Entrepreneur Sean Conway has a vison.

As a young lad in Lakewood, Colorado, Sean noticed all the unused yards in his suburban town.

“I remember [thinking of] all these lawns, all this underutilized space,” said Conway, who now lives in the Denver suburb of Arvada. “I thought, it takes a lot of resources to maintain grassy areas in urban and suburban areas, and owners don’t get anything out of it. People use all these chemicals on their lawns and don’t have time to maintain it naturally. They like the idea of having a garden, but they often don’t have the time to keep it up and grow their own produce.”

Sean Conway, Founder and Chief Executive Farmer

Here’s how it works.

Homeowners in the western suburbs of Denver allow Conway and his workers to use their yards as mini-farms. The owners supply the land and water. Conway and his employees do the work, planting, maintaining and harvesting fresh vegetables without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. In return, each homeowner — Conway has 22 homes under contract — receives a portion of the harvest, vegetables valued at $40 to $50 per week, over a 20-week growing season. The rest of the harvest is sold as shares to other consumers and restaurants.

Conway and his crew of about a half-dozen workers start planting in the beginning of April, weather permitting, and harvest from June to October. A typical late summer share could include several pounds of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, squash, collard greens, chard, kale, okra and smaller amounts of other crops.

Homeowners sign five-year contracts, and the average farm is about 2,000 square feet. They are part of what’s called community supported agriculture. In CSAs, consumers support farmers by paying for a share of the season’s produce upfront, and they get the food as it’s harvested. In the case of Micro Farms Colorado, a share costs $750 with a $100 fee for delivery for about a 20-week growing season; a half-share is $400; and a micro-share is $250. (Buyers who pick up their produce pay no delivery fee.)

Sean is 100% committed to no use of chemicals on his micro farms. He even places bee hives to naturally pollinate the crops. This is as homegrown as you can get.

To help get this dream moving, earlier this year Sean ran a successful kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a greenhouse, washing platform and cold storage. 133 backers pledged $21,106 to help him realize his dream.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microfarms/micro-farms-colorado-greenhouse-processing-and-sto

Unfortunately

Strong thunderstorms and hail have damaged 20 out of those 22 micro farms. The damaged crops are between 70-90% unrecoverable. They have had to suspend their Community Supported Agriculture and their booth at local Farmers Market. The storm has devastated the emerging small business.

Go Farms has set up a donation page on their website. 100% of donations will be used for Micro Farms' recovery efforts. http://www.gofarmcoop.org/donate/

In addition, I will donate ALL steem dollars that this post generates to Conways Colorado Micro Farms. C'mon STEEMIT, lets help!

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