{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"Small-Plot Intensive Vegetable Production  (SPIN Farming)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1ce0216a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2013,"description":"Wally Satzewich joins us from Saskatchewan to tell us about Small-Plot Intensive Farming (SPIN Farming.) \nHaving studied psychology and ran a taxi franchise, Wally became interested in market gardening. \nSo he bought a farm. \nBut a conventional market garden wasn’t the right fit for him. That’s because a big operation requires hired help and capital outlay for equipment. \nSo Wally and his wife Gail sold the farm—and moved back to the city. To farm—to farm other people’s yards.\nAnd in the process, Wally mapped out a system of best practices called SPIN farming (Small Plot Intensive farming.)\nToday he tells us his journey, and what he’s learned along the way.\nWe talk about:\n\nRunning the 20-acre market garden\nDownsizing and setting up in the city\nThe SPIN model and variations on it\nComparing SPIN farming to commodity farming\nUsing the SPIN model in small towns\nTop tips for new urban and SPIN farmers","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}