tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38863715.post5957982627916739801..comments2014-02-27T16:57:57.469-05:00Comments on Sustainable Technology: Vertical Farming - Will It Work?John Barriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08494501573610172263noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38863715.post-10842960200938758262008-08-18T08:42:00.000-05:002008-08-18T08:42:00.000-05:00There is a less high tech and more economical way ...There is a less high tech and more economical way to integrate crop production into the built environment. It is a franchise-ready farming system called SPIN-Farming. SPIN makes it possible to earn $50,000+ from a half-acre by growing vegetables on land bases under an acre in size. SPIN farmers utilize relay cropping to increase yield and achieve good economic returns by growing only the most profitable food crops tailored to local markets. SPIN's growing techniques are not, in themselves, breakthrough. What is novel is the way a SPIN farm business is run. SPIN provides everything you'd expect from a good franchise: a business plan, marketing advice, and a detailed day-to-day workflow. In standardizing the system and creating a reproducible process it really isn't any different from McDonalds. So by offering a non-technical, easy-to-understand and inexpensive-to-implement farming system, it allows many more people to farm, wherever they live, as long as there are nearby markets to support them. By utilizing backyards and front alwns and neighbhorhood lots, SPIN farmers are are recasting farming as a small business in cities and towns and helping to "right size" agriculture for an urbanized century. You can see some SPIN farmers in action at www.spinfarming.comRox Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08017547596602389522noreply@blogger.com