Luke @fvsoutherngirl Instagram: 251k YouTube: 361k TikTok: 1.6M
- Launch
- 27 year old first generation crabber and selling crabs direct to consumer
- Review – Apple Podcasts
- Matt R 844, 10/20/2023 -Love the show and please keep it up and more John Deere equipment please. Not a farmer yet but want to be a farmer
- Luke
- Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
- How’s the family - do they farm with family?
- 27, a first-generation crabber Chesapeake bay waterman,Captain: F.V. Southern Girl (30ft fishing vessel) - Wife, Lindsey - helps with sales
- Last day of crabbing season: October 12
- Not an average year: this year had a lot of problems and challenges
- crabbing every day, selling every weekend and day, written every ad for crabs w/ price,
- answered every phone call and text
- Shipped crab that’s gone across the country
- Done a merch line, Shooting, editing, and posting 6 videos a week
- Can it catch
- Trying baits that the viewers suggest
- What were some of the most random things?
- Goals:
- Knowledge of sea creatures
- He speaks for the watermen whose livelihood is affected by regulations
- He’s raising money for a group of kids to get a day on the water
- Growing up
- Dad is a psychiatrist and his mom is a stay-at-home mom
- Started with an 8ft dingy he bought with $175 of lawnmowing money at 11
- Says he doesn’t like working out sponsorship deals? Why?
- Maryland Watermen’s Association
- Will be on the billboard before the be national convention in January
- How has social media changed his life?
- If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
- If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?
Would you rather
- Only use tiktok for social media or have everything but tiktok
- Use gummy worms or bananas as crab bait
- Speak in front of a conference or be recognized at a NFL game
- Compete in a rowing competition or bobsledding competition
- Have a huge (400+) wedding or a small (50) wedding
- Shout all the time or only whisper
- Look like a crab or smell like a crab
- What’s next for them?
- What can our listeners do to help?
What does Luke like most about farmers?