Heather Driscoll grew up on a dairy farm and always knew she wanted a farm of her own, so in 2007 she and her husband purchased 30 acres of farmland in Connecticut. While still working as a paralegal, Heather stared a farrow-to-finish pig farming operation. Heather’s dream was to make a living farming, so they started to sell their products (Berkshire Pigs) locally, but she had no idea how to price them, and didn’t have a handle on how much her actual costs were. As a result, the farm was struggling to break even.
Then Heather enrolled in HMI’s Beginning Farmers & Ranchers Women in the Northeast program. “It gave me everything I needed to take my farm to the next level and run it like a business,” says Heather. “Without the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers program, I wouldn’t be able to make a living farming." said Heather. Click here to read more about Heather. Be sure to visit our website to learn more about how Holistic Management can help you create the farm or ranch of your dreams.