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 A Candid Conversation About Farming. In this interview with my brother-in-law Sean and his wife Elisa, we talk about my decision to become a farmer.  GUESTS: Sean and  Elisa Podcast Page: www.farm365podcast.libsyn.com Facebook: facebook.com/groups/Farm365podcast EPISODE TRANSCRIPT by Lauren  Thanks to my lovely wife for transcribing this episode. INTRO MUSIC Diego (Host): Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the Farm365 podcast! A podcast about what it’s really like to start your own small family farm and grow your business one day at a time, like we’re doing, and it’s crazy! But we are very excited to bring you the podcast and even more excited that you’re here listening. I hope to be able share our journey with those considering a career in farming and also be a reliable source of encouragement and support for beginning and established farmers. With that said - I’m your host Diego and this is episode 1 of The Farm365 Podcast. Diego: As of today, I have been farming for a little over 7 months, and before that I had zero experience in farming. I did not come from a farming background whatsoever. I was sitting behind a desk, nowhere near any dirt or mud. I was receiving a steady salary with full health benefits, a pension plan for when I retired, I didn’t have to watch for the weather, I didn’t have to wake up at 5AM, or carry a flashlight at night, and I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced this or not, but do know how uncomfortable it is to tell your family you’re going to leave your job, sell your house and move out of state to pursue a crazy dream? Well, just imagine if that dream is to become a farmer. In the beginning, it's all about convincing people that you're serious because they will not believe you at first, but then once they believe you, did you ever wonder what was really going through their head? Well, I did so I asked: Sean: We were happy, like, great, family is moving -- you weren’t happy? Elisa: No. But you go ahead. Sean: I was happy. I mean, because you were moving close. It was all selfish happiness. So like, “Yes! They’re moving close! Even if it fails, who cares! They’ll be down here, you know? Diego: You just heard a clip from a conversation I had with my brother in-law Sean and his wife Elisa when I asked them to share their thoughts about my decision to become a farmer. Sean was excited that the family was finally moving down south out of the northeast, and Elisa not so much Here is why.   Elisa: Well, my strategy was to remain as ignorant as I possibly could, and not ask any questions because I was fairly certain that any answer you could give would just make me more upset. Sean: You wanted your blood pressure low? Elisa: Yeah, I wanted to keep my blood pressure low, and continue to, you know, respect you as a human being. So I just -- I didn’t know any of the details. I just thought, “This is craziness.” You know, I liked the idea in the sense that you guys are young. If you want to do this, do it. What are you going to have to lose, you know? If you want to do it, give it a try. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out, and you’ll have learned from it and you’ll certainly have stories to tell and there’s no harm done. Diego: So if completely changing my life to become a farmer wasn’t such a bad idea, in what aspect was it craziness? We’ll get feedback from Sean and Elisa on that, but first, let’s take a quick break to hear from our awesome sponsors. Support for this podcast comes from eFowl: www.efowl.com  Support for this podcast comes from WWOOF-USA:   www.wwoofusa.org  Diego: Now let’s get back to the conversation, and hear Sean and Elisa’s concerns about farming. Elisa: It’s too hard for a small farmer to make any kind of living because of the large farm industry. That’s what I thought. Sean: Yeah. Elisa: And still do think. You’re in a position where you have to be able to produce a certain amount of income to pay for your needs that your family has, and if you can do that, that would be ideal. Sean: Statistically speaking, it’s slim. It’s slim chance of success, just based on what we know, but at the same time I was excited. I was like, “You know, they’re living the dream.” It seems foolish, but God loves to do foolish things with sold out, faithful people, you know? And put “foolish” in quotations, of course. Diego: And can I just add that I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to make this huge change… It was something that my wife Lauren and I have talked about for years, and all their concerns were questions that we asked ourselves. We even made a pros and cons char, which I’ll share on a later episode. Farming is pretty challenging, especially when you’re brand new at it, but the aspect of being a business owner, that is an entire different giant to face. And Lauren and I have been working very hard on the marketing side of our business and we’re ...
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