Our Guest:
Jon is a husband and father that to this day cannot keep a house plant alive! Initially inspired by Ron Finley’s TED talk and Urban Farmer, Curtis Stone – in 2018 Jon and his wife (Dawn) manifested Jon the Farmer – Urban Farmer. The business grew organically from three small backyard locations to 20 growing locations in the city of Seattle.
Jon the Farmer serves 30 households with weekly CSA share, and contributes to two food banks, all while supporting small farmers with connection to distribution. But the love is in the encouraging of home gardeners to become part of their own food revolution by participating in programs like the Great American Seed Up. Jon & Dawn now grow nutrient dense produce with organic principals and sustainability at its core, on ¼ acre farm on the outskirts of Seattle.
Listen in and learn about:
- The day his daughter’s snack changed his life
- Starting his first garden through a Facebook post
- His first lasagna garden
- Finding a platform to learn from The Urban Farm Podcast
- So much food they started to donate to food banks
- Starting to sell vegetables
- Spreading the word
- Splitting the harvest 40/40/20
- Getting the kids involved
- How he manages his CSA
- Some of the organizations that he partners with
UrbanFarm.org/JonTheFarmer
