Episode 86 // Matt Floyd of Matt's Bat and Floyd Farmstead
This week on the podcast we’re in Choctaw, Oklahoma (pop. 11,146) with Matt Floyd of Matt’s Bat, where he makes handcrafted custom wood bats. Matt’s sharing how he and his family moved from downtown Oklahoma City to their farm in Choctaw, where he has grown his bat business and started a farmer’s market. They even have a ball diamond in the back yard, where they host team bat making parties that bring kids into the process and give them a hands-on look at skilled trades.
Matt talks about the concept of reneighboring and how they have put that into practice, and his intentionality behind putting people and relationships first. This is an incredible message of loving your neighbor in a time where we need it most. Be sure to go check the show notes to follow Matt on social media and put in an order for your own-custom made bat.
Don’t worry about how you’re successful, just worry about how you can help others, and then in that, you’ll just be taken care of because you’ll be valuable in that community.
— Matt Floyd
I’ve never looked at it as a city’s responsibility for bringing fun, cool things to a town. I’m like, you’ve got a blank canvas here, if you want to do something, let’s go do it. And I’ve never thought about that any other way. If you want something around, just figure out a way to go make it happen. And if others want it, it will work, and if they don’t want it, then you shouldn’t be doing it anyway.
— Matt Floyd
I’ve treated the business like it has its own direction and I’ll steward it with where it’s leading, instead of trying to force things to happen. I’m enjoying the rhythm now and it just keeps growing just by stewarding that well.
— Matt Floyd
PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND LINKS:
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Floyd Farmstead
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