--- product_id: 49260036 title: "The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land" price: "VT13958" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/49260036-the-urban-farmer-growing-food-for-profit-on-leased-borrowed store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land **Price:** VT13958 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land - **How much does it cost?** VT13958 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/49260036-the-urban-farmer-growing-food-for-profit-on-leased-borrowed) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land : Stone, Curtis: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land - Great value for money, well written, easy to read , easy on the eyes, full of great information. As described. Delivery chap very polite and delivered on time. Excellent service. Review: If your wavering don't. Simply get the book its that good - Curtis Stone’s brilliant new book ‘The Urban Farmer’, is one of the most important contributions to Transition thinking over the last 10 years, and sets out in great depth and detail what that could look like. And he knows because he’s done it. The Urban Farmer is simultaneously deeply visionary and immensely practical, always a heady brew. “What if we could repurpose the suburbs to be the new frontier of localisation?” writes Stone. “What if all of these new suburban streets turned into areas for transition, reeducation and abundance? I believe this is not only a possibility but an inevitability”. As he points out, there is nothing new about growing food in cities, and nothing new about doing so commercially. For example, Paris was home to incredibly sophisticated fruit growing systems, and to market gardens who pioneered a system now referred to as “French Intensive”, which, until the 1920s, covered 6% of the land within the city limits. As Eliot Coleman put it in “The Winter Harvest Handbook” Perhaps the most inspiring, and powerful, part of the book is his “start-up farm models”. Here he sets out 5 different business models on different scales, what kind of initial investment you’d need and what kinds of return you might expect. You could start on a quarter of an acre or smaller, or go a bit bigger. For each he sets out the kinds of crops that could work well, and the kinds of profits you might expect. If your wavering don't. Simply get the book its that good ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 840,926 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 96 in Home Farming 455 in Urban Gardens 504 in Fruit Gardening | | Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,055) | | Dimensions | 18.42 x 1.22 x 22.86 cm | | Edition | Illustrated | | ISBN-10 | 0865718016 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0865718012 | | Item weight | 481 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 240 pages | | Publication date | 14 Jan. 2016 | | Publisher | New Society Publishers | ## Images ![The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813QeWr3yML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land *by A***E on 13 June 2024* Great value for money, well written, easy to read , easy on the eyes, full of great information. As described. Delivery chap very polite and delivered on time. Excellent service. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If your wavering don't. Simply get the book its that good *by M***P on 1 June 2018* Curtis Stone’s brilliant new book ‘The Urban Farmer’, is one of the most important contributions to Transition thinking over the last 10 years, and sets out in great depth and detail what that could look like. And he knows because he’s done it. The Urban Farmer is simultaneously deeply visionary and immensely practical, always a heady brew. “What if we could repurpose the suburbs to be the new frontier of localisation?” writes Stone. “What if all of these new suburban streets turned into areas for transition, reeducation and abundance? I believe this is not only a possibility but an inevitability”. As he points out, there is nothing new about growing food in cities, and nothing new about doing so commercially. For example, Paris was home to incredibly sophisticated fruit growing systems, and to market gardens who pioneered a system now referred to as “French Intensive”, which, until the 1920s, covered 6% of the land within the city limits. As Eliot Coleman put it in “The Winter Harvest Handbook” Perhaps the most inspiring, and powerful, part of the book is his “start-up farm models”. Here he sets out 5 different business models on different scales, what kind of initial investment you’d need and what kinds of return you might expect. You could start on a quarter of an acre or smaller, or go a bit bigger. For each he sets out the kinds of crops that could work well, and the kinds of profits you might expect. If your wavering don't. Simply get the book its that good ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book I've bought this year *by J***H on 4 September 2019* Very follow on detail orientated when questions arised they were all answered in the following paragraph or page unlike some other books or read of late that weren't as complete , home producer only but I've cemented some lines of production and cutting others to minimise time and increase output to the fridge plate and freezer , follow Curtis on utube and he's more on point on everything it seems than most ## Frequently Bought Together - The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land - The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming - The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary Edition --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/49260036-the-urban-farmer-growing-food-for-profit-on-leased-borrowed](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/49260036-the-urban-farmer-growing-food-for-profit-on-leased-borrowed) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-08*