Be the change!
Do you agree that, as a foundation of human civilisation, food production has an enormous potential to make this world a better place?
Do you believe that circular and ecosystem farming is the way to go?
Then the 12 steps platform is the global community for you. Via knowledge exchange we help each other to improve ourselves and our farming businesses!
By farmers for farmers
Via the 12 steps you learn from experienced farmers, each with their specific background, their specific passion and their specific virtuosity!
Via easy to absorb documentaries, interviews and webinars you will be able to access all that. There is already 10+ hours of material, and every month new in depth content is being created.
As a patreon, you are also able to connect with the 12 steps farmers.
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Learn about
- The many different aspects of running an agriculture business. From the crops to grow and the technologies to use, to the marketing methods & business strategies
- Comprehend different types of farming businesses: Urban, vertical, plant, mushroom, insect and high tech ecosystem farms
- Master this knowledge the easy way: via educational & Inspirational documentaries, webinars & in depth interviews with the pioneers
12 steps to success
- 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
Become a patreon
Become a patreon and get access to:
+ The 12 steps community and network
+ 10 hours of in depth video documentaries, interviews & webinars.
+ Be part of the change!
Streamline your urban and vertical farmin journey. Join the 12 steps community now!
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Who are the 12 step farmers?
Pad en Stoel – Mushroom Farming lessons
Pad en Stoel was an urban farming mushroom project in the city of a girls best friend: Antwerp, Belgium. The farm was highly popular and successful, yet in the end closed its doors.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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
Verticulture – Aquaponic farming
Indoor Aquaponic farmers from NYC that provide fresh and highly nutritious food to economically and culturally diverse populations.
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!
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.
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”.
Become a Patreon
Become a patreon and get access to:
+ The 12 steps community and network
+ 10 hours of in depth video documentaries, interviews & webinars.
+ Be part of the change!
Streamline your urban and vertical farming journey. Join the 12 steps community now!
€7,99 / monthSign up now