From Garden Knowledge Zero to Urban Farming Hero

*** Advanced registration is closed - there is still lots of room, please BUY YOUR TICKET AT THE DOOR ($20).

Curtis Stone presents his story - a financially successful urban farm, and a model that you can follow too!

DATE: Thursday March 1st

TIME: 7pm - 9pm

WHERE: Inglewood Community Hall

1740 24th Ave SE

COST: $15 in advance or $20 at the door. 

This is seriously inspiring stuff folks...

Curtis Stone will show you how he assembled a multi-locational SPIN farm that grossed $20,000 in its first year in Kelowna, BC and over $60,000 after his third year. He’ll describe the design of his farm, equipment used, planting plan, target markets, and some useful tid-bits of information which he has learned after 3 full years in the urban farming business... And not to mention that he had zero gardening or farming experience before he got going.

For any gardener, farmer, or sustainably minded individual, this short workshop can give you a clear window into one of the most accessible and lucrative green business opportunities of our time.

This presentation will undoubtedly help anyone make their land more productive and efficient, by seeing what is possible using the SPIN Farming system. 

Curtis got his farm up and running and generating income in 6 months, which has to be some sort of record. It certainly gives new meaning to the term “fast food”!

Perhaps the most valuable aspect of it all is that you will get to hear his story...

Trainer Bio:

Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a pedal powered urban SPIN farm based in Kelowna, BC. Farming half an acre on a collection of 8 different urban plots, he sells through the local farmers market, restaurants and a 20 member CSA veggie box program. All operations on his SPIN farm, including deliveries, moving compost, tools and a 400 lb. rear tine rototiller, are done with a bicycle and a custom built 6’ long steel framed trailer.

Before starting his SPIN farm in the fall of 2009, Curtis had no previous experience in farming or even gardening. After completing a profitable first season, Curtis is a case study example that the SPIN production system can be successfully implemented by anyone who wants to heed the calling to farm.

A bike tour down the west coast from Kelowna to San Diego in 2008 where he visited off-grid homesteads, eco villages and urban farms, inspired him to try to make a difference. Using urban SPIN-Farming as a method of social change, Curtis demonstrates that a transition away from a food system that is energy intensive, environmentally destructive and socially inequitable is not only easy and fun, but also profitable. 

Off-season, Curtis works as public speaker on food-related issues and is a consultant for multiple community food projects throughout Kelowna. In September 2010, he was awarded ‘Gardener Of The Year’ from the city of Kelowna’s Communities in Bloom.

If this all interests you, you might be glad to know that we are also hosting Curtis for a full day SPIN farming workshop.