grow-your-email-list-with-eventsHow Millsap Farms Makes $80K a Year From Pizza NightsCurtis Millsap runs a weekly pizza night at Millsap Farms — 250 adults, every Thursday, May through October. It started as a $50 mud oven and five friends. Now it's an $80,000 enterprise, and 6,000 of the farm's 8,000-person email list came from it.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingEmail Newsletterhttps://www.farmhand.partners/workshop-watch/grow-your-email-list-with-eventsThe Third Way Farmers Make MoneyFarmers earn through production and property — but almost nobody uses the third lever: programming. Curtis breaks down why events are the most underused (and most lucrative) enterprise on the farm.Build It Around How You're WiredThere's no one right way to run farm events. Whether it's an intimate farm-to-table dinner or 250 people and live music on a Thursday night, Curtis shows how to find the version that fits your context and your farm.Turn Guests Into MembersPeople buy email lists. Curtis gets paid to build one. Roughly 6,000 of his 8,000-member list came from Pizza Night — now his top source of new CSA members. Learn how one event keeps customers buying from the farm for years.Meet Curtis MillsapFarmer Curtis Millsap runs Millsap Farms outside Springfield, Missouri, where community was always the point and farming was the mechanism to build it. That instinct turned a $50 backyard mud oven into Pizza Night — a wood-fired, farm-sourced event that now runs every Thursday from May to October, drawing about 250 guests a night with live music and pizza built around whatever's coming off the farm. It started with five friends and no charge. It's since become the farm's most profitable enterprise and the engine behind an 8,000-person community. In this workshop, Curtis shares exactly how he did it — the economics, the insurance and health-department realities, the capacity math, and the mindset that keeps it profitable without getting “infrastructure crazy.”
Learn the “third way” farmers make money — programming — and why most farms leave it on the table
See how Pizza Night grew from five friends to 250 guests a night on almost no infrastructure
Get the real playbook: insurance, capacity, pricing, and turning one-time guests into lifelong members
usda-value-added-producer-grantThe $200K USDA Grant Most Farms Don't Know They Qualify ForStephen Ussery has helped several Farmhand farms win the USDA Value Added Producer Grant — up to $200,000 in working capital for inputs, processing, labor and marketing. He says most farms that qualify don't know it. Here's who's eligible, what makes an application competitive, and how farms win it more than once.On-Demand VideoOperations
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grow-your-email-list-with-eventsHow Millsap Farms Makes $80K a Year From Pizza NightsCurtis Millsap runs a weekly pizza night at Millsap Farms — 250 adults, every Thursday, May through October. It started as a $50 mud oven and five friends. Now it's an $80,000 enterprise, and 6,000 of the farm's 8,000-person email list came from it.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingEmail Newsletter
how-amber-grew-her-herdshareHow Amber Grew Her Herdshare–Without Paid AdsAmber from Our Family Farms in Texas grew her herdshare by testing demand in social media groups, building trust with authentic content, and scaling through partner porch sites. In this short video, she breaks down the exact steps she took—and the systems she put in place—to scale.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingHerdshares
farm-stress-with-purdue-universityFarm Stress Workshop: Tools for the Season You’re InAn expert-led conversation with the team at Purdue University Extension - Farm Stress Team On-Demand VideoOperations
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dairy-demand-readiness-guideIs Your Dairy Ready for a Surge in Demand?The food pyramid just flipped — and demand for whole, raw dairy is rising fast. Download the Dairy Demand Readiness Guide to learn the real-world systems farmers use to scale without scrambling.Downloadable ResourceOperationsHerdshares
winter-csa-messaging-guideMarket Wellness, Not Willpower: A Winter Messaging GuideTune in for a real conversation with farmer and certified health coach Carolyn of Something Good Organics on how she positions her farm boxes as nourishment — not restriction. Then download the worksheet to apply the same framework to your own farm.Downloadable ResourceSales & Marketing
how-wissel-farms-turned-reels-into-real-salesJust Post It: How Wissel Farms Turned Reels Into REAL SalesTune in for a simple, honest approach to posting on social — straight from a fourth-generation farmer who made it work.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingSocial Media
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grow-your-csa-faster-with-local-pickup-sitesGrow Your CSA Faster with Local Pickup SitesWatch the free digital workshop to learn how farmers are scaling their CSAs by partnering with local pickup sites—adding hundreds of members and streamlining operations along the way.On-Demand VideoFulfillmentPick Up Sites
from-guesswork-to-growth-csa-sizing-pricing-for-todays-consumerBuild Shares That Actually Pay YouHow much goes in a small share vs. a large? What's the right number of items? How do you price half-shares without losing money? This free workshop answers all of it.On-Demand VideoCustomer SupportPick Up Sites
want-to-grow-your-csa-start-with-your-newsletterWant to Grow Your CSA? Start With Your NewsletterLearn from CSA leaders who’ve mastered newsletters to increase engagement, boost retention, and drive more sales—then hear directly from farmers who’ve put these strategies into action.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingEmail Newsletter
the-csa-farmers-guide-to-flash-sales-how-to-sell-out-in-a-flashThe CSA Farmers' Guide to Flash Sales: How to Sell Out in a FlashTune in to learn the step-by-step strategies and templates three farmers used to move peak produce using SMS, newsletters, social media, and simple shop tactics.Downloadable ResourceSales & MarketingEmail Newsletter
how-i-secured-40k-in-renewals-in-under-2-weeksHow I Secured $40k in Renewals–in Under 2 WeeksHear how Melanie Cunningham of Shakefork Community Farm delivered a 70%+ CSA early renewal rate and $40,000 in sales — in less than two weeks.On-Demand VideoSales & MarketingRenewals
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