Hannah Weber from The Land Loom and Nate Lada from Green Things Farm share how they transformed from struggling solo operations into the successful Green Things Farm Collective in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Both farmers faced burnout, with Hannah as a one-woman salad operation working multiple jobs, and Nate managing a complex diversified farm without sufficient expertise, before joining forces with three other local farmers in 2020.

Green Things Farm Collective now employs 25 people and has evolved from trying to do everything to strategically focusing on what works best while allowing spin-off enterprises and thereby demonstrating how collaboration can create both financial viability and work-life balance.