http://www.dtownie.com/urban-farm Sat, 19 May 2012 06:47:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dtownie.com/urban-farm/2007/11/20/urban-farming-in-uganda-saves-millions/#comment-2 Roxanne Christensen Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:35:08 +0000 http://www.dtownie.com/urban-farm/2007/11/20/urban-farming-in-uganda-saves-millions/#comment-2 A new farming system called SPIN-Farming is re-casting farming as a small business in the city, and it is giving rise to a new class of citizen-farmer who is showing that agriculture can be incorporated into our built environments instead of being segregated outside of it. SPIN is a vegetable farming system that makes it possible to generate significant yields and income from sub-acre – less than an acre - land bases. It also greatly reduces the need for capital. Minimal infrastructure, reliance on hand labor to accomplish most farming tasks, utilization of existing water sources to meet irrigation needs, and situating close to markets all keep investment and overhead costs low and environmental impacts contained. SPIN removes the 2 big barriers to entry for first generation farmers – they don’t need a lot of land or money - and it begins to integrate agriculture into urban communities in an economically viable manner. It is now being practiced by a growing corps of backyard and front lawn farmers throughout the U.S. and Canada,and it can also be applied in Uganda. A new farming system called SPIN-Farming is re-casting farming as a small business in the city, and it is giving rise to a new class of citizen-farmer who is showing that agriculture can be incorporated into our built environments instead of being segregated outside of it.
SPIN is a vegetable farming system that makes it possible to generate significant yields and income from sub-acre – less than an acre - land bases. It also greatly reduces the need for capital. Minimal infrastructure, reliance on hand labor to accomplish most farming tasks, utilization of existing water sources to meet irrigation needs, and situating close to markets all keep investment and overhead costs low and environmental impacts contained.
SPIN removes the 2 big barriers to entry for first generation farmers – they don’t need a lot of land or money - and it begins to integrate agriculture into urban communities in an economically viable manner. It is now being practiced by a growing corps of backyard and front lawn farmers throughout the U.S. and Canada,and it can also be applied in Uganda.

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