Well it's been a minute since my last blog (about 2 months). And boy have we been busy! We have been excited to share the news we have hinted about for the past 5 or 6 months. We bought a basket factory!
So, what is a basket factory? We make wooden baskets for farm/home use. Mostly for agriculture such as bushels, half bushels, 2, 4 and 8 quart baskets. We make them right from the log!
Here is our story on how we became owners of the basket factory. Our official name is Greenfield Basket Manufacturing, LLC.
The factory is located about 5 minutes from our Homestead in a little town called Little Hope. It is very rural. The factory was started back in 1933. Our son worked there through high school so we had gotten to know the owners well. During this time, through talking with them, they made it known that they were getting ready to retire. They had owned it for the past 30 years.
As we talked, Janel and I really felt prodded by the Lord to make an offer on the factory. After looking over the books, we were very surprised at the amount of business they did. There is unlimited work. We are one of only 3 wooden basket manufacturers left in the United States.
After some back and forth negotiating, we finally struck a deal! And on March 14th of this year, we signed the papers and purchased the factory! What a true blessing.
These first 6 weeks have flown by and we have been blown away at the amount of orders we have already delivered. And this is our slow time! We had set a goal for April and we have over doubled it already. God has been amazing.
One of the things we have set out to do first, is to honor the Lord with our business. We will be supporting 4 different ministries that we have felt led to support financially. We will keep the details private, but that is our first priority. We have dedicated this business to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Secondly, we are looking forward to working together as a family! My son has started this week as he left his other job and Janel works for a few hours a day in the office. I run the factory every day. Right now we have 7 employees, but will be fully staffed with 10 by next month as we have some people starting in May. That was a huge blessing! We have people wanting to come work with us!
I will be putting out a lot of videos on the process of making a basket. It is very interesting and it has been amazing so far. We are thankful for the wonderful mercies of our Most High God!
Please follow our new Facebook Page HERE and check out a couple video shorts I did on our YouTube channel of making baskets HERE!
And if you need any baskets....you know where to get them! God bless y'all! -Steve
So, what is a basket factory? We make wooden baskets for farm/home use. Mostly for agriculture such as bushels, half bushels, 2, 4 and 8 quart baskets. We make them right from the log!
Here is our story on how we became owners of the basket factory. Our official name is Greenfield Basket Manufacturing, LLC.
The factory is located about 5 minutes from our Homestead in a little town called Little Hope. It is very rural. The factory was started back in 1933. Our son worked there through high school so we had gotten to know the owners well. During this time, through talking with them, they made it known that they were getting ready to retire. They had owned it for the past 30 years.
As we talked, Janel and I really felt prodded by the Lord to make an offer on the factory. After looking over the books, we were very surprised at the amount of business they did. There is unlimited work. We are one of only 3 wooden basket manufacturers left in the United States.
After some back and forth negotiating, we finally struck a deal! And on March 14th of this year, we signed the papers and purchased the factory! What a true blessing.
These first 6 weeks have flown by and we have been blown away at the amount of orders we have already delivered. And this is our slow time! We had set a goal for April and we have over doubled it already. God has been amazing.
One of the things we have set out to do first, is to honor the Lord with our business. We will be supporting 4 different ministries that we have felt led to support financially. We will keep the details private, but that is our first priority. We have dedicated this business to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Secondly, we are looking forward to working together as a family! My son has started this week as he left his other job and Janel works for a few hours a day in the office. I run the factory every day. Right now we have 7 employees, but will be fully staffed with 10 by next month as we have some people starting in May. That was a huge blessing! We have people wanting to come work with us!
I will be putting out a lot of videos on the process of making a basket. It is very interesting and it has been amazing so far. We are thankful for the wonderful mercies of our Most High God!
Please follow our new Facebook Page HERE and check out a couple video shorts I did on our YouTube channel of making baskets HERE!
And if you need any baskets....you know where to get them! God bless y'all! -Steve
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