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- Corinne Hansch and Matthew Leon turned to farming after facing financial hardship in 2010.
- They relocated from California to upstate New York to expand their operations after losing their initial leased land.
- The couple now operates Lovin' Mama Farm on two and a half acres and has opened a downtown kitchen to sell their produce.
- This success demonstrates how sustainable soil practices and direct-to-consumer sales can create a viable local business.
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Corinne Hansch
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“We had nothing to lose, so we might as well start vegetable farming.”
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…A rough start in California The couple turned to farming because they had no other choice. In 2010, Leon lost his job and the couple faced losing their house. Speaking on the Real Organic Podcast, Hansch said: " We had nothing to lose, so we might as well start vegetable farming. " Leon had studied farming in college, and Hansch grew up on a small farm, but neither of them owned land. They rented an empty field in Mendocino County, California, and used compost to improve the soil. Their small…
“We made $7,000 our first year just selling microgreens”
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…potential customers. In their first year, they had little space and strict rules kept them out of most of the market stalls. At the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market, they were only allowed to sell microgreens at first. " We made $7,000 our first year just selling microgreens ," Hansch told the Real Organic Podcast. By the end of their first full year, total sales had already passed $100,000. Building healthy soil Much of the farm's success comes from years of soil work. The land didn't…
Matthew Leon
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“For 15 years we've been vegetable farming and not had a certified kitchen with which we can turn that product into a value-added item. So, basically, now with a certified kitchen we can take the thousands of pounds of tomatoes that we produce every year and can them into salsa, posadas, tomato sauce.”
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…into a certified kitchen, market, and café called Lovin' Mama Kitchen. The downtown area has very few grocery stores nearby, so many residents without cars have to travel miles to reach a supermarket. Leon told WAMC: " For 15 years we've been vegetable farming and not had a certified kitchen with which we can turn that product into a value-added item. So, basically, now with a certified kitchen we can take the thousands of pounds of tomatoes that we produce every year and can them into salsa, posadas, tomato sauce. " They paid for the new store using several sources: $35,000 raised through crowdfunding, a $35,000 Community Development Block Grant, and another $32,000 from the National Grid Main Street Revitalization Program. The…
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