Off-farm Income

Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter! Email address: SHOW NOTES KEY IDEAS:  The original intent of this show was to bring business ideas to you that might be the solution that allows you to farm full time, live rural or work in agriculture.  In today's episode we are going to return to those roots. Ron Wasson, the creator and owner of Barnyard Discoveries is going to join me for a discussion about the business he created out of necessity when he had no other options.  This idea had been in Ron's head for several years, but it was not until he was out of work with no real options for a new job that he finally put this into practice. That was ten years ago.  Today, Ron runs Barnyard Discoveries as his sole form of income.  He works every month of the year, and he is having a blast.  Barnyard Discoveries is a mobile, agricultural education unit.  It is loaded with written and digital learning materials that educate the public about agriculture, and it boasts its own petting zoo to really bring p