Ask The Urban Farmer -- HOW TO START UP your own backyard urban farm

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Ask the expert. Curtis Stone takes your questions and passes along his knowledge on how to get your own urban farming operation off the ground. In this episode Curtis tells you how to get started from scratch with your own urban micro farm. From market research and fastest turnover crop selection to urban plot selection. With 0.25 acres you can easily make $50,000+ a year. Follow more episodes by subscribing now. Ask your questions by emailing the Urban Farmer: info@greencityacres.com http://www.greencityacres.com/ www.facebook.com/GreenCityAcres https://twitter.com/GreenCityAcres

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thank you Curtis! I asked this question yesterday and that pretty much sums it up! still would love to see the process. luckily I'm in Oregon so I'll be making a very real effort to make it up to Kelowna this year for a workshop. Happy Holidays. Thanks Again.

Greetings from New Zealand and the Philippines, great video, simple advice which needs to be followed

I own one acre of land, and since I am new to farming, I only plan to start by planting on a quarter of an acre. My question is: since I own the land and the soil seems to be not very fertile underneath the grass and weeds that I am tilling up.....should I consider using raised beds?

Which website do you visit to ask The Urban Farmer a question

how did you go about being certified for your farming?

What do you do to "turn the beds over"? Is that changing the fruits or vegetables to something different? Sorry I know nothing about it but I really really want to start doing this!!!!

What's the intro song called?

Hey Curtis, where is the best place to grab your book online?

Here is his video that he mentioned on how to approach restaurants to sell your produce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlOBF9RVWU

Thank you!!

Gardening with, The Meters, I dig your style. ;)

Awesome advice Curtis thanks for your time. I'm in France and the markets here are overflowing with veg. hard to see where there is a niche for new veg. But I guess looking for some kind of unusual salads may be the key and encouraging restaurants to buy locally?

Hi Curtis! I live close to you (in Vernon) and am looking to start a microgreen business. Our local farmers market has microgreens classified as "high risk" so we can not sell them as microgreens. Any suggestions? I was hoping to get some feedback from the market customers before approaching restaurants. Thank you for your help! I love your videos!

Hey Curtis, why not bulk selling to PRODUCE / FRUIT AND VEGGIE corner stores? Wouldn't this be more efficient than doing the middle man work? It's all about being efficiency and your time. If you can sell all of your produce to those FRUIT and VEGGIE PRODUCE markets... and save 1/2 your time (the time you would have spent MARKETING VEGGIE BASKETS and FARMERS MARKETS), then it's okay if you sell your PRODUCE for 1/2 of its market value. What are your thoughts on this?

Anyone want to go in on some property? I'm looking for some land to work and start a new life near Bradenton Florida.. I take care of my mom and and going broke paying for healthy food.. I could grow moringa and dry and ship.. I have a grass fed cow manure source. I want to create a food forest and wildlife haven for all walks of life and me and my girlfriend. Myakka Florida has cheap land.. I run a moving company and require a high level of health to sustain my life and my mom.. Any advise would be greatly appreciated...