John Suscovich

I live and work on a 52-acre farm in Western Connecticut. My main operation has always been pastured broilers, however, through the years I have expanded to pigs, sheep, hops, apples, herbs and vegetables. My farm, Camps Road Farm, is one part of a three-part business that includes Kent Falls Brewing Co., a farm brewery on property, and Neversink Spirits, a craft distillery off property. Since getting into farming, I have raised as few as 40 broilers and as many as 2,400 broilers in one season. No matter what else I end up growing on my farm, chickens always seem to maintain a special place in my heart. They’re enjoyable to raise, my community loves them, and they’re a vital part of the success of my farm. My life has taken a lot of interesting turns. I grew up in Connecticut and went to college at the University of Connecticut as a technical theater major. After school, I moved to New York City where I worked for four years in scenic and lighting design, primarily for television. After getting sick of city life, my wife, Kate, and I decided to ride our bicycles 5,500 miles across the United States visiting farms and craft breweries along the way. After a year of purposeful homelessness, we landed back in CT to apprentice on a farm for a season and eventually start our own broiler operation. Somewhere along the way, I started Farm Marketing Solutions, my multimedia publishing company, with the goal of educating and inspiring the next generation of farmers. Drawing from my media background, I wanted to share my story with others in the hopes that more people will decide to homestead or choose farming as a career. I love what I do every day. I have found pleasure and fulfillment in farming that I hadn’t thought possible to achieve in the working world. On a regular basis, I get to create life and then share that experience with others. I grow food that is not only good for people, but good for the planet. It’s friggin’ great! To follow along with my activity on Camps Road Farm and get more interesting farming information, head to the website, FarmMarketingSolutions.com. You may want to check out the Book Shelf on the site for recommendations of my favorite farm-related books, including Joel Salatin’s Pastured Poultry Profit$. You can also see frequent updates on my YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/FarmMarketing. I love to see people applying the information I provide, so please feel free to share your stories, photos and videos by sending an email to hello@FarmMarketingSolutions.com.