Below is a list of educational material that you will help you on your path to successful small scale farming.
Read
The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone (Coming 1.1.16 )
The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier
The Complete Guide to Growing and Selling Microgreens by Luke Callahan
Listen
Permaculture Voices’ – The Urban Farm Series (30 Weeks)
Week 1 – It’s Winter, Know the Numbers
Week 4 – Pricing Products & Bringing on a New Employee
Week 6 – Transplanting and Interplanting. Getting the Most out of Limited Space
Week 7 – There’s a Party in the Greenhouse?!?!
Week 8 – Hacking the Seed, a Not so Obvious look at Direct Seeding Crops
Week 9 – Gaining Access to Land & How to Convert the Land from Lawn to Mini Farm
Week 10 – How Much Money Can You Make as an Urban Farmer? And other questions answered
Week 11 – High Production Tomato Growing – How to Grow a lot of Tomatoes in a small space
Week 12 – Greens. A Powerful Economic Driver of the Urban Farm that Keeps on Giving and Giving
Week 13 – Harvesting Products, Delivery to Restaurants, and Crop Planning
Week 14 – 5 Common Reasons why Many Small Farmers Fail and How You Can Avoid These Pitfalls
Week 15 – Tips for Finding Land to Find in the City – What Works and What Doesn’t
Week 18 – Creating On Farm Systems to Increase Your Efficiency and Chances for Success
Week 21 – Transitioning Into Farming from the Corporate World
Week 22 – Tips on Selling Into New Markets and Sourcing Products from Other Farmers
Week 23 – Successful Farmers Think – The Importance of Information, Mentors, and Adaptation
Week 24 – Solving the Sales Problem – Optimizing Your Fresh Sheet to Increase Sales
Week 27 – What You are Doing May Not Work… Do It Anyway
Week 28 – The Importance of Record Keeping: You can only know where you’re going if you know where you’ve been
Week 29 – How to Increase Profits and Get More Done… by Doing Less Work