The 12 steps what?
The 12 steps to farming is
- A series of educational & Inspirational documentaries, webinars & interviews
- A community of aspiring and experienced farmers
- All about Urban, Vertical, High Tech, plant, mushroom, insect and ecosystem farming
- The many different aspects of running an agriculture business. From the crops to grow, the technologies to use, to the marketing, business strategies, finances, policy, architecture and so much more
What steps?
- Step 1 – Why do you Farm?
- Step 2 – Story and background
- Step 3 – How to chose your crops
- Step 4 – Business Model
- Step 5 – All about growing & technology
- Step 6 – Resources, input & output
- Step 7 – Marketing & Customers
- Step 8 – Partners or competitors
- Step 9 – Location, Architecture & Agritecture
- Step 10 – Financing
- Step 11 – Law and Policy
- Step 12 – Final advice
There is also a FB-group where you can connect to a global community of pioneering farmers!
Who are the 12 step farmers?
Funghi Espresso – More food than resources
On Tuesday 13th of November 2018, at 14.00 CET, Funghi Espresso hosted a 12 steps Google Hangout, live from
their farm in Florence, Italy.
PlantGeek – Automation for Aquaponics
Plantgeek is a research team at the University of Agricultural Science in Cluj-Napoca. They are protagonists of high tech ecosystem farming, aka AMI-farming.
Agritecture Consulting – New York City
Henry Gordon-Smith and Agritecture Consulting have started up many different Urban Farming projects. Learn from them, learn from the best.
Les Sourciers – hydroponic farming in France
Les Sourciers are Marion Sourdois and Nicolas Sarlé, a Franco-Argentinian couple passionate about hydroponics and changing the food system. They’re the perfect example of the saying: “To change the world, start by changing yourself”.
Plus.Farm – DIY vertical farming system
The Plus.Farm is designed to be affordable, modular, customisable, and easy to use. This allows you to let your creativity go wild! We talked to Elaine Kung from Agritecture!
Oogstgoed – Community Supported Agriculture
A Belgian Urban farm that grows 200 different crops. They can do this because they apply a business model called Community Supported Agriculture aka CSA
Les 13 Blès – Goat farming for cheese
Les 13 blés is a GoatFarm connected to a Cheese Factory very close to the centre of France. It is run by the amazing Justine Floquet.
PLNT – CEA farming in Antwerp
Learn from the best vertical farmer in Antwerp: Niels de Caigny! Via the 12 steps of PLNT you can learn about all aspects of running a Vertical farming.
Sky Vegetables – Rooftop greenhouse in the Bronx
Yara Nagi, operations manager at Sky vegetables talks about the 10.000sq ft Greenhouse, integrated into an apartment building in the Bronx, New York City!
Square Roots entrepreneurs – Electra & Jonathan
Find out how 2 vertical farming entrepreneurs had the same technology, the same location and the same guidance, but started up 2 very different businesses.
Plant Control by LED Lights – interviews at Wageningen university
On 19 October 2017, there was an important symposium at Wageningen University (the Netherlands). Many interviews were done about "Plant Control by LED lights".
Le Champignon de Bruxelles
Le Champignon de Bruxelles started with 3 friends. After reading some inspiring books, they discovered an emerging niche with an enormous potential to change the world for the good: the cultivation of mushrooms on organic waste sourced in cities.
Robbes “Little” Garden – Finland
Want to combine the experience of the traditional greenhouse industry with vertical farming innovation? Then listen very carefully to Robert Jordas of Robbes in Finland.
Millibeter – Insect farming in Belgium
Is organic waste one of the most valuable raw materials Belgium has to offer? If you ask Johan Jacobs, he might say yes!
Cultivate the City – Washington DC
If you start an Urban Farm, take advice from someone who made 25 of them happen. Listen to Niraj Ray from Cultivate the city in Washington DC.
Coolfarm – Indoor Farming automation
CoolFarm is a Portugal based company that unites a highly skilled and motivated team of horticulturists, biologists, software and hardware engineers, product designers and business experts. Together, they create solutions for the indoor farming needs.
Verticulture – Aquaponic farming
Indoor Aquaponic farmers from NYC that provide fresh and highly nutritious food to economically and culturally diverse populations.
Smallhold – Mushroom farming in New York
2 skilled mushroom farmers from NYC bringing the farm to the consumer. How do they do it? Go and find out!
How NOT to run an urban mushroom farm – Part 1/3
In recent years Zjef Van Acker, one of the founders of the 12 steps to farming, has been working hard on establishing another urban agriculture project: Pad and Stoel, an urban mushroom farm in the city of Antwerp (Belgium). Learn about the the glorious mistakes that set the stage for the downfall of Pad en Stoel.
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