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  • David Gilmore – LDS Prepper
    Mar 28 2022
    David Gilmore, known as the LDS Prepper on YouTube. Posted his first video 10 years ago. He was inspired by other YouTube prepper channels and wanted to share what he was doing and learning on his journey and preparedness. Today his channel has over 210,000 subscribers and over 44 million video views. Please checkout his quality videos and products at his website and YouTube channel, linked below! Website - https://ldsprepperstore.com/ Youtube Channel – LDSPrepper Show Notes How LDS Prepper Got Started A Passion for Helping People Be Prepared Value of Building Rapport With Your Customers “Once You Educate Customers, Your Going To Get Sales” Knowing Where Your Customers Congregate – Online / Offline Top Seller – LDS Prepper Premium Micro-Nutrient Mix Mittleider Gardening Course Book What I Like About Having an Online Business in the Prepping Industry Continued Education and Growth for Sustainability is Needed Around The World Personal & Business Goals For The Next Year Other People's Traffic: Tips for Growing Your Online Youtube Channel / Business Transcription David: I found that really I can ship anywhere in the world. And I do so I need to make myself available to the world. So I started on YouTube. And then when I make a YouTube video I also put a link on my Facebook profile because I've got 5,000 friends, okay, I've never met. But however, they feel like they know me because they've watched the videos right? They say this all the time, I feel like I know you, I've watched 300 of your videos. Podcast Intro: If you’re someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you’re looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: David Gilmore, known as the LDS Prepper on YouTube. Posted his first video 10 years ago. He was inspired by other YouTube prepper channels and wanted to share what he was doing and learning on his journey and preparedness. Today his channel has over 192,000 subscribers and over 42 million video views. He has become a true YouTube influencer. His passion has turned from a hobby to a seven figure a year business as an affiliate for preparedness products and producer of his own product. Today he shares his insights with us on how to start an online business with zero capital zero risk and a mobile phone. David Gilmore, welcome to the Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. David: Thank you Brian. Glad to be here. Brian: Yeah, I really appreciate it. How did you end up at this point? How did the whole journey start with you, David? David: Great question. I'm really a visual learner. My wife reads lots of books, her nightstand is piled with books and she just goes through the books. And I get to watch a video I get it. I gotta see physically. Instead of me googling things for answers, I go to YouTube. I call it YouTube University. And it really helped me out and I am preparedness-minded. I feel it's my responsibility as a father and as a husband to provide and protect. I was always looking for solutions and YouTube just seemed like a great place to do that, and I appreciate what others put up. So I thought, well, maybe I should share some of the things that I'm doing. First of all, had to come up with a YouTube name.
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  • Jim White – Fishnure
    Mar 2 2022
    Jim White is the creator of Fishnure, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Fishnure manufactures and markets organic fertilizer including both solid fertilizer and liquid. Checkout more about Fishnure's quality products and daily updates, please checkout their website and active twitter account, as listed below! Website - https://www.fishnure.com/ Twitter - @fishnure Show Notes Agricultural Background: Beginning of Fishnure Finding Our First Customers Natural vs. Chemical Fertilizer Different Types of Products We Offer Solid vs. Liquid Fertilizer How COVID Impacted Our Business Importance of Sustainability Why Just Labeling Fertilizer As “Organic” Doesn't Mean It's Good Fishnure's Future: Heading In The Right Direction Jim's Business Advice to Those Starting A Business Full Transcription Jim: We had a pepper grower up in Minnesota who grew his entire crop with Fishnure. And then he set up a control between one of the biggest sellers, Miracle-Gro and Fishnure. So we had one batch of plants that were fed Miracle-Gro the other batch was Fishnure. Miracle-Gro got two treatments during the year, Fishnure only one. Fishnure came out with 8% production. Podcast Intro: If you’re someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you’re looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Jim White is the creator of Fishnure, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Fishnure manufactures and markets organic fertilizer including both solid fertilizer and liquid. Fishnure is made by composting solid fish manure is filtered to get solid manure free from unwanted materials and combined with the carbon source clay inoculants and then decomposed to form a humus compost. Jim is a serial entrepreneur who has created numerous computer software production management businesses. He also has a significant background in statistics and agriculture. Jim White, welcome to The Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. Jim: Hey, thank you. Brian: So how did you get into Fishnure, tell us that story? Jim: Well, I created a company that monitors agricultural production. In other words, in the delta, catfish production is big and a farmer may have 100 ponds. And we developed a wireless solar power monitoring and control system that will control the environment and every pond. So that's how Fishnure came because I was interested in some of the customers were using the connection from the fish production to growing plants, which is what aquaponics is, and that's what started it. Brian: Oh, wow. So how did you find your first customers? Jim: We advertised I think it was on Craigslist. And that started then we sold a lot on our website, and then move to Amazon, which is the main seller right now. Brian: How long ago was that, when did you first start the whole process? Jim: It's been seven years. Brian: Excellent. Where are you finding most of your customers right now or via Amazon? Jim: Right. Brian: Great. Do you do any other sort of outreach or marketing to bring in? Jim: Oh, yeah. Yeah, we use Twitter. We tweet several 100 tweets a day. The website, I write a lot of articles and publish those and email marketing the whole bit.
