Free workbook · Start a farm in 2027
Is Farming a Fit for Me?
Seven honest questions to answer before you plant a single bed. For you, your family and your life.
Inside the workbook
This isn't a business plan. It's a gut check.
Before you think about crops, tools or prices, answer a simpler question: is farming a fit for me, my family and my life right now?
Each section has a few pages to fill in, a handful of questions to sit with, and one tip. At the end, the Fit Check pulls it all together and points you to a next step.
"Not yet" is a good answer if it's the true one.
- 01Your why
- 02Your money, and the one number to set before you spend
- 03Your time, starting from 168 hours a week
- 04Your land, and why water comes first
- 05Your experience
- 06Your family and your life
- 07Where you could sell
- ✓The Fit Check: green, yellow or red
Built for
Anyone thinking about starting on the side.
Keeping your day job while you start is the better move for almost everyone, so every page is built around that.
Do it at the kitchen table with whoever shares your home and budget. They'll live with this decision too, and the workbook has room for their answers next to yours.
Made by Diego Footer, owner of Modern Grower. Companion to the December video series.
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Print it, grab a pen, and give yourself an honest answer before the 2027 season.
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