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Page Count:256
Images:Black & White Tables & Graphs
Dimensions: 7.5 × 9 × 0.59 in
Publication Date:November 10, 2026
ISBN:9781774060339
Sustainability:Printed on 100% recycled paper
Printed in:Canada

The Profitable Farmer

Strategic Business Planning for Profit, Purpose, and Quality of Life

Plan for long-term success with The Profitable Farmer—a practical 5-year roadmap to build a resilient, purpose-driven farm business. Stop farming reactively and start making strategic decisions that increase profit, align with your values, and support your quality of life.

This item will be released October 16, 2026.

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Start running a profitable farm—without the burnout, chaos, or constant guessing.

Build a farm that sustains you—not just your crops.

Farming isn’t just a job—it’s a way of life. But too many farmers work longer hours every year and still struggle to make enough money, take time off, and feel confident about why they’re doing this work at all.

The Profitable Farmer shows how to step off that treadmill and build a farm business that supports profit, purpose, and quality of life. Written by farm business experts Julia Shanks and Dan Brisebois, this hands-on guide offers a five-year roadmap to build a farm that’s financially resilient and personally sustainable—without sacrificing your values or burning out in the process.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • Create a five-year vision grounded in real profit goals, meaningful work, and a sustainable schedule
  • Turn that vision into clear, workable annual plans
  • Align production, sales, labor, and finances instead of managing them in silos
  • Use simple tracking systems to adjust before small problems become big ones
  • Build a farm that is financially viable, purpose-driven, and personally sustainable.

Built around four core pillars—grounded financials, strategic sales, a balanced team, and effective production—The Profitable Farmer gives you the strategic foundation to grow a thriving farm and a life you love.

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Meet the Author

Dan Brisebois is a founding member of Tourne-Sol co-operative farm, which supplies weekly farm baskets for 500 families and operates a thriving retail and wholesale seed business. He earned a B.Sc in Agricultural Engineering from McGill University and has over two decades of experience as both a market farmer and a seed producer. Dan is a founding member of the Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers network, former board member of SeedChange, and past president of Canadian Organic Growers. As well as writing and teaching extensively, he mentors farmers in the art of effective planning, systems design, and time management at the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy, and hosts the popular Seed Growers podcast. Dan is co-author of the COG Practical Skills Handbook Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers. He lives and farms in Les Cèdres, Quebec.

author Julia Shanks

Julia Shanks works with food and agricultural entrepreneurs to achieve financial and operational sustainability. She has worked with a range of beginning and established farmers, providing technical assistance and business coaching that has allowed them to launch, stabilize and grow their ventures. A frequent lecturer on sustainable food systems and accounting, she sits on the advisory board of Future Chefs and is the regional leader of Slow Money Boston. In her tiny, urban garden in Cambridge, MA, Julia harvests vegetables seven months out of the year. Together with Brett Grohsgal, she is also coauthor of The Farmers Market Cookbook .

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