
Tractor Time Episode 41: Darby Simpson on Finding Opportunity During a Pandemic
Darby Simpson co-hosts the Grassfed Life podcast. He also runs a pasture-based livestock operation in Indiana.
Darby Simpson co-hosts the Grassfed Life podcast. He also runs a pasture-based livestock operation in Indiana.
We at Acres U.S.A. wanted to know how the pandemic affecting the farming businesses, agritourism and personal lives of Savory Global Network farmers, ranchers and hub leaders in the United States.
But the farmers, growers and producers who tend to sell direct-to-eater at the markets are finding some inventive workarounds, including coming together in cooperative fashion to pool their wares, providing eaters ways to pre-order and pick up—which eliminates the possible spread of the virus through cash-handling—and even offering home delivery.
We asked Jorisson Olesen to give us some tips and advice to share with farmers who want to protect their farm income during the COVID-19 health crisis and continue to provide healthy, immune-system-supporting food, especially when people need it the most.