Soo I’ve had the idea of starting a small restaurant on a permaculture farm for a while. Every single ingredient would be grown right on the farm and customers would be able to see and walk around the farm if they want(with supervision, I guess in a short tour?), im thinking it should be a vegan restaurant, it just makes more sense to me. All the food would be organic/pesticide free/herbicide free, This would be the healthiest restaurant in my whole country for sure.
The restaurant wouldn’t be on the middle of the farm but it would be right in the middle of a nice botanical garden. The garden would make the place so much more pretty and attractive, plus this way people can sit down benches placed around the garden and eat while. In my country theres not many 3rd place , I could advertise the place as a free botanical garden with a restaurant on it.
The farm would be right besides the garden but it would be fenced so people dont touch the plants too much or steal them. So yeah these are 3 ideas together, botanical garden/restaurant/farm. I feel like I can advertise the botanical garden and the vegan restaurant separately so its less confusin.
May I make an alternate suggestion. Start your organic farm or garden but sell the produce on a subscription basis. That is, your subscribers pay $40 a week for enough produce to feed a family of 4. You grow the food and deliver it in boxes to subscribers’ homes. Of course this is only a suggestion, price and quantity would be up to you and your customers.
The advantage to you is you have a steady income stream and you know in advance how much of everything you need to grow. The advantage to your customers is they get lots of fresh organic produce at a good price.
If you have a surplus you can sell it at a roadside stand or, start a restaurant.
I would leave the restaurant idea for last because it is the most costly, labor intensive, and riskiest part of the venture.