Recent Podcast Appearances by 1818 Farms' Natasha McCrary
In the last year, Natasha McCrary of 1818 Farms has sat down with eleven amazing podcast hosts to share her story, her business, flower tips, and more. Follow the links below to listen. We hope you enjoy.
Do you have a dream of starting your own business? Or are you currently running a business? Are you looking for ways to involve your kids so they can learn valuable life skills and be part of the team? This episode is for you!
Natasha has always been an entrepreneur at heart, but she has spent the last decade building a wildly successful farm business with her family. 1818 Farms provides handmade bath and body products, fresh flowers, events, workshops, and more. In our conversation, we dive into all things small business: marketing, starting small, scaling, outsourcing, beautiful packaging, involving your kids, and more.
If you have that entrepreneurial itch or you are in the thick of running your own home business, this episode is full of brilliant ideas and important mindset shifts. Join us!
Do you have a dream of starting your own business? Or are you currently running a business? Are you looking for ways to involve your kids so they can learn valuable life skills and be part of the team? This episode is for you!
Natasha has always been an entrepreneur at heart, but she has spent the last decade building a wildly successful farm business with her family. 1818 Farms provides handmade bath and body products, fresh flowers, events, workshops, and more. In our conversation, we dive into all things small business: marketing, starting small, scaling, outsourcing, beautiful packaging, involving your kids, and more.
If you have that entrepreneurial itch or you are in the thick of running your own home business, this episode is full of brilliant ideas and important mindset shifts. Join us!
In this episode, we cover:
- Natasha’s journey to starting and growing her multifaceted farm business
- The importance of pivoting and evolving your business over time
- How to know when something is no longer working in your business
- Online marketing and growth strategies that give you the most control
- Starting and growing a business when you have young children at home
- Getting your children involved in age-appropriate parts of the business
- Marketing and exposure ideas for a brand new farm business
- The importance of first impressions via branding and packaging
- Making wise investments as your company grows
- Why you should nurture existing customer relationships over always seeking new customers
- Natasha shares how her older teen and adult children have been impacted by growing up helping with the family business
- Discerning what to outsource in your business and what to keep on your own plate
- The importance of starting small scale and perfecting your product
- The first things you should consider if you want to start a business from your home or farm
Natasha McCrary on How a Family Project became a Value-added Farm | The Thriving Farmer Podcast
Now with over 200 episodes and over 1 million downloads, the Thriving Farmer Podcast is designed to help farmers thrive in business and life. Learn the latest tricks and strategies of successful farmers, strategize with in-depth interviews with leaders in the industry, and connect with stories of farmers just like you.
With over 15 years of farming background, the host Michael Kilpatrick has the experience and authority to bring you practical advice, ask the hard questions, tease out the gold nuggets, and help share what it’s really like to build a truly profitable, sustainable farm.” Click here for the show notes on the episode featuring Natasha.
A Trip to 1818 Farms | Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama Podcast
The Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama podcast focuses on all the amazing places in North Alabama that you might not even know about. We'll talk about our favorite places to be outdoors, fascinating museums, road trips, and so much more. In today's podcast, we take a trip to 1818 Farms and chat with owner Natasha McCrary to hear her story and the latest goings on at the farm.
Creating Year-Round Revenue Streams in Agriculture with Natasha McCrary | The Rural Woman Podcast
The founder and owner of 1818 Farms is Natasha McCrary. Natasha grew up in Florence, Alabama, and attended the University of Alabama for her college education. In 2011, Natasha became interested in starting a family-run farm to teach her children about sustainability and the importance of the land. Natasha had no experience raising farm animals like Southdown Babydoll sheep, let alone running a farm. But she had an idea of how she could make it work: combine the farm with a small business that would help cover the cost of food for the animals. The result was a flourishing flower farm and a line of all-natural beauty and lifestyle products focused on sustainability.
1818 Farms’ products are now sold in 47 states and online. In 2019, 1818 Farms was recognized nationally for winning Amazon’s Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year Award. As a result of this great success, Natasha is sharing her story nationwide to encourage other small-business owners that growing a business is possible with the right tools in place.
Growing Much More Than Flowers at 1818 Farms. Turning a Dream Into a Year-Round Business With Natasha McCrary | Windowsill Chats Podcast
Margo is joined by Natasha McCrary of 1818 Farms. After one of her sons became interested in raising his own sheep, she began to dream of her own plans for a small profitable farm where she could teach her children to appreciate the land and animals and to be good conservationists as well as learn the importance of sustainability and eating local "real" food.
How to make the most of your flowers with Natasha McCrary of 1818 Farms | Let's Grow, Girls Podcast
This week we are joined by Natasha from 1818 farms to talk all things dried flowers, soaps, wax sachets.
What started out as a passing interest for Natasha McCrary’s son has turned into a full fledged farm with the primary mission of promoting and saving baby doll sheep. As the years progressed, the farm has now become a source of cut flowers, essential oil products, farm events and more. I talk to Natasha about how she goes about growing cut flowers in her home state of Alabama. For anyone wanting to venture into the business of cut flowers or if you want to grow your own, she is a wealth of knowledge… from must have varieties, when to plant, when to harvest and more. And of course we learn what baby doll sheep are!
- How to plan a flower farm
- A day in the life
- What to do when a crop fails
- Moving crops to different plots
- Top 5 flowers you should grow
- Tips for communicating with your team effectively
S3 E1: WOMEN IN BUSINESS (AND FARMING) | Porch Cast Podcast
Welcome back to the Porch Cast!
I enjoyed telling our farm story and sharing tips on season extension and achieving sustainability in a flower farm business on The Flower Podcast. Below you will find the podcast link, as well as the Youtube video of our chat.
If you love all things flowers, I encourage you to follow @theflowerpodcast for entertaining and informative podcasts and posts. I learn something new from each of Scott’s podcasts!
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