Farms Profile 2025
Herbignac, France
Market garden with diversified and organic production, selling CSA boxes.
Farm Budget
Overview
Total Revenue:
€103 120
Total Expenses:
€44 876
Net Profit:
€58 244
Profit Margin:
~56.5%
Income
Production:
€103 120 (98%)
Value Add:
€2 480 (2%)
Expenses
Production:
€12 667 (12% of revenue)
Other:
€12 483 (12% of revenue)
Payroll Labor:
€7 022 (7% of revenue)
General Overhead:
€3 596 (3% of revenue)
Equipment:
€1 854 (2% of revenue)
Sales Marketing:
€1 459 (1% of revenue)
Land Occupancy:
€378 (0% of revenue)
Operations
Total Beds
199 beds (25m each)
Greenhouse Area
2000 m2
Employees
1 half-time during 6 months
Selling Months
11 months
Year of First Season
2023
Farm & Environment
Topography
4% slope, south exposure
Soil Type
Sandy loam
Hardiness Zone
9a-b
Temperature Range
Temperate oceanic climate, winter minimum −2 to 0 °C, summer maximum 24 to 28 °C, usual range 5 to 22 °C,
Frosts
Frosts 0 °C or below, late November to early March, occasional early November or late March.
Drilling with water retention basin, water recovery system for greenhouses and the building, automated irrigation across all beds.
Building made from 4 containers.
Owner Profile
Nicolas Le Tulzo and Roxane Le Tulzo. Both owners.
Nicolas : Finance Master degree then 6 years of international wine business. Roxane: Biology teacher
Project & finance management, sales
Building community, a local food resilience and for my children
Detailed Financials
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CSA | €83 420 | |
| Farmer's market | €10 790 | |
| Farm stand | €4 812 | |
| Institutions | €1 100 | |
| Restaurants sales | €1 712 | |
| Sales to producers | €1 286 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Resold Items | €2 480 | If you buy in products from other farms/producers that you sell on your farm |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel and Propane | €1 088 | |
| Repairs and Maintenance (Vehicles) | €219 | |
| Tools | €112 | |
| Vehicle Insurance | €435 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Accountant's fees | €1 950 | |
| Bank charges | €300 | |
| Liability Insurance | €1 236 | Includes auto coverage in general liability |
| Licenses and permits | €110 | bookipi |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity & Utilities | €378 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes | €6 811 | income tax |
| VAT | €5 672 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll Taxes | €1 405 | |
| Salaries and Wages | €5 617 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Biodegradable rowing net | €72 | |
| Biodegradable strings | €48 | |
| Clips | €31 | |
| Fertilizers & amendments | €108 | 1 patenkali + 8 amisol (liming Gravel) |
| Irrigation material | €68 | Broken irrigation part |
| Organic certification | €430 | |
| Phytosanitary products and predatory insects | €292 | Contagious agent against tuta absoluta, biological insect control; black soap; bicarbonate, ferramol |
| Poiting soil | €279 | 30 Prooven |
| Seeds, Seedlings (Vegetables) | €8 791 | Including plant, leeks, sweet potatoes, garlic, potatoes, strawberries |
| Shading powder | €68 | |
| Vegetable purchases for resale | €2 480 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Card Processing Fees | €471 | |
| Marketing & Promotion | €95 | Flyers, adverting, |
| Other Selling Expenses | €242 | market fees, supplies for the farmers market or farm stand, etc. |
| Selling Supplies and packaging | €291 | |
| Website hosting and maintenance | €360 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 box Stroller | €197 | |
| 2 Broadfork | €308 | |
| Administrative creation of the company | €1 800 | |
| Banner | €119 | |
| Black Tarp | €540 | |
| Connection to the public water supply | €2 800 | |
| Double wheels Hoe + biodiscs | €494 | |
| Drilling Permit | €1 700 | |
| Hammer, pruning shears, grinding wheel, knives | €208 | |
| harvest Boxes | €510 | |
| harvest wheelbarrow | €301 | |
| Hoes and other weeding tools | €212 | |
| Insect netting | €900 | |
| Landscape fabric | €1 850 | |
| metalic hoop (minitunnel) | €140 | |
| Metal storage shelves | €568 | |
| Scale | €486 | |
| Seeder Ebra | €1 590 | |
| Seedling tray | €290 | |
| Table | €245 | |
| Umbrella | €720 | |
| Website (conception) | €320 | |
| wooden slake | €158 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 120m2 Building + wash Station | €26 097 | |
| 2000m2 Tunnels | €43 200 | |
| 30m2 Building | €5 328 | |
| Cold room | €4 454 | |
| Electrification of the farm | €6 551 | |
| Irrigation (2 pump, automatisation) | €25 754 | |
| Nursery + heated table | €2 125 | |
| Parking, leveling for building | €6 917 | |
| Water retention basin | €7 218 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Atomizer Stihl | €453 | |
| BCS 2-wheel tractor (Rototiller included) | €2 614 | |
| Delivery truck | €8 000 | |
| Equipment | €16 456 | |
| Flail mower (BCS attachment) | €1 532 | |
| Power harrow (BCS attachment) | €2 040 | |
| Rotary plough (BCS attachment) | €1 000 |
| Product | Wholesale | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Arugula | — | $13,00/KG |
| Basil | — | $1,50/Bunch |
| Beans | — | $12,00/KG |
| Beets | — | $2,80/bunch |
| Bok Choy | — | $4,00/KG |
| Broccoli | — | $5,30/KG |
| Brussels | — | $6,50/KG |
| Cabbage | — | $3,30/KG |
| Carrots | — | $3,20/bunch |
| Cauliflower | — | $3,80/KG |
| Celery | — | $4,00 |
| Cherry Tomatoes | — | $8,00/KG |
| Cucumbers, greenhouse | — | $1,80/each |
| Eggplant | — | $5,80 |
| Garlic | — | $14,00/KG |
| Ginger | — | $20,00/KG |
| Kale | — | $4,00/KG |
| Leeks | — | $3,60/KG |
| Lettuce Heads | — | $1,30/head |
| Onions, fresh | — | $3,00/Bunch |
| Parsley | — | $1,50/bunch |
| Peas | — | $9,90/KG |
| Peppers | — | $5,90/KG |
| Potatoes, New | — | $6,90/KG |
| Radishes | — | $3,20/bunch |
| Radishes, Winter | — | $3,50/KG |
| Spinach | — | $8,00/KG |
| Tomatoes | — | $3,90/KG |
| Tomatoes ancetral | — | $5,90/KG |
| Turnips, Salad | — | $3,00/bunch |
| Winter Squash | — | $3,50/KG |