Hey folks! A while ago, I posted about leaving the 9-5(or usually 7-9). The abuse, the soulsucking, and the blad-faced unapologetic greed. A lot of you asked for a follow up so here it is!
For those out of the loop, I started my own business selling microgreens at reasonable prices to help make up for the nutritional shortfall in many people's diets. I believe that our agricultural system serves people very poorly. Both for those who work the farms and the people it feeds. It has absolutely failed the stress test of Covid, and now they're just gouging.
Fuck all that.
NEWS:
I got my business license, set up a business account, got insurance, got travel totes, a folding table, a canopy, chairs, packaging, signage, and spots booked at the markets.
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I have my first farmer's market this Monday! I am nervous and excited to see how it shakes out. My first haul is going to be peas, basil, and Daikon (not pictured). I'm going to price them at $1.25 per linear inch. The substrate is 3 inches wide. That means a 3×4 will be $5.
I will be charging half price for folks using EBT. There have been times in my life when that would have made a huge difference for me, I wanna do people a solid. If you would like to sponsor the other half for some folks in a bind, get at me.
Thank you all so much for your support and kindness on my first post. It really means a lot. For those interested in how it's shaking out, I started a tiktok. @TheRenegadeBotanist.
I'll keep the updates coming every so often here as well. It feels buck wild to actually be doing this. š¤£ Wish me luck.