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  • Jesse Frost: The Living Soil Handbook | The No-Till Market Garden Podcast
    Sep 23 2021
    Jesse Frost Take both feet and jump right in! It's clear Jesse Frost is well informed on gardening and things he's passionate about. But for he and his wife Hannah Crabtree to take that passion and turn it into not only a way of life but a way of making a living is truly impressive. Join us for some fabulous insight, from getting a start in farming, to what it takes to get your book published. Oh, and did we mention Jesse's terrific No-Till Market Garden Podcast and the quality information you can get from listening...all for free! Check out the links below for more info on Jesse and Hannah's Rough Draft Farmstead, to No-Till Growers Podcasts and Jesse's new book published with Chelsea Green Publishing called, The Living Soil Handbook. The Living Soil Handbook - https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook/d9z5gkf1bbnhu0w5xxb3trngiqhwgo No-Till Growers Podcasts - https://www.notillgrowers.com/home Podcast on Youtube Also - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLhu5JoRWPgEGDoUFfQHTPQ Rough Draft Farmstead - https://roughdraftfarmstead.com/ Show Notes From Wine to Farming: My Start in No-Till Farming with Bugtussle Farm to Starting Rough Draft Farmstead Type of Vegetables We Grow at Rough Draft Farmstead How We Found Our First Customers Why Being Certified Organic Was A Big Move For Us Keeping No-Till Growers Podcast Accessible For All New Book: Living Soil Handbook with Chelsea Green Publishing Positive Response Since The Books Been Launched How We Started The No-Till Market Garden Podcast How To Find No-Till Growers Podcast Big Following on YouTube Why We Choose the keyword “No-Till” What I Like Best About Farming & Podcasting Being Open to New Ideas In Farming & Media Happy Life: Importance of Family and Relationships My Advice to Farmers Transcription Brian: How did you start your podcast? Jesse: Originally, I started on my cell phone with a call Recorder an app that journalists will be familiar with. And my audio wasn't great. I recorded it in our cooler for our vegetables, like our walking cooler. And also we had two young kids and it was the only place I could go to do it. And it kind of evolved from there. You know, we're going into our fourth season this fall, each season has gotten a little better and gotten a little bit better at interviews and more comfortable. But the beauty of podcasting, like, I think that when you're a curious person, it really fills that need for you to just dive into things. Podcast Intro: If you’re someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you’re looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Jesse Frost lives in central Kentucky, where he runs Rough Draft Farmstead with his wife Hannah Crabtree. Frost is also the host of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast and the author of, The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Growers Guide to Ecological Market Gardening. Jesse frost, welcome to The Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. Jesse: Well, thank you so much for having me, Brian. I'm excited to be here. Brian: This is real fun. So tell us a little bit about what it is that you do? Jesse: Well, I do a lot of different things. But my primary vocation is farming. As you said,
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  • Bevin Cohen: Small House Farm | The Artisan Herbalist
    Aug 18 2021
    Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm   The Artisan Herbalist, by Bevin Cohen Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, seed saver and owner of Small House Farm in Michigan. Join us as we discuss topics like - * why homesteading is a life long obsession * The joy Bevin gets from sharing his knowledge with others *Bevin's latest book The Artisan Herbalist Grab a copy of his latest book & other fine products today – SmallHouseFarm.com   1:53 Small House Farm: We Believe in a Simple, Small, Intentional Life 2:48 What Brought Me Into Homesteading: A Life Long Obsession 4:03 From Music Festivals to the Beginning of Small House Farm 5:49 Educational Products to Help You Grow 7:09 Bevin's Latest Book: The Artisan Herbalist 8:11 From Our Seeds & Their Keepers 9:11 Story Telling & Becoming an Author 12:28 How Book Writing & Speaking Opens Doors for You & Help Others at the Same Time 15:18 Teaching at Events like Mother Earth News Fair 17:43 Gardening & The Power of Curiosity 19:26 Small House Farms Top Sellers Herbal Wellness – Witch Hazel Seeds – Pineapple Ground Cherry's Books – The Artisan Herbalist Workshop Classes – Seed Saving 21:29 The Joy of Meeting New People at Classes and Workshop Events 23:34 New Book Coming Out in February 2021 with New Society Publishers The Complete Guide to Seed & Nut Oils 25:45 The Secret to Success: Have Fun! 27:15 Where to Contact Bevin and pickup his latest book, The Artisan Herbalist Transcription Bevin: I think that with everything in life as business owners or wherever we're at when we put ourselves out there, challenge ourselves to try something new. And it's just that little bit of success can boost that confidence enough to be