312 How a Homesteader Turned Her Side Hustle into a Growing Farm Business

What happens when a total city girl decides to go all-in on the homesteading life… and ends up building a full-blown farm business from scratch?

In this episode, I sit down with Beth DeClerq, a self-taught homesteader who started out just wanting to be self-sufficient—and ended up creating a profitable farm business that’s now helping her family build toward a full-time income.

Beth didn’t grow up farming. She had zero experience with animals or agriculture. But one step at a time—raising chickens, gardening, milking a cow, selling eggs—she figured it out. And along the way, her neighbors started asking if they could buy from her. Fast forward to today, and Beth is scaling her farm operation, growing an online membership that teaches homesteading skills, and using the early bird sales system she learned from this podcast to sell out her pastured poultry… before they’ve even hit the freezer.

🎧 This is a story of grit, organic growth, and leaning into your niche. Tune in to hear how Beth turned her side hustle into something bigger—and the key takeaways she’s learned along the way.

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Today's Podcast Guest: Beth Declercq

Beth Declercq is a city-kid-turned-homesteader, raising 8 kids with her husband Tommy on 10 acres in mid-Michigan. She originally began homesteading with the desire to provide better food for her family, but eventually their change in lifestyle grew into a longing for financial self sufficiency too. Their small homestead now generates enough revenue to cover all it's own costs, and then some, and they are currently on the journey of scaling from family homestead to a small farm.

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