MSU: Urban farming could supply Detroit’s needs

Lots of cities are jumping on the urban farming bandwagon, but few make a distinction between commercial and noncommercial. Most don’t recognize that urban food production can produce significant economic activity because there have not been any economically viable models for commercial crop production that were appropriately scaled for cities. But in the last few years new farmers in the US and Canada have been having success with SPIN-Farming, which is an organic-based, small plot farming system that outlines how to make money growing in backyards, front lawns and neighborhood lots. A free calculator that shows how much farm income can be made from backyards and neighborhood lots is available at the SPIN website – http://www.spinfarming.com/free/, and you can see some of these entrepreneurial farmers in action at http://www.spinfarming.com They have found solutions to all of the problems raised in the negative posts and are starting their farm businesses without major policy changes or taxpayer support.