like, Okay, let's try that again. Let's push forward on this, let's see where we can take this thing. Even if it doesn't turn out we've tried something new, right and we've grown as a person because of that. But nine times out of 10 it is gonna work out and that's the beauty of pushing your limits, is we can find that we're capable of so much more than we give ourselves credit. Podcast Intro: If you’re someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you’re looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Bevan Cohen is an author, herbalist, seed saver, and owner of Small House Farm in Michigan. He offers workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land through seeds, herbs, and locally grown food. Bevin is a freelance writer and videographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications including Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, Grit magazine, and the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company catalog. He's the author of, Saving Our Seeds, and The Artisan Herbalist. You can learn more about Bevin's work at www.SmallHouseFarm.com Bevin Cohen, welcome to The Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. Bevin: Thanks so much for having me. Brian: Great having you here. Can you give us a little bit more about what it is that you do and how you got to this point in your life? Bevin: Sure. So my wife and I own a small homestead business we call Small House Farm,
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  • Lucinda Bailey – Texas Ready
    Jul 28 2021
    Lucinda Bailey Lucinda Bailey, (aka, The Seed Lady) is a Master Gardener and Certified Crop Advisor specializing in the cultivation of heirloom vegetables from seed. Join us as we talk about how “old-time pioneer skills” are quickly becoming the hot new desire for many Patriots in our changing economy. From the value of saving seeds to teaching Mittleider gardening, Lucinda was a joy to chat with and we know you'll be blown away the wealth of information she has to share. It's easy to see she has a passion for the work she does. Head over to Texas Ready & pickup a Liberty Seed Bank today! - https://texasready.net/ Texas Ready - Liberty Seed Banks 1:51 Beginning of Texas Ready: Taking Back The Reins of Food Production 3:05 Why This Business Gives Me A Personal Connection to My Customers and Community 3:44 Perfecting Our Message – By Going to Gun Shows Building Relationships by Putting on Classes at our Local Community Center Why Quail Is An Ideal Option to Raise for Practical Preparedness and Homesteading 7:21 Heirloom Seed Shortages 9:08 We've Seen a Huge Influx In People Wanting to Grow Gardens and Be Better Prepared 10:33 Ideal Customers: Family Oriented and Preparedness Minded 11:33 Top Selling Products: Liberty Seed Banks (Ammo Cans) 12:30 Lucinda's 3-Skill Sets that Revolve Around Gardening 13:38 Knowledge Is Power: Giving Confidence to Patriots 18:55 The Inside Baseball of the Seed Industry Just How Long Do Seeds Really Last? 22:12 Quality Food Production: The Mittleider Garden Course 24:49 10 Week Hands-On Class: Teaching Family Homesteading Skills 27:07 Follow Your Dreams: Work With a Standard of Excellence and Integrity 29:10 Where to Find out More About Texas Ready (https://texasready.net/) Transcription Lucinda: I think we're moving in that direction. As a society, I think that we're going to see the importance of networking, and connection, and of helping our neighbors. I'm seeing that happen. And that breaks down all the barriers, whatever political party, whatever, religious institution, you come from whatever color you are, we are members of the human race. That's our first and only group that we need to be. Intro to show: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family, you want to leave this world better off and you found it and you consider independence, a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener a homesteader, a survivalist, a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self reliance, for those living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Lucinda Bailey, aka "The Seed Lady" is a master gardener and certified crop advisor, specializing in the cultivation of heirloom vegetables from seed. Her interest began as a teenager in Michigan, where she grew posts in her backyard to sell to neighbors. She now spends her time traveling the country attending shows and presenting seminars on the Mittleider gardening and food production. In addition, Lucinda also enjoys playing the piano, tending to her livestock and working with Texas Ready test gardens. Lucinda Bailey, welcome to The Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. Lucinda: Oh, this is such a privilege. It's good to connect with other fellow patriots and people that are like-minded and concerned about where our country is. Brian: Absolutely. So why don't you let us know a little bit about what it is that you do and how you ended up here? Lucinda: Years ago, I was in financial services and I realized all of a sudden, there was no good news coming out of the United States or Europe or anywhere else. I thought, well, you know, there may be something to the need of preparing my family, for whatever might come?
