Learn about scaling up your farm production, wholesale production, and conducting a crop cost analysis on the Snapfinger Farm Tour.

EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

1. Mechanized diversified vegetable production

2. Scaling up production from 2.5 to 30 acres

3. Conducting a crop cost analysis to determine wholesale profitability

ABOUT THE SOWTH FARM TOUR HOST

Rahul Anand started Snapfinger Farm in 2016, when he took horse pastures and turned them into vegetable fields, built a walk-in cooler, wash station, hoop houses, and more. The farm expanded onto a new property in 2022, with the help of the Working Farms Fund, and scaled up from 2.5 acres to 30 acres in production. The farm sells primarily through wholesale contracts, farmers markets, and restaurants.

ABOUT THE SOWTH FARM TOUR PARTNER

The Conservation Fund has prioritized conservation of working farmland, ranchland and forests since its founding in 1985. The non-profit organization has protected nearly 9 million acres across the U.S., including over 3 million acres of working lands that generate economic value and jobs in local communities. The innovative Farms Fund initiative is building a sustainable national program that permanently protects critically threatened farmland, provides affordable land access and business support to a diverse group of entrepreneurial, next-generation farmers, and grows a more resilient and healthier local food system.

TRANSPORTATION

Attendees MUST meet at 8:30 a.m. at the farm tours transportation hub at the Georgia World Congress Center Marshalling Yard (362 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313) and use the bus transportation provided to the farm site. Attendees will bus to:

Snapfinger Farm

225 River Ln, Covington, GA 30016

Attendees can plan to arrive back at the transportation hub around 1:00 p.m.; however, this is dependent on traffic conditions. Please plan your day accordingly.