| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-09-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 7.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 42.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Earn up to eight times the average personal income on as little as one acre of land! You can rent, lease or own. You can be old or young, male or female, rich or poor, married or single. You can win the competition for consumer dollars with "Metrofarm". "MetroFarm" is the guide to understanding agriculture & agribusiness, developing a MetroFarm strategy, surveying the market, evaluating & controlling land, selecting crops, organizing a business, establishing production, preparing for market, & selling the product. "MetroFarm" is richly illustrated with over 230 photos, charts & illustrations & contains five informative, chapter-length conversations with successful MetroFarmers.
Unlikely as it may seem, the most productive farmland in the U.S. is in the Bronx; the second is in San Francisco. On the prairie, by the coast, in the wooded hills or within city limits, everyone can grow for profit anywhere, and this book reveals how. Earn up to eight times the average personal income on as little as one acre of land! Rent or own, anyone can succeed with small fruits, house plants, cut flowers, vegetables, ornamentals and many others. "What a book! It's obvious this book was not written by someone sitting in an ivory tower. It comes from the trenches. From the school of hard knocks. Thank you for a superb job!" -- Paul Otten Northland Berry News
Industry Reviews "...guides you through the complicated decisions involved in setting up and running a small farm near the city. Michael Olson's use of real-person examples is inspiring. If they can do it, so can we." Whole Earth Review - KVE
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