This is exactly what I want to do.
@alanoneill99614 жыл бұрын
just what i need after a hard day planting spuds!!!
@jaads79104 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work, more farms should be like this,
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the encouragement!
@247KW3 жыл бұрын
I am inspired by you. I pray I meet a man with dreams like yours because I love to garden and I want to build an amazing farm. 👍 God has really blessed you.
@stoianandreimircea15094 жыл бұрын
This is much of what I am looking for. Getting out if the rat race. When I am ready I will get in touch. Inspiring to see that data is at the heart of what you do. If you need any support in data analytics I would love to help
@davidr.44503 жыл бұрын
It was awesome and very interesting to watch. Thank you for sharing!
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, David!
@planetfeelgood174 жыл бұрын
So Inspiring!! Thank You!! 😊🍀🌟
@funny-video-YouTube-channel4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful farm !
@tomidepth85103 жыл бұрын
The video presentation is top-notch !
@FarmersFriend3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@holisticvibes332 жыл бұрын
So absolutely fantastic!!! 🥰
@amedashtari66483 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting ... running a successful farm like this in Swedish weather is one big challenge by itself Would like to see more like this .. hopefully with more info and guides ... Good Luck!
@dragonshelf1643 жыл бұрын
Beautifule farm, we are from China, greenhouse accessories supplier. So glad to see your vedio.
@1968Christiaan4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Congratulations - on the farm... but also congratulations on finding something you obviously enjoy ! : )
@aritudo4 жыл бұрын
After 20+ successful years in the IT corporate world...I've started thinking very seriously about leaving the city and homesteading. I love gardening but don't know if I want to market garden yet. Will figure out when I start homesteading.😂
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Homesteading can be an excellent way to get your feet wet and decided if you enjoy your time running your homestead "farm" better than your day job. :) All the best to you!
@extendedfilmproject67894 жыл бұрын
Awesome production and great connection to a diverse group of farmers across the world! I am in the process of developing farmland on our high school in Louisiana to link with our aquaponics and hydroponics systems indoors. Thanks for sharing😄
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@captainjoemama4 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful farm mate.
@MrMillsy19864 жыл бұрын
Makes me happy seeing Mr Pea again
@FarmersFriend4 жыл бұрын
We were thankful to have him in the film! Within 24 hours of our visit he was gone... :(
@JasonSmith-cq2fn3 жыл бұрын
This was awesome! that's from a city boy who doesn't know anything about any of this