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  • Shelley Whitehouse – The Smart Chicken Coop
    Jun 30 2021
      Shelley Whitehouse of The Smart Chicken Coop It all started with 3 chickens on a porch, that turned into a side interest in backyard chicken keeping, that grew into a successful online business. Shelley Whitehouse shares her story about her company, The Smart Chicken Coop as we cover various topics listed below. Be sure to checkout The Smart Chicken Coops quality products at the link below! The Smart Chicken Coop - https://thesmartchickencoop.com Topics Covered It all Started With 3 Chickens On A Porch Craigslist & The Smart Chicken Coop's First Customers Credibility & Trust, Help Convert to Sales Facebook & Google Advertising Success COVID-19 Effect on Business Life, Caring for Animals & The Value of Homegrown Food Increase In Demand: The Start of DIY Chicken Coop Kits Importance of Business Acumen & Self Discipline Challenge of Developing a Marketing Plan for Nationwide Success The Joy of Providing Value to Others Bad Reviews & Quick Responses Meeting Demand, While Maintaining Our Product Level Advice for New Business Owners A Joy for Indian Runner Ducks The Value of Perseverance In Business Transcription Shelley: Just started out as a lifestyle business, do you know what I mean? Brian: Yeah, absolutely. Shelley: I didn't know that it was going to become so popular. And then of course with COVID, it became ridiculous. Brian: Yeah. Shelley: But my husband actually took three months off of work his work, because we couldn't get everything done, we were working full-time, all of us. We're working. It was crazy. It's crazy, but really fun too, because here are these families who are stuck at home with kids pulling their hair out, and they get to build chicken coops and then get the chickens. It's a fun business. Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Shelley Whitehouse has quite a varied background. She spent many years performing as a professional orchestra flutist, raced mountain bikes for the heck of it, coached high school sports, raised three kids with her husband, then decided to go back to school to get an MBA. After several years working as a management consultant, one of Shelley's side interests, backyard chicken keeping, morphed into a business called, The Smart Chicken Coop, that sells fancy backyard chicken coops nationwide. Shelley, welcome to the Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast. Shelley: Thank you for having me. Brian: Absolutely. So what brought you into Backyard Chickens in the first place? Shelley: Well, this is a funny story. So as I said in the bio, I was working as a management consultant. My daughter, who was at UC Santa Cruz at the time, decided to stop out of school and move to rural Yucatan. And so she dropped three chickens on my porch en route. And I hate birds, but what I found is that they were really fun. And people started saying, well, what's the latest with the chickens? That turned into, why don't you do a blog, that turned into me buying chicks to sell in my backyard, to people saying, where'd you get that chicken coop?
