Michael and Karma Glos began their small, diversified organic farm in Berkshire, New York, located 20 miles east of Ithaca, in 1996. Since then, three of those years have included commercial operations.
They specialize in producing free-range organic meat (poultry, pork, beef) and organic herbs and specialty vegetables, and are certified by NOFA-NY Certified Organic LLC. All the vegetables, herbs and poultry are certified; the pork and beef are raised according to organic standards after 6 weeks of age.
The Glos' launched their business with no formal training, but relied on a love of farming and their experiences as farming apprentices.
We did crunch the numbers the first year and didn't have a lot invested in it, but did fairly well. But I thought we were undercharging, as more of a gut feeling than anything else. So over the years we have increased it and now we have started to do a lot more analysis, down to looking at all our ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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