We're in the process of being sustainable but we're still a long way off.

My advice: 1) go slow. I jumped right in and expenses just keep adding up.

1. Plan ahead of time what you want to do. Diversity is great for your family, but if you want a profit having one in demand product is usually a better idea.
2. Is your personality a good fit for farming? Most of the year you are going to be very busy, do you need to always be around a lot of people? You just won't have time to see your friends and family much during certain times of year.

4) Do you have the personality to sell your products? You don't have to be an extrovert, I'm very introverted, but you do need to be personable and know how to "turn it on" when you need to.

1. Do you have a good sense of humor? You'll need one. Or at the very least you need to be able to take things with a grain of salt and handle stress. There will be bad years and the first few years are the hardest.
2. Be flexible, you may have to switch up your plan and try something completely new and different.

There's a really great Canadian documentary called To Make a Farm. I'm not sure if you can view it there or not but it's a fantastic film. There might be copies on Youtube. http://tomakeafarm.ca/