This is one of the only real ways to make money as a small farmer, the others being agro-tourism (pick your own), hospitality (airbnb, events etc) or most diffi

This is one of the only real ways to make money as a small farmer, the others being agro-tourism (pick your own), hospitality (airbnb, events etc) or most difficultly direct to consumer farm sales. >He died a millionaire, but lived in a ratty, falling down farmhouse and drove a 20+ year old car. To some people this is a feature, not a bug. He also probably wasn't surrounded by 100 nosy neighbors.