Backyard Farmer Business Grows Non-Gardeners
Trevor Paque left his career as a mortgage broker to launch a new company called MyFarmin the San Francisco area and he has not looked back. The premise behind MyFarm is to install organic gardens in...
View ArticleNews Update on “MyFarm” Urban Garden Business
Here is an update on yesterday's post on MyFarm. After I posted, I discovered that the MyFarm website had links to other articles on their business: USA TodayThe New York TimesSan Francisco Chronicle...
View ArticleMORE on Backyard Farmers
Well, there are apparently MANY people successfully managing companies like MyFarm. (See my post from yesterday on how this company sets up and maintains urban farms in people's backyards). Here is...
View ArticleAnd now, a music video about being hip, organic farmers…
An organic farm in the UK put out this fun music video about being hip, modern, organic farmers! They rap about cows and tractors. Very cool… The post And now, a music video about being hip, organic...
View ArticleThe Next Generation of Farmers
This past year, one of the most rewarding episodes I wrote/produced for Growing A Greener World (on PBS) was the one on “Young Farmers”. It was all about who will be growing our food in the future. As...
View ArticleHow Polyface Farm is Healing Land One Acre At A Time
I had the privilege of visiting Polyface Farm twice in the last year – Once for a personal trip and the second time to film our TV show Growing A Greener World. This post is about what they do there...
View ArticleAmazing Farm Grows Local Food Atop a NYC Building
For the last two weeks, I have been busy writing and producing an episode of Growing A Greener World TV that is is so cool, I just have to tell you about it! There are four farmer-entrepreneurs in New...
View ArticleA Traveling Farm…On A Bus?
We just finished filming a really incredible group of young people for an episode of our TV show, Growing A Greener World. The TV story will air on PBS in December and is about these four farmers (aged...
View ArticleDay 11 – So You Want to be a Farmer?
I am not in a position to give advice on how to farm. But one thing I have learned from from my farmer friends and the inspiring farmers I have interviewed for our PBS TV show (Joel Salatin, Farmer D...
View Article6 Food Stories To Inspire you
Late winter to early spring can be such a frustrating transition for a gardener/food crafter. As we look at the calendar, we are chomping at the bit to: Plant the garden Harvest the garden Preserve...
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