Ep. 3033 - First $1,000: Feeding the Neighborhood, One Block at a Time
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week's First $1,000 segment, learn how a backyard gardener in Brooklyn joined forces with neighbors to create hyper-local produce boxes, quickly earning $1,000 with minimal overhead.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:02.7 | Leavenada. |
| 0:10.9 | Feeding the neighborhood one block at a time. |
| 0:14.3 | Welcome, friends. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to Side Ussel School. |
| 0:16.4 | Welcome to our first $1,000 segment. |
| 0:19.3 | It is a weekly feature, in fact, called your first $1,000. |
| 0:22.4 | And as you might guess or no, or at least surmise, it's all about how somebody makes their first |
| 0:27.4 | thousand dollars with a new side hustle, a new moneymaking project. Today's project is kind of a |
| 0:33.3 | B corporation, meaning it's a not-for-profit but also a for-profit, or let's say they're doing |
| 0:39.6 | something good, but they're also getting paid for it. And I think it's possible to do both of those |
| 0:43.7 | things. So we're going to learn how a backyard gardener in Brooklyn joins forces with neighbors |
| 0:48.7 | to create hyper-local produce boxes, quickly earning that $1,000 with minimal overhead. |
| 0:54.9 | Her name is Allegra. |
| 0:56.2 | As noted, she lives in Brooklyn, New York City. |
| 0:58.4 | Let's hear the story from her. |
| 1:00.3 | I'll come back at the endstone with an unexpectedly productive backyard garden. |
| 1:21.5 | For years, I grew far more herbs and vegetables than I could ever use. Tomatoes, basil, peppers, the works. |
| 1:31.0 | One summer, my neighbors started dropping hints that they'd happily pay for some of my |
| 1:35.9 | surplus rather than making the trek to the farmer's market on Saturdays. |
| 1:40.3 | That simple comment sparked the idea. |
| 1:43.9 | Why not pool produce from a few neighbors and sell curated hyper-local boxes? |
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