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The Urban Farmer

Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land

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The Urban Farmer

By: Curtis Allen Stone
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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.

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Agricultural & Food Sciences Business Development & Entrepreneurship Career Success Gardening & Horticulture Science Small Business Urban Gardening
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Practical Advice • Useful Information • Rhythmic Narration • Inspiring Content • Profitable Ideas • Excellent Book
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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!

overall I think it's a great book!

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

Dam good book

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

Very detailed

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

excellent

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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

expert advice

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The narration and storytelling brought an exotic topic to life. I enjoyed listening to this audiobook

I have no interest in farming at all. Amazing book

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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.

Great content - Horrible Narrator

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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.

Useful!

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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.

One of the Top Farm Business Books

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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.

Inspiration

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