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<blockquote data-quote="Old Hermit" data-source="post: 1830550" data-attributes="member: 42666"><p>Passive is an interesting concept... Not one we've explored :/ . </p><p>Without knowing where you are, what you have, or what you're already doing, all I can chime in with is what we're doing.</p><p>We raise 100% grass fed beef. We've spent 20 years developing our brood stock to produce well on grass - they're short, fat and awesome, but it was/is definitely not passive. I suppose selling brood stock is relatively passive now.</p><p>We can't sell hay, because we only have 80 acres of dedicated hay meadow and we need it all - and they can't/won't eat anyone else's hay, so I can't risk selling it. </p><p>We are a distributor for an organic feed company, which led into raising organic pastured broilers for several years. (yes, we're those organic people) Not passive, not fun, but quite profitable. I quit that two years ago.</p><p>We have an on-farm store - part 'groceries' from our farm and a few trusted others, part things the 'new homesteader' crowd wants (canning jars, shrink bags, clothes line & pins, etc) part farm-produced souvenir type stuff for the...</p><p>Farm tours. We have a little under 300ac, and because of our rotation system, it's relatively easy to walk most of it. For some reason, people want to (at least when it's warm). And my cattle are pretty and friendly. This is probably the least work.</p><p>We have a small orchard and vineyard, mostly done as 'U-pick' by appointment.</p><p>I do an assortment of workshops - poultry processing, canning, rendering, tanning, milking, grafting, soap making, spinning/weaving, etc. - on no particular schedule and only when enough people bug me about it.</p><p>We aren't getting rich - or trying to. As long as we can cover the taxes and insurance, we're good!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Hermit, post: 1830550, member: 42666"] Passive is an interesting concept... Not one we've explored :/ . Without knowing where you are, what you have, or what you're already doing, all I can chime in with is what we're doing. We raise 100% grass fed beef. We've spent 20 years developing our brood stock to produce well on grass - they're short, fat and awesome, but it was/is definitely not passive. I suppose selling brood stock is relatively passive now. We can't sell hay, because we only have 80 acres of dedicated hay meadow and we need it all - and they can't/won't eat anyone else's hay, so I can't risk selling it. We are a distributor for an organic feed company, which led into raising organic pastured broilers for several years. (yes, we're those organic people) Not passive, not fun, but quite profitable. I quit that two years ago. We have an on-farm store - part 'groceries' from our farm and a few trusted others, part things the 'new homesteader' crowd wants (canning jars, shrink bags, clothes line & pins, etc) part farm-produced souvenir type stuff for the... Farm tours. We have a little under 300ac, and because of our rotation system, it's relatively easy to walk most of it. For some reason, people want to (at least when it's warm). And my cattle are pretty and friendly. This is probably the least work. We have a small orchard and vineyard, mostly done as 'U-pick' by appointment. I do an assortment of workshops - poultry processing, canning, rendering, tanning, milking, grafting, soap making, spinning/weaving, etc. - on no particular schedule and only when enough people bug me about it. We aren't getting rich - or trying to. As long as we can cover the taxes and insurance, we're good! [/QUOTE]
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