Grow Food for Money on Borrowed Land
Curtis Stone is excited about encouraging more and more people to take up urban farming (http://theurbanfarmer.co). So excited, in fact, that he has books, podcasts and websites full of free information to help anyone get started growing food for profit. His book, “The Urban Farmer: Growing food for profit on leased and borrowed land”, provides over 250-pages of tips, formulas, bed layout plans, plant lists and step-by step instructions. The key message is, “ The important thing is to just get started. Because once you show people you are willing to do the work all kinds of opportunities will present themselves. Once you move past the talk, and you put your words into action, people see those actions, and opportunities just present themselves.” Stone farms on urban plots. He borrows or leases neighborhood front yards and vacant lots that total one-third acre or 15,000 square feet. From that one-third acre, he sells $80,000 in vegetables annually. The...