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  • Julia Coffey – Seeds Trust
    May 17 2021
      Julia Coffey - Co-Owner of Seeds Trust   SeedsTrust.com Come on down and have a fun time with us as we talk with Julia Coffey from Seeds Trust about a range of topics, such as... Helping to educate Backyard Gardeners in getting started in seed and seed saving. Why plugging into your local community is important. Why Seeds Trust is committed to helping to combat Disappearing Biodiversity What you'll find in Seeds Trust Newsletter And finally, what you've been waiting for, just what is Julia's favorite seed! Thanks again to Julia and Seeds Trust for joining us on the show, and be sure to check them out at the links below. :) Website - https://www.seedstrust.com/ Top Selling Product - https://www.seedstrust.com/seed-cans-buckets/bucket-of-seeds-high-altitude Instagram (@seedstrust) - https://www.instagram.com/seedstrust/?hl=en Facebook (@seedstrust) - https://www.facebook.com/seedstrust/ Transcription Brian: What would you say you like best about your business in your industry as a whole? Julia: Oh man, I like best that it matters. Not everyone has that, as far as what they do in life. And I'm really, really lucky that I believe in seeds, I believe in their power to change the world for the better. I believe in their capacity to connect human beings. And I find that really fulfilling, in something that I do is my livelihood. It's a beautiful industry, and seed people are incredibly friendly and generous, and hardworking. Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Julia Coffey is co-owner and Director of Operations for Seeds Trust. Handling the daily order fulfillment, inventory management, grower relations, sourcing logistics and graphic design duties. Julia apprenticed closely with seedsman Bill McDorman to learn the seed industry ropes. After graduating from one of Bill's first seed school programs, she moved down to Cornville, Arizona to run Seeds Trust with him, eventually purchasing the company and moving it home to Colorado in 2011. With a decade of experience running the business, Julia is an extremely knowledgeable about growing for seed, seed storage and seed saving techniques. She's currently completing her Colorado State University Master Gardener certification, Julia Coffey, welcome to the Off The Grid Biz Podcast. Julia: Great, thank you, it's great to be here. Brian: Besides what we heard from your bio, why don't you tell us a little bit more about what it is that you do? Julia: I started getting interested in seeds when I lived in France, when I graduated from college. And I was really impressed with some more sustainable models in everyday life over there that I didn't see as much here. I was super interested in what kind of sustainable agriculture projects was going on in Colorado where I'm from. And when I came home, I actually ended up finding Bill McDorman giving a seed talk in Lyons, Colorado. I went to hear him and I was so inspired, I went up to him and I was like, hi, can I come apprentice with you, and go to your seed school? He was like, sure, sure. He's like, just ask Belle, who's is Bills wife, and Belle was like well,
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  • Dyan Twining – Roost & Root
    Apr 19 2021
    Dyan Twining - Roost & Root RoostandRoot.com Dyan and her husband Montie co-founded Roost & Root to help you, “Find your inner farmer.” Join us for a fun conversation as Dyan talks about the companies journey from building their first 20 chicken coops to the amazing ride they've had serving and building relationships with customers from coast to coast. Be sure to checkout their quality Cedar Chicken Coops and Gardening products as well! ➡️ Call Today - (877) 741-2667 ➡️ https://roostandroot.com/​ Transcription Dyan: Hearing from customers because I do talk to a lot of them after the sale. Like there's always like a driver who's like, "I'm gonna get chickens," and then there's other spouse a lot of times he's kind of like, "okay, not super excited about this, but whatever." And I hear from the other spouse that's not super excited and like, had no idea I would love having chickens. Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure, life off the grid. Brian: Dyan Twining co-founded Roost and Root in 2013, with her husband Montie, their passion and slogan is, "find your inner farmer." At Roost and Root, they manufacture high quality backyard farm and garden lifestyle products that help fulfill that slogan. She enjoys keeping chickens and gardening as well as deep sea fishing and running. Dyan, welcome to the Off The Grid Biz Podcast. Dyan: Hi, thank you for having me. Brian: Yeah, it's great having you here. So why don't you tell us a little bit more about what it is that you do? Dyan: So together with my husband, we run Roost and Root, like you said, we are manufacturing company based out of Dripping Springs, Texas. So we're a little bit west of downtown Austin, and we have a manufacturing facility where we we started in 2013 manufacturing and selling chicken coops primarily chicken coops. In 2020, we actually changed our name to Roost and Root. We used to be Urban Coop Company. But we sold our coops through the years and we kept getting a lot of customers saying, you know, "what else you guys going to build?" They liked our products. They liked the quality, and what goes hand in hand with backyard coops, and its gardening products. So we changed our name to Roost and Root, to kind of reflect both of our interests. Brian: Fabulous. So what led you into the business to begin with? Dyan: So my husband is a builder and an entrepreneur and we moved to a piece of property in Texas, and I got some chickens, and I could never find a chicken coop that functioned like I wanted it to. I wanted it to be easy to clean, I wanted it to be easy to take care of the chickens, give them food, give them water. So Montie being a builder, I said, "you need to build some chicken coops." Well, a little bit more to that. Montie was a builder, had a commercial construction company at the time, and did a big project for a company and we are leaving to go to town for Thanksgiving. We drive through the drive thru of this Starbucks that he had helped to build. And we were still waiting to get paid for the work that had been done. And we're thinking this whole working for someone else is not so much fun.
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