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• Meet March’s Garden Hero – Mark Voss

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  Mark found his calling to farm in Africa, where he labored as a Peace Corps volunteer with subsistence farmers in the Togo bush. How did he end up as a SPIN farmer in Madison WI? […]

   

• Meet February’s Garden Hero – Beth Hagenbuch

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  What happens when the grant money runs out?  That’s the question Beth Hagenbuch is owning up to at Penrose Market Garden in the heart of Detroit. Her model urban farm has earned lots of accolades […]

   

• Meet January’s Garden Hero – Max Valyear

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  Why aren’t we eating good food? The answer to that question brought Max Valyear to the brink in 2013: there was no good reason. So he set out to produce it himself. He bought a […]

   

• Meet December’s Garden Hero – Rob Miller

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  For Rob Miller, it wasn’t about money. It was about adventure. Artistry. Accomplishment. Then he realized people actually valued all that. Now, with the help of Backyard Riches programs, it’s a business. Rob became a backyard farmer way ahead of schedule, […]

   

• Meet October’s Garden Hero – Adithya Ramachandran

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  Adi began began experimenting with urban farming in a few backyards in 2011. This year he gave up. His other job that is. Yes, he became a full-time farmer. At our next free online Member […]

   

• Meet September’s Garden Hero – Justin Vandenbroeck of Fleet Farming

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  Justin and the team at Fleet Farming thought about it: If your cause is to create a more sustainable food system, doesn’t it make sense to fund it by growing food? Turning good intentions into […]

   

• Meet August’s Garden Hero – Brenda Sullivan

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  Plan B. That’s what SPIN-Farming was for Brenda Sullivan in 2008 when she needed to supplement the family income due to the economic downturn. Because she cared for her special needs daughter, Katie, she needed […]

   

• Meet Annabel Khouri and Eric Stoffer – The Ideal Urban Farming Couple

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  Once they decided to turn their gardening skills into a backyard farming business, Annabel and Eric did everything right to create Bay Branch Farm in Cleveland OH. They set up an accounting system to track […]

   

• Meet Marcus Riedner – A Former Techie Who is Growing Happiness

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  If you missed Marcus’s Member Meetup on June 24th, you can still catch the replay by becoming a Backyard RIches member.  Marcus Riedner is a tech sector refugee with a steel trap mind, his implementation […]

   

• Meet Brian Kowalski: A Backyard Farmer Who Has Really Paid His Dues

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  Brian Kowalski’s startup story is a familiar one, except he didn’t have to start up a farm. He already had one. Turns out that was a blessing and a curse. If you missed his Member […]