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I’m excited to introduce my guest who also has a podcast called the http://scafarms.com/farmers-market-podcast/ (Farmer’s Market Podcast) to talk about some of the success he’s had! Tell us a little about yourself. I’m in South Carolina. I’m a local cause I’ve been her the longest, but my dad was in the Military, Stefan is a German name. I’m an army brat. My career as far as when I went to college is mainly broadcast television and into digital media and marketing. Did a stint with a fragrance company. I’m always appreciative of the experiences I’ve had and led me to be the marketing director For the past 2 years I’ve got the bug for market farming. You can’t really count your first year. Really heavy this past year.  So you went from pasture to following a plan of following a market farm. You are already selling at the farmer’s market, I see there’s a list of crops on your website. Tell us about the transition from pasture to producing food.  It’s a journey. It’s not easy. I’ve always been a hard worker. If you ask people that now me, I’m a get it done kind of guy. I can have fun but I like work. http://scafarms.com/ (SCA Farms) farming is relatively new, 12 acres 2 acres of pasture horses to different barn I’m looking outside. It’s either got to have animals on it or something growing. There’s really nothing going on on this pasture I’m a big believer in something should give back, conservation land birds or animals had this pasture land. I believe in farming is that everything has a purpose.  What can I do with limited equipment. I always wanted. I was so close to getting one of these big farm, tractors. Now I really understand. I started out just doing reserach. A lot of research I was doing. I used tarps over the winter my frist year. let me look into some gardening or planting got into market garden style intensive 10 inch walkways bunch of guys online doing it market Curtis Stone and Canadians followed those guys the Lean Farm Ben Hartman Ray Tyler out of Tennessee I like lettuce broadcast and now doing a farming I’m in SC I’m a local because Ive been here the longest part German dad was in the military army brat my career as far as when I left high school went to college television heavy into digital media and marketing stint with a fragrance company I’m always appreciative of the experience I have had marketing director for a finance company got the bug for farming market garden style farming for the last 2 years, can’t really count the first year say two years I’ve always been a hard worker I’m a get it done kind of guy pasture for horses SCA farms started out horses left to another barn barrel racing made sense got to do something something growing in it things have a purpose watching beauty and relaxing learned since farming has a purpose is kind of wasteful turning the pasture into a productive field for crops limited equipment always wanted a tractor close to get a big farm tractor put a down payment something fell through selling so cheap they needed the money soon as possible keep the money I wish you the best missed the opportunity to get ta big tractor means to farm put your hands in the dirt doing research a lot of the research other farmers who boot strapped it I used tarps for over the winter my first year got rid of a lot of the grass decomposed allowed the micro-organizers I am not a believer in spraying, pesticides or putting chemicals on anything and my wife will tell you the idea of eating from the stores, I don’t know what’s been sprayed. eating organic knowing what Im growing some pests see OSEM bites it’s about organics as your gonna get start the organic seeds The only thing I spray is water, that’s kind of how I... Support this podcast