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• MEET JANUARY’S GARDEN HERO – STEFAN BUTLER, NUTRIENT DENSE FARM, SQUAMISH, BC

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  Stefan Butler is a classic SPIN-Farming success story. After he bought the SPIN guides, he used its multi-locational model, gaining and losing many plots over the years. He’s now  amassed 93,000 sq. ft. (about 2.3 […]

   

• Meet October’s Garden Hero – Bruce Manns: Growing $ at a Non-profit Farm in York PA

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  Bruce Manns says, “It’s not a bad thing to be a business person in the inner city.” Doesn’t sound like your typical urban farmer do-gooder, and Bruce isn’t. Sure, his York Fresh Food Farms shares […]

   

• Meet September’s Garden Hero – Elisa Bedsworth: Growing a Market for Backyard Farmers in Kansas City MO

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  Personality clashes. Warring factions. Intimidation. Fear and loathing. High dudgeon. Pity the poor manager who has to keep the peace, and line up the Elvis impersonator. Elisa Bedsworth has done it, starting one farmers market […]

   

• Meet July’s Garden Hero – Cathy LeValley Whose Healthy Snacks Business Is Transforming a Food Desert

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  Cathy LeValley’s farm business tracked her own personal growth – from healthy eating, to wanting to know how food is produced, to growing it herself, to growing it for her community. Along the way she […]

   

• Meet June’s Garden Hero – Courtney Tchida: Pioneering a Campus-based Organic Farm

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  Courtney puts her student work force at Cornercopia Student Organic Farm to good use. They’re helping her grow, harvest and sell 48 weeks of 130 different veggies on 40,000 sq. ft about 1 acre), in […]

   

• MEET MAY’S GARDEN HER0 – Tom Hinman’s Six Figure Business: Grow Veggies and Put Them On Wheels

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  Growing veggies, adding some value and putting them on wheels pretty much describes Tom’s business model at Sweet Harvest. It’s a savvy response to consumers who are craving experience, along with their food. Events. Fairs. […]

   

• Meet April’s Garden Hero – Ryan Doan: From community gardener to $100k farm business

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  Ryan Doan launched Urban Greens in Cincinnati OH in 2011. He farmed multiple plots and established the business via farmer’s markets and a CSA. Typical SPIN success story. This year he’s adding a new chapter: […]

   

• Meet January’s Garden Hero – Chris Kimber: Stay-at Home Farming Dad

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  Chris Kimber’s 3 Crows Farm ticks a lot of the boxes we’ve heard about before: urban, pedal-powered, multi-locational. He’s used them to build a $60k business on 15,000 sq. ft, and his goal this year […]

   

• Meet November’s Garden Hero – Rex Landings: Creating a New Type of Family Farm

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  Rex got the Backyard Riches program for Christmas, and started posting in the member’s forum in 2015 when he had just a few chickens and some spin-dried lettuce in a washing machine. He didn’t know […]

   

• Meet September’s Garden Hero – Lourdes Casañares: Flower Farm Startup

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  Farm to Vase. Slow Flowers. Floral Foraging. Handcrafted Heirlooms. The 50 Mile Bouquet. Sound sort of familiar? All the groundbreaking trends that powered the local food market into the mainstream are now doing the same for local […]