• You say PTO is a no-brainer, but European-level 5 or 6 weeks off a year would be truly amazing.
• In same vein, 401k match above the normal 5% would be a head turner. I once interviewed at a company with a huge like 15% 401k match and it got me excited.
• Subsidized child care.
• Paternity/maternity leave. Bloomberg has 6 months of either for employees and that’s a major head turner.
• Company car (if it makes sense).
• Sabbaticals — certain companies offer 1 year paid sabbaticals when employees work for a certain period of time (often 5 years) -WFH.

You offer all of this and I will literally quit my job right now and come work for you lol

What differentiates this from simply paying for ChatGPT-4? As far as I can tell, nothing does. Just to be blunt. That is the main issue

I think this is a viable idea. I WWOOF’ed on a farm in Italy in college that basically did this + hosted retreats etc. Their business was going well as far as I could tell. I don’t think they necessarily only served ingredients from their farm, but it was all local.

That said, there is a lot that could go wrong here as I’m sure you know. I think a lot of the success of this depends on your ability to access capital for some extended period of time. As others have pointed out, many restaurants which are now successful go through a period of years at the beginning where they are not. In the current interest rate environment, it’s worth gaming out a worst case scenario.

Ultimately, if you have a vision and the drive + capital to make it work, I think it’s doable! Maybe consider the agrotourism side of things too.

I’m in the brink of walking away but I have literally bleed for this place.

Don’t fall for the sunk cost fallacy. A common trait many very successful individuals have is actually knowing when to quit. Our society just doesn’t really value that and it doesn’t sound good so that goes under appreciated. Interesting book was written about this: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60097435

Point being, don’t let the fact you’ve worked hard to get this point stop you from making a rational decision. If the business isn’t working, it’s not working. The sooner you cut the cord, the sooner you can get back to investing your finite time and money in more rewarding (financially or otherwise) pursuits.

Only you know if it really makes sense to close your business, but it kind of sounds like that’s where you’re brain is leading you.

What country are you in?