they're young, they're urban, and they're farmers

Too busy to tend to veggies in your backyard garden? Young Urban Farmers is your answer to fresh eggplant from your own backyard, according to an article in Toronto Life's DIY Gourmet section.

Three recent Queen's business grads started the company, recognizing the need for a service that could give busy urbanites produce from their own backyards. For $155, YUF plants a vegetable garden (beans, cabbage, pumpkins, tomatoes, even strawberries), then builds a shelter to keep out raccoons. For $495, they’ll weed, water and harvest the bounty.

A smart idea, with the explosion of the local food movement, not to mention the various urban agriculture initiatives popping up in cities across North America, such as these outlaw chickens.

P.S. Live in Toronto and looking for work? YUF is hiring young farmers to help out. Send your resume and a short paragraph about your favourite food to jobs@youngurbanfarmers.com