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Meet Annabel Khouri and Eric Stoffer – The Ideal Urban Farming Couple
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...
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Meet August’s Garden Hero – Brenda Sullivan
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,...
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Meet September’s Garden Hero – Justin Vandenbroeck of Fleet Farming
Justin would much rather be outside on his bike bringing swarms of volunteers to his garden. than inside writing grants. We understand. Justin and the team at Fleet Farming thought about it: If your...
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Meet October’s Garden Hero – Adithya Ramachandran
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 Meetup he...
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Meet December’s Garden Hero – Rob Miller
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...
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Meet January’s Garden Hero – Max Valyear
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 bike and the...
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Meet February’s Garden Hero – Beth Hagenbuch
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 from...
View ArticleMeet March’s Garden Hero – Mark Voss
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? It’s a fascinating...
View ArticleMeet April’s Garden Hero – Cale Sprister
How do you start a backyard farm business in your spare time? Juggling four kids and a full-time job, Cale started SPIN-Farming last year with predictably impressive results. Now he is doubling his...
View ArticleMeet June’s Garden Hero – Rod Olson
Rod is a case study of how and why SPIN-Farming has taken root. He had no problem finding cropland in the city. All it took was one radio interview. Then he found others wanting to become SPIN farmers...
View ArticleMeet July’s Garden Hero – Ray Derksen: Farming Through His Golden Years
Find out how SPIN-Farming works as a retirement lifestyle and business with Ray Derksen, owner/operator of Market Garden 434. In spite of challenges like limited markets and a 5 month growing season,...
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Meet August’s Garden Hero – Mike Meier
Mike Meier is selling a lot more than veggies at Ground Floor Farm. He’s created a business that is a working farm, event space, tourist destination and education center. His commitment to improving...
View ArticleMeet September’s Garden Hero – Lourdes Casañares: Flower Farm Startup
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...
View ArticleMeet October’s Garden Hero – Tara Callaghan: A Super Talented Farmer in Her...
Tara’s in a position any new backyard farmer would envy. She’s created a picture perfect farm, is hitting SPIN-Farming’s sales benchmarks, and in the space of 2 years, has proven she can handle the...
View ArticleMeet November’s Garden Hero – Rex Landings: Creating a New Type of Family Farm
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 a...
View ArticleMeet January’s Garden Hero – Chris Kimber: Stay-at Home Farming Dad
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...
View ArticleMeet March’s Garden Hero – Lisa Patton: Building a Retirement Farm in 10 Months
Lisa and Steve Patton couldn’t wait to start farming in their retirement, so they didn’t. In 2016 they bought a suburban house with an acre yard in Garden City MO, and last year launched their business...
View ArticleMeet April’s Garden Hero – Ryan Doan: From community gardener to $100k farm...
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...
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MEET MAY’S GARDEN HER0 – TOM HINMAN’S SIX FIGURE BUSINESS: GROW VEGGIES AND...
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...
View ArticleMeet June’s Garden Hero – Courtney Tchida: Pioneering a Campus-based Organic...
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...
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