One important aspect of
permaculture is
sustainability and that
should include financial sustainability.
We have a new farm and are close to completing the infrastructure (
water, electric, and buildings) and are 9 months into one year of observation of the
land.
Our next step is to determine the the best courses of action for the second year. What I love about
permaculture is that there are so many options but we need to focus on the most important ones first.
With all the other online resources and
books, we can figure out how to do the various parts, now just trying to figure out what do do and in which order.
What I'm looking for is to analyze the financial models for the various options (or others anyone can suggest!).
So, just looking for any resources on figuring out financial model such as investment, gross income, expenses, net income, and/or return on investment for various ideas.
Looking for info just on the growing/production portion, not yet the processing which would come later.
Options:
1) Nut and berry
trees. (would expect higher initial investment with no income for several years and then income only after 5 or more years).
2) Christmas trees. (similar to 1)
3) Annual crops: veggies,
hay, hemp, etc. (would expect investment every year for seeding, maintenance, harvest and selling).
4) Livestock for meat
5) Livestock for
dairy or eggs.
6) Leasing out portions of land to other permies rather than doing everything ourselves. (We have 67 acres so we could lease out 4 or 5 10 acre portions for example).
Would appreciate any specific financial details you have experienced with any of the above or resources for this info.
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