The urban farmer : growing food for profit on leased and borrowed land

Stone, Curtis 1979- (author.).

Summary: With only a small capital investment, and without the need to own land, you can become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer will help you learn the crops, techniques, and business strategies you need to make a good living growing food intensively right in your own backyard. Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable business model, The Urban Farmer is your guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production, and making a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's).

Record details

ISBN: 0865718016
ISBN: 9780865718012
Physical Description: xxii, 265 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Diego Footer -- A farm in the city -- A viable farming business on 1/2 acre or less -- The business of urban farming -- Finding the right site -- Building your farm, one site at a time -- Infrastructure and equipment -- Operations -- Production systems -- Basic crop planning -- Crops for the urban farmer.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.