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.

Curtis Stone’s brilliant new book ‘The Urban Farmer’, is one of the most important contributions to Transition thinking over the last 10 years, and sets out in great depth and detail what that could look like. And he knows because he’s done it. The Urban Farmer is simultaneously deeply visionary and immensely practical, always a heady brew. “What if we could repurpose the suburbs to be the new frontier of localisation?” writes Stone. “What if all of these new suburban streets turned into areas for transition, reeducation and abundance? I believe this is not only a possibility but an inevitability”. As he points out, there is nothing new about growing food in cities, and nothing new about doing so commercially. For example, Paris was home to incredibly sophisticated fruit growing systems, and to market gardens who pioneered a system now referred to as “French Intensive”, which, until the 1920s, covered 6% of the land within the city limits. As Eliot Coleman put it in “The Winter Harvest Handbook” Perhaps the most inspiring, and powerful, part of the book is his “start-up farm models”. Here he sets out 5 different business models on different scales, what kind of initial investment you’d need and what kinds of return you might expect. You could start on a quarter of an acre or smaller, or go a bit bigger. For each he sets out the kinds of crops that could work well, and the kinds of profits you might expect. If your wavering don't. Simply get the book its that good

Very follow on detail orientated when questions arised they were all answered in the following paragraph or page unlike some other books or read of late that weren't as complete , home producer only but I've cemented some lines of production and cutting others to minimise time and increase output to the fridge plate and freezer , follow Curtis on utube and he's more on point on everything it seems than most

Good book for growers, very practical.

Just buy it. If you are curious, new to gardening, want some inspiration to grow good food, ideas for a small business, change of career, just buy it. This book is well written, to the point, cheap and stacked full of amazing ideas and knowledge. Incredible.

This book is amazing. This is a complete marketing plan for being an urban farmer. All the little tweaks and tips I would need to learn the hard way are mentioned here, from obvious to rather hidden experiences. Curtis explained the scalable approach to being an urban farmer, from part-time to full-time, from small farmland to large farmland. When he explains the numbers, you can sense that he has a very solid planning: amount of crops, size of land and even down to using different types of crops are all backed up with figures. And the best thing is, Curtis will let you in on how to calculate it. He gives you the principles of how to work it in the area where you want to farm and sell. Very impressive. Thank you Curtis

Excellent book. It taught me how to be more efficient. It's not about how big your land is but how effecient you farm by knowing the bed size, the #of plants in one bed size & how much income u can get out of that bed. Great analysis by Curtis.

This is a book from an experienced authour and I recommend to any farmer not only urban farmers.

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.

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 !

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.

A lot of useful information in this book, well done Curtis!

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.