Meet the Canadian who started SPIN farming – Wally Satzewich

Wally and Gail Satzewich.

“It’s a trend that’s being revitalized these days. And that’s probably good because there’s a lot of land in the city that’s not being utilized.”

By Charles Hamilton
The StarPhoenix
September 8, 2011

Excerpt:

Satzewich is a pioneer of urban gardening in Saskatoon. He is also credited as one the founders of SPIN farming. SPIN stands for Small, Plot, Intensive farming. And one look at his farming techniques and you can tell why he pioneered the slogan.

His farm was originally dispersed over 25 residential backyard garden plots in Saskatoon and the growing area totalled a half acre. These days, he only has a few city plots. But he still manages to grow more than 2,000 pounds of tomatoes, red potatoes and garden salad greens. That’s on top of the 7,500 pounds of pumpkins, potatoes and onions he grows outside the city in the small town of Pleasantdale, Sask.

Wally’s Market Garden sells to restaurants, but he makes most of his money at the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market. When I first met him, he was busy behind the counter selling carrots, potatoes, beats, cucumbers and bags of mixed greens.

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See Wally’s website here.