May 25, 2016
To set the stage...
Curtis had a next door neighbor. That neighbor used to own
Curtis's house, and he rented that house from them and farmed in
the back yard. When his neighbor decided to sell the house,
Curtis then purchased the house from his neighbor.
Subsequently that same neighbor went on to move to another...
May 18, 2016
Most of the tomatoes that Curtis grows fall into the cherry and saladette category - the smaller tomatoes. These types of tomatoes offer several advantages - they are pretty vigorous, they have a relatively short DTM, and because chef's like them. And when much of your sales are for restaurants, you grow what...
May 11, 2016
Greens are big business for Curtis' farm. Both in terms of volume of product, and dollars generated for that product.
His customer base, which is mainly made of restaurants, buys a lot of greens. And they pay good money for them. But like many things on the farm there is a seasonality that goes along with restaurants...
May 4, 2016
What would the 2000 sq.ft. farm, let's call it a micro-farm, look like?
How could you best utilize that space and take many of the techniques that Curtis uses on his current 1/2 acre urban farm, to make the micro-farm generate some decent cash flow.
How much could you make on a micro-farm of just 2000...