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Creating The Minimum Viable Farm - $20,000 on a 2000 Square Foot Micro-Farm - The Urban Farmer - Season 2 - Week 5

Published: May 4, 2016, 10 a.m.

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What would the 2000 sq.ft. farm,\\nlet\'s call it a micro-farm, look like?

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How could you best utilize that\\nspace and take many of the techniques that Curtis uses on his\\ncurrent 1/2 acre urban farm, to make the micro-farm generate some\\ndecent cash flow.

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How much could you make on a\\nmicro-farm of just 2000 square feet?

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Really it depends on what you are\\ngrowing and who you are selling it to. But grossing 20,000 on that\\n2000 square feet isn\'t crazy talk. And even half that, $10,000, is\\na realistic target to shoot for.

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When you think about that, that\'s\\na pretty lucrative given the space involved. I think most people\\ncan get access to 2000 sq.ft.\\xa0 That\'s essentially fits well\\nwithin your average American lawn.

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The 2000 square foot micro-farm\\nhas a lot of things going for it.\\xa0 It\'s manageable, yet\\nscaleable. It\'s big enough to matter to start you thinking and\\nimplementing a lot of these systems, yet it\'s not over whelming. It\\nmakes a great transition plot for someone looking to transition\\ninto farming or just get their feed wet.

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Given that today will be a case\\nstudy looking at the 2000 sw ft micro farm.

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We\'ll break down what this farm\\nmight look like. How you would want to manage it. What types of\\ncrops you would want to focus on, and put some a basic framework in\\nplace that you can build off of.

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As, you see, you can do a lot with\\n2000 square feet, and it might not be that small after\\nall.

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It\'s currently April 19,\\n2016.

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