The Urban Farmer

Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land

By: Curtis Allen Stone

Narrated by: Diego Footer

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

There are 20 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement.

The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's). Major benefits include:

• Low capital investment and overhead costs

  Reduced need for expensive infrastructure

  Easy access to markets

Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, The Urban Farmer is your complete guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces.

Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a commercial urban farm growing vegetables for farmers markets, restaurants, and retail outlets. During his slower months, Curtis works as a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, sharing his story to inspire a new generation of farmers.

©2015 New Society Publishers (P)2017 WCP Media

overall I think it's a great book!

Anyone interested in learning about Urban Farming should read this book. It has a ton of useful information to get you started and lead you to other great resources!

expert advice

could just don't have been right here for a long time and is awesome to have step-by-step manual to make major money

Dam good book

The Urban Farmer is a Dam good book. You would not be disappointed in this book.

Very detailed

Having watched quite a bit of Curtis’ YouTube content, this was a full collection of what he provides there. Very, very beneficial information.

excellent

A must read for gardeners and farmers alike, as well as those looking for positive social and environmental development.

Great content - Horrible Narrator

I will be avoiding this narrator in the future. It was hard to concentrate with the inflection patterns at the end of each sentence. Like a monotone Vespa.

Great content, though! Very informative.

Useful!

I've been a long time hobby food-gardener and at times farm-hand and I picked up more than a few new gold nuggets of useful information from this book.

One of the Top Farm Business Books

Great advice for a profitable small farm business. Less useful if you are just trying to just garden/homestead/hobby farm, etc. His web sites has more updated info.

Inspiration

Excellent book for people who want to grow food for profit living in urban and suburban cities. This man changed the way I was thinking about doing agriculture, from acres to just with the small available space, be it indoor or outdoor.

Excellent. learned a lot

this is an excellent book. so much great information. I'll need to listen to it again to soak it all in. but gives me some good information to start thinking about as I plan some gardening for personal use and profit.