For many years, Heather Sandford was a vegetarian. She studied engineering at Cornell University. She performed in a punk rock band, worked in the music industry, and rode the dot-com bubble. She was a financial success in the real estate industry. Then Heather became a pig farmer. “I think life …
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Bringing Home the Bacon: An Interview with Heather Sandford of The Piggery
On this episode of Monday Morning Radio, Dean Rotbart interviews Heather Sandford, who owns The Piggery, a farm and butcher shop in upstate New York. The Piggery farm specializes in GMO-free, pasture raised, heritage breed hogs, which they sell in their Ithaca, New York butcher shop, along with meat …
How Getting Fit Can Benefit Your Business
When most people think about the benefits of losing weight or gaining muscle, the first thoughts that often come to mind are improved health and looking and feeling better physically. Admittedly, these are certainly some very appealing consequences of working out regularly, but being fit can also …
How to Create a Winning Mindset
When it comes to achieving higher levels of success, whether in your personal or professional life, your mindset is everything. After all, it is your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings about yourself, others, your business, your career, and other life situations that have the ability to hold you back, …
Pros and Cons of Joining the Family Business
Family-owned businesses have been the backbone of the American economy since our country’s beginnings. According to the advocacy group Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA), there are roughly 5.5 million family-owned businesses in the U.S. today. These businesses contribute more than half (about 57 …
How to Keep Pushing When You’ve Got No Push Left
As entrepreneurs, we know what it’s like to spend a majority of our days doing things in an effort to push our businesses forward. Whether it’s coming up with ways to get new customers, creating new services and products to offer, or any other task that requires high energy and a lot of drive, the …
