There’s a lot of work that goes into your market garden.
From the moment you order those seeds, through all that weeding and trellising.
But the real moment of truth is when you hit the field with your bins and harvest knives. That’s when it all comes together.
And you can either run a slow languorous harvest that goes on for days.
Or you can run a tight harvest ship that gets the job done on time.
Please note - in this workshop I will not talk about killing it or crushing it when you are out harvesting. This is NOT about revving yourself up and harvesting on overdrive and one day cutting your thumb open.
This is about good systems, good technique, and continuous improvement.
So come on out and for …
The Basics Of Harvest Efficiency
What you'll learn in this workshop
- The difference between efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
- How to set harvest targets that meet your profit goals
- How to measure your harvest efficiency
- 7 ways that you can harvest faster
- What crops are likely to be profitable to harvest and what crops are not
Meet Your Workshop Guide
Hey there, I’m Dan Brisebois
Farmer by day, spreadsheet maniac by early morning. (Asleep by night)
On a continual quest to keep farm systems simple and give farmers the tools to be able to keep farming.
I want to see soil and seed stewards across the landscape. I think it’s the best way that we can keep communities rooted in the land.
Every month I’m here with another online workshop to bring you systems and spreadsheets to better manage your farm so that you can keep farming!
Here’s are some facts about where I farm
Tourne-Sol co-operative farm is in Les Cèdres,Québec (that’s in Canada)
Tourne-Sol is a play on the French tournesol which means sunflower. The play on words is that it also means turn the soil.
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The farm runs as a workers coop (I’m one of the founding members)
In 2005 we were 5 coop members. Now we have 7 coop members + 12 non coop members
Non coop members can become members over time
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We grow
- 7 acres of organic vegetables
- 1 acre of organic seeds
- 4+ acres in full year cover crops in our rotation cycle
- There are also a lot of flowers in our fields
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In 2005, we had 110 CSA members and 2 farmers markets. Now, we’ve phased out markets and have 500 weekly CSA baskets
In 2005, seed sales were $700. These days we sell more seeds than vegetables - we have an online seed store and seed racks in 150+ stores
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This is what the farm looks like now, it is ever changing
