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#1 SPIN Overview
$11.99 Add to Cart#1 SPIN Overview
What’s SPIN-Farming…How SPIN differs from conventional farming…SPIN formulas for success…Harvesting techniques…Marketing…Operating models
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#1-7 SPIN-Farming Basics
$83.93 Add to Cart#1-7 SPIN-Farming Basics
Contained in these seven guides is everything you need to get operational and generating cash flow quickly – a business concept, farm design, startup costs, infrastructure and equipment, detailed day-to-day workflow, crop selection, pricing strategies, revenue targets, financial benchmarks, and marketing options.
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#10 SPIN Deluxe Farm Model
$11.99 Add to Cart#10 SPIN Deluxe Farm Model
Full-time, Single Site Operation
Land base: 1 acre (40,000 square feet, $65,000 gross annual sales)
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#11 SPIN Specialty Farm – Leafy Greens (illustrated with 12 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#11 SPIN Specialty Farm – Leafy Greens (illustrated with 12 photos)
Part-time, Multi-site Operation
(6,500 square feet, $24,000 in gross annual sales)
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#12 SPIN Specialty Farm – Garlic (illustrated with 12 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#12 SPIN Specialty Farm – Garlic (illustrated with 12 photos)
Part-time, Multi-site Operation
(6,000 square feet, $23,250 in gross annual sales)
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#13 SPIN Specialty Farm – Carrots and Potatoes (illustrated with 14 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#13 SPIN Specialty Farm – Carrots and Potatoes (illustrated with 14 photos)
Part-time, Single site Operation
(40,000 square feet, $32,000 in gross annual sales)
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#14 SPIN Specialty Farm – Lettuces, Salad Mixes, Radish, Scallion and Spinach (illustrated with 12 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#14 SPIN Specialty Farm – Lettuces, Salad Mixes, Radish, Scallion and Spinach (illustrated with 12 photos)
Part-time, Single site Operation
(10,000 square feet, $35,000 in gross annual sales)
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#15 SPIN Specialty Farm – Flowers (illustrated with 12 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#15 SPIN Specialty Farm – Flowers (illustrated with 12 photos)
Part-time, Multi-site Operation
(6,500 square feet, $33,750 in gross annual sales)
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#16 SPIN 4 Season Marketing (illustrated with 14 photos)
$19.99 Add to Cart#16 SPIN 4 Season Marketing (illustrated with 14 photos)
Earn winter income with shoot production, storage crops and crafts. This model is a Full-time, Single-site operation (40,000 square feet, $79,400 in gross annual sales). Includes 14 photos.
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#17 SPIN 2.0 Production Planning
$19.99 Add to Cart#17 SPIN 2.0 Production Planning
Scale up from using standard-size beds to 1,000 sq. ft. segments to maximize production and income. Includes segments per various size land bases…Walkway options for various crops…Farm design…Segment-based revenue targets…Revenue targets for low value, high value, very high value and extremely high value crops…Factors that determine the most lucrative crops…Yield benchmarks…SPIN price tier suggestions
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#18 SPIN 2.0 Crop Profiles
$49.99 Add to Cart#18 SPIN 2.0 Crop Profiles
You wanted data, and here it is! Use these 40 individual crop profiles to set production and revenue benchmarks and translate the conventional planting recommendations used by seed catalogs to SPIN-Farming’s standard size beds and segments.
Each crop profile includes: Days to harvest…Bed/walkway configurations…In-bed spacing…Number of plants per row…Number of plants per bed…Number of plants per segment…Number of rows per segment…Yield per row…Yield per bed…Yield per segment…Average seed count per lb…Seed required per row…Seed required per bed…Seed required per segment…Typical cost per lb…Cost to seed a bed…Cost to seed a segment…Crop value status…Targeted revenue per bed…Targeted revenue per segment…Targeted price per unit…Typical price per unit…Price tier suggestions
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#2 Getting Started
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Establishing a land base…Part-time land base options…Full-time land base options…Urban farming’s competitive edge…Farm design
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#3 SPIN Investments and Operating Models
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Major investments…Structures…Irrigation equipment…Farm stand display…Tools…Part-time small hobby scale model…Part-time large scale model…Full-time moderate-size model…Full time large-size model
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#4 Putting SPIN into Practice
$11.99 Add to Cart#4 Putting SPIN into Practice
Key concepts…Utilizing standard-size beds…High and low value crops…Cropping levels of different intensity…Farm layout…Structured workflow…Market stand pricing…SPIN’s three most important concepts…Putting SPIN-Farming concepts into play
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#5 Let’s Get Growing
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Different areas of cropping intensity…Crops to consider growing for market…Cropping strategies for 12 classic SPIN crops…Yield/Price combinations
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#6 SPIN Work Flow Practices
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Typical farm tasks…Fertilizing…Prepping plots…Planting…Watering…Managing insects…Weeding…Four weeding strategies…Harvesting…Prepping produce….Day-by-day, hour-by-hour work schedule in peak season…Putting it all together
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#7 SPIN Marketing
$11.99 Add to Cart#7 SPIN Marketing
Creating a farm brand identity…A few words about organic…Marketing options…Community Supported Agriculture Programs(CSA)…Restaurant sales…Contract growing…Home deliveries…Buying clubs…Farm stands…Farmers markets…Stand display…Selling your produce…Professional marketing practices…Mix and match multiple unit pricing
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#8 SPIN Hobby Farm Model
$11.99 Add to Cart#8 SPIN Hobby Farm Model
Part-time, Multi-site Operation
Land base: 1/8 acre (5,000 square feet, $20,000 gross annual sales)
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#9 SPIN Intermediate Farm Model
$11.99 Add to Cart#9 SPIN Intermediate Farm Model
Full-time, Multi-Site Operation
Land base: 1/2 acre (20,000 square feet, $54,000 in gross annual sales)
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Dig Deeper # 1: SPIN-Farming Work Flow
$14.99 Add to CartDig Deeper # 1: SPIN-Farming Work Flow
Managing all the various farming tasks is a big challenge for backyard farmers. Understanding work rates, work sessions and work flow are key to success. Here’s how to do it. Includes 38 photos.
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Dig Deeper # 2: The Multi-locational Urban/Peri-urban Farm
$14.99 Add to CartDig Deeper # 2: The Multi-locational Urban/Peri-urban Farm
Land access is not a problem for SPIN farmers. Here’s how to create and manage a farm using scattered yards and parcels. Includes 45 photos.
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Dig Deeper # 3: Quick Greens
$14.99 Add to CartDig Deeper # 3: Quick Greens
While greens are the cash crop for many a SPIN farmer, quick greens are not yet widely grown. Learn how to grow Quick Green crops every 2 weeks, sell them for as much as $50/lb., and generate $6k to $12k throughout the season from just 1,000 sq. ft. Includes 44 photos.
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Dig Deeper # 4 : Rainbow Carrots
$14.99 Add to CartDig Deeper # 4 : Rainbow Carrots
One of the reasons SPIN farmers are successful is that they are constantly thinking up new ways to make money, and one of the best ways is to introduce new products. Dig Deeper # 3 described how to grow and market a new class of greens called Quick Greens. This guide will explain how to get creative with carrots. Includes 41 photos.
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Dig Deeper # 5: Indoor Farming With Micro Greens
$14.99 Add to CartDig Deeper # 5: Indoor Farming With Micro Greens
A guide to conquering the next farming frontier – your basement, spare room or dining room table – with one of the most lucrative of all the SPIN crops. Includes 50 photos.
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