As the following article points out, farming is on the rise. It is fueled by many factors, including:

• High food prices
• Environmental concerns
• The idea of locally-grown foods
• Concerns about genetic engineering and pesticides
• A desire for self-sufficiency
• A desire for medically beneficial hobbies
• And so on

Farming surges in state with new crop of devotees

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, but tiny urban/suburban farms are definitely on the rise:

On a field next to Potts, Adisson Toussaint, a 2004 immigrant from Haiti, was carefully weeding rows of cucumbers and summer squash. He has been growing vegetables on his half-acre plot for three years and selling his produce at a weekly farmers market in nearby Lowell.

Although he farmed in Haiti, Toussaint took classes sponsored by a Tufts University agriculture program to sharpen his understanding of marketing, land use, and business practices.

This video shows the ultimate urban farm, producing 3 tons of food per year from 6,000 square feet of raised-bed gardens:

This guy has hundreds of videos on growing food in your backyard:

GrowingYourGreens

A tour of his garden:

How to build raised bed gardens:

What if you don’t have a backyard? Then you have two options. The first is a window garden, as described here:

Or you can try container gardening:

How to grow perfect tomatoes at home in containers