The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land
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Strategies and techniques for making a living with intensive food production in small spaces There are 40 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. Review: Spectacular - It was a great eye opening. Thank younger sharing your knowledge. The world needs more heroes like you. I am a newbie. I will try implementing your methods. However, I need to choose crops for my climate and country. Review: Five Stars - Thank You
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,056 Reviews |
I**N
Spectacular
It was a great eye opening. Thank younger sharing your knowledge. The world needs more heroes like you. I am a newbie. I will try implementing your methods. However, I need to choose crops for my climate and country.
T**A
Five Stars
Thank You
B**A
Loved the book..
Just the thing I was looking for.... Though the book is not in the Indian context but it gave me a lot of information about the designing of farms..
A**R
Three Stars
okay to read about farming..
H**N
Good
Good book
J**.
Buen libro de referencia
Es un libro correcto para comenzar en el huerto, su enfoque principal es en área urbana y para un mercado más formal pero las técnicas y consejos pueden ayudar a los que les interese empezar un huerto en zonas más rurales, yo lo compré para analizar sus estrategias en un contexto mexicano.
N**E
Ein Buch zum weiterempfehlen !
Habe dieses Buch innerhalb weniger Tage durchgelesen, es ist super fließend geschrieben und man merkt sofort, dass Curtis Stone weiß wovon er schreibt. Dieses Buch ist wirklich genial für Einsteiger, die ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Landwirtschaft/Stadtwirtschaft bestreiten möchten. Ich wohne auf einem 13300 qm Hof, aber nach diesem Buch wünschte ich mir wieder in der Stadt zu wohnen. Hätte ich die Möglichkeiten nur vorher schon gewusst, die mit Urbanfarming machbar sind. Die Gemüsepreise in Deutschland sind zwar nicht zu vergleichen mit den amerikanischen Preisen, aber trotzdem liegt da genug Potential, um Geld zu verdienen und der Natur Raum zu geben. Wirklich tolles Buch, es nimmt dich an die Hand und zeigt dir den Weg, Vielen Dank Curtis !
A**E
The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land
Great value for money, well written, easy to read , easy on the eyes, full of great information. As described. Delivery chap very polite and delivered on time. Excellent service.
M**A
Inspiring and Informational
This book was really handy. The author is very business minded so expect a lot more numbers and charts than you’d usually find in a gardening book. But that’s exactly what you need if you’re thinking of market gardening. It was very inspiring to me how it was all broken down into simple steps and made very relatable to where I am, starting small and probably having to stay small. There are a few mistakes that more careful editing would catch, but I can’t complain at all about the information that is jam packed in here. If you’re at all interested in making a profit off of your passion for gardening and growing good food, I’d say this is a good book to have in your library.
L**O
Great book
A lot of useful information in this book, well done Curtis!
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