Numbers We Can Actually Show You.
Farm and food businesses hire us to fix specific problems: books nobody trusts, a margin that keeps shrinking, a brand that is not converting. This is what that work has produced.
Every figure below links to the published story it came from. These are individual client outcomes, not an industry average or a projection, and each one is a business you can read about by name.
700+
businesses served across farms, processors and food brands
30+
people across accounting, consulting and marketing
300+
combined years working in food and farming
20+
states, so we know the conditions in your market
What Changed, And What It Was Worth
We are an accounting firm at our core, so this is the format that felt honest: the problem a client walked in with, the work, and the number that came out the other side. Five entries, five named businesses, five published stories.
| Client | What we did | Result |
|---|---|---|
|
The Family Cow Century-old family dairy, Pennsylvania |
Rebuilt the chart of accounts from scratch, split the enterprises into separate companies with subclasses, and introduced them to a bank that understood a diversified farm. Read the story of The Family Cow |
$600K swing in one year, from a $300K annual loss to a $300K profit |
|
Delicacy Meats USDA processor, self-funded, no debt |
Ran the feasibility study, built the startup budget, and set up the books and KPIs before day one so profitability could be read weekly rather than annually. Read the story of Delicacy Meats |
7 months from opening to break-even, with no prior processing experience |
|
Painterland Sisters Value-added dairy, fourth generation |
Business structure and a $3,500 grant first, then a co-packer over building a plant, then the brand, website and press campaign. A CPG expert joined as fractional VP of Sales. Read the story of Painterland Sisters |
1,000+ retail stores in year one, plus $1.2M raised and a $1M line of credit |
|
Homestead Farms Poultry and row crops, two generations |
Built a 13-week rolling cash flow after a $2.4M poultry purchase, worked the finances enterprise by enterprise, and planned the wind-down of the one that was not justifying its labor. Read the story of Homestead Farms |
Two farms father and son now own one each, and farm them together |
|
Peachee Farms Dairy, father-to-son succession |
Built the pro forma that showed the farm could support two generations, structured a seller-financed phased buy-in, and vetted the move to certified organic. Read the story of Peachee Farms |
April 2025 organic certification achieved, and a succession plan in place |
Two more published stories sit behind these, including a direct-to-consumer beef brand past $1M in online sales. See all client stories
Results Look Different Depending On The Door You Come In
Most clients arrive through one service and end up needing all three. Each proof point below is drawn from the ledger above, so you can trace it.
Clarity you can make decisions on
Clean books, real cost accounting, and reporting that tells you what is actually profitable rather than what happens to be in the bank.
$600K
swing in one year at The Family Cow, starting with the chart of accounts
A plan built on your actual numbers
Strategy, pricing and pro formas built from your real cost structure, not a template pulled from a different kind of business.
7 months
to break-even at Delicacy Meats, from a feasibility study and a startup budget
Demand that shows up where you need it
Brand, web and campaign work built around your actual selling season and your real margins, not a generic content calendar.
1,000+
retail stores in year one for Painterland Sisters, plus 40 media features
What Clients Say Once The Work Is Done
Every quote below appears in that client's published story, which is linked from each card. Nothing here is paraphrased.
“You can have a tremendous mission and vision, but if you’re not financially stable and don’t have cash to work with, you can’t move your mission. Your mission is dead in the water if it isn’t a profitable mission.”
Edwin Shank
Fourth-generation farmer, The Family Cow
Read the story“Just having someone to start the succession planning process was invaluable.”
Matthew Byler
Peachee Farms
Read the story“We used to be limited by external processors. Now we can flow products faster and deliver better quality to our customers.”
Dave Stolzfus
Dutch Meadows, Delicacy Meats
Read the story“We would simply not be where we are today if it weren’t for the supportive team at Good Roots.”
Stephanie Painter
Painterland Sisters
Read the story“It’s almost like therapy. When you’re feeling overwhelmed, you need somebody professional to talk to. There was no judgment whatsoever.”
Luke Howard
Owner, Homestead Farms
Read the story“The new branding makes people really curious to see what I’m selling. Everyone loves the whole concept of it, from the logo to the table runners to the flyers and the postcard. It makes it easier to sell, I don’t have to do as much talking!”
Wandy
Dragonfly Hill Farm & Kitchen
Read the storyWe do not publish an aggregate ROI figure across 700+ clients. That math would mean more to us than it would to you, and it would flatten the only thing that is actually useful: what happened to a business that looked like yours.
So every number on this page belongs to one named client and links to their story. If a figure is not published, it is not here. What we can do on a call is walk you through outcomes for operations in your position, and be direct about what is realistic for yours.