Greener Living welcomes Steven Wynbrandt to the show.
Steve is a urban farmer who has created a french-intensive, biodynamic starting an edible gardening company in LA. He has transformed his 3,000 square ft. childhood backyard in West L.A., from a shaded field of weeds and 50 foot trees into a sun-soaked, Bio-intensive, urban mini-farm. It’s just the beginning for the home of a CSA, an educational garden and an edible garden building company!
Can anyone become an urban farmer? Urban farming is the practice of growing and distributing produce to a village, town or city. People, like Steve, are turning to urban gardening for all sorts of reasons: it's healthy, economical, convenient and it's environmental.
The biointensive model of organic gardening that Steve is practicing focuses on maximum yields from a small plot of land. This type of agriculture also aims to improve the quality of the soil. The long term goal of biointensive gardening is sustainability. This model of gardening is successful on a small scale, but less successful for commercial farms who need larger amounts of produce in a short period of time.
Check out some beautiful pictures of the produce that was grown in Steve's backyard garden:
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