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Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary I n this episode of Carrot Cashflow, Diego welcomes Seedtime co-founder Paul Dysinger to talk about his journey to develop a scheduling and task management software that makes life easier for gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers. He also shares what he learning through his journey—from prioritizing tasks to marketing his product to...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary I n this episode of Carrot Cashflow, host Diego starts off with a Thanksgiving Special with Seeding Thoughts: some takes on Thanksgiving food, Diego’s Top 5 Thanksgiving Sides, and finally, a controversial take on pumpkin pie.   Afterwards, farm business owner Mark DeRespinis shares his farming journey from running a successful farm in...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary I n this episode of Carrot Cashflow, host Diego starts off with Seeding Thoughts: with the new year approaching, let’s take a look at how life is going—if you were to score each aspect of your life from 1-10, where do things stand? Which aspects are doing great and which ones need to change to be better? Afterwards, Liz Calvelage shares...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary I n this episode of Carrot Cashflow, host Diego starts off with Seeding Thoughts and talks about the importance of being informed and educated about the things most relevant—and important—to us: health, finances, fitness, relationships, and so on. Don’t just take a single person’s advice and treat it as a panacea right from the get-go. Be...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary I n this episode of Carrot Cashflow, host Diego starts off with Seeding Thoughts, opening a conversation about different ways to think about challenging times. Sometimes, bad things happen to us—sometimes it’s just bad luck, sometimes it’s just wrong place, wrong time. No special reason behind why they happen, they just do. And while we...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary In this episode of Carrot Cashflow, host Diego starts off the conversation with the Purgatory of Mediocrity—when something’s not bad enough to shut down but it’s also not good enough to survive—and figuring out the next steps to get out of that Purgatory of Mediocrity.   Afterwards, Chef Michael Russo jumps in to share his story about...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary F or a grower who wants to enter a crowded market, it’s always a struggle to think about something that would make you stand out from all the other growers in a way that hopefully doesn’t directly compete with them. One good way to do that is to sell completely different products, say funky varieties that no one else is growing. In this...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary For many people who want to get into market gardening, they usually start off learning the ropes and farming on the side until they get the hang of things and start growing consistently and making a living wage off it, at which time, they turn to farming full-time. And if the farm does well enough to replace two full-time incomes, then...

Listen to more episodes of Carrot Cashflow Episode Summary Many people start market gardening in the hopes of becoming an established farm that consistently provides fresh, local food to their community. But what if that niche is already filled and there are already a lot of other people doing what you want to do? You can certainly try keeping at it. Or you can pivot and lean on your